Managing Consultant - FS - Data Science and AI

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future. As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity. Our diverse teams of experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster.

Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands. We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And we have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport.

Job Description

Why consider joining our Financial Services community as a Data Science Managing Consultant?

• Join a team where you're trusted to shape your own path, manage your time, and influence real change for our clients and communities.
• Grow a flexible and unique career within a trust-based, inclusive environment that values excellence, innovation, and curiosity.
• Play a key role in delivering trusted digital and data-driven solutions that transform the future of financial services as firms seek to become increasingly insight-driven and scale up their AI-enabled transformation.
• Join other experts within our supportive and collaborative community through knowledge-sharing and peer-level support, coaching and mentoring

What You Can Expect

• Be part of our management team, helping shape and launch new data science propositions while driving strategic business growth across data strategy, governance, engineering, analytics and AI.
• Lead business development initiatives —building trusted client relationships, owning outcomes, and delivering innovative, high-impact solutions.
• Help clients structure their thinking to identify key requirements, challenges and opportunities in a rapidly evolving data and analytics landscape.
• Support your team’s growth through coaching, knowledge-sharing, and creating opportunities for them to thrive.
• Contribute to thought leadership and market offerings that position PA at the forefront of digital and data innovation in financial services.

Qualifications

Essential requirements

• 10+ years of experience in data, analytics and AI consulting, strategy and / or transformation.
• An established network of senior stakeholders in the Financial Services industry, with a proven ability to build and grow long-term client partnerships.
• Strong leadership skills with experience managing teams and delivering complex, high-value programmes.
• Commercial acumen with a track record of developing and selling consulting propositions.
• Deep understanding of Financial Services technology landscapes.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence at senior levels.

We believe diversity fuels ingenuity. Diversity of thought brings exciting perspectives; diversity of experience brings a wealth of knowledge, and diversity of skills brings the tools we need. When we bring people together with diverse backgrounds, identities, and minds, embracing that difference through an inclusive culture where our people thrive; we unleash the power of diversity – bringing ingenuity to life.

We Are Dedicated To Supporting The Physical, Emotional, Social And Financial Well-being Of Our People. Check Out Some Of Our Extensive Benefits:

• Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare for you and your family
• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days
• Generous company pension scheme
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives
• Annual performance-based bonus
• PA share ownership
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)

We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief veteran status, or other by any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience.