Data & AI Strategy Consultant - Active SC

£Market Rate per day

Hybrid

4 weeks initially

My client is an instantly recognisable consultancy who require Data & AI Strategy Consultants for a business-critical programme for a client within the Public Sector.

Key Requirements:

• Proven commercial experience Consulting experience from a Strategy perspective within the Data & AI space.
• Active SC Clearance.
• Experience leading discovery and strategy engagements with senior stakeholders, translating complex business and operational challenges into clear AI, data, and ontology-enabled strategies, including prioritised use cases and value-driven roadmaps.
• The ability to define target-state architectures and operating models covering AI, data, and information domains, including semantic/ontology-driven information architecture, platform requirements, and integration with wider enterprise landscapes.
• Experience shaping the strategic case for change, developing high-level business cases, investment options, and phased delivery plans that articulate value, risks, dependencies, and readiness for implementation in regulated environments.
• The ability to provide deep technical and architectural insight across modern AI/ML (including GenAI), data platforms, knowledge graphs, and semantic technologies (e.g. ontologies, standards, governance), ensuring recommendations are practical, secure, and future proof.
• Strong advisory experience with governance, standards, and responsible adoption, defining principles for AI, data, and ontology lifecycle management, ownership, interoperability, and compliance within security-cleared or highly regulated contexts.
• The ability to collaborate across client and partner teams (architecture, data, delivery, change) to ensure strategy outputs are coherent, adoptable, and ready to transition into delivery, while clearly communicating complex concepts to non-technical leaders.

Nice to have:

• Immediate availability.

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