- Company Name
- STLAR
- Job Title
- Senior Manager Data & AI strategy (H/F)
- Job Description
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**Job title:** Senior Manager Data & AI Strategy
**Role Summary:**
Lead the growth of a global data and AI consultancy by driving business development, delivering high‑impact data/AI projects, and building a market‑leading expertise portfolio. Act as a strategic partner to C‑suite clients, translate complex technical challenges into actionable solutions, and mentor a high‑performance consulting team.
**Expectations:**
- Build and maintain a sustainable pipeline of data/AI opportunities (lead generation, qualification, proposal, closing).
- Establish and nurture C‑level relationships, positioning the firm as a trusted advisor.
- Deliver complex projects with rigor, ensuring client satisfaction and measurable business outcomes.
- Shape and industrialise the firm’s data/AI assets, frameworks, and service offering.
- Drive internal culture change: processes, tools, knowledge sharing, and team development.
**Key Responsibilities:**
- Develop new business: prospect identification, needs assessment, proposal creation, negotiation, and closing.
- Convert data/AI problems into proprietary, high‑value offerings and articulate value propositions.
- Lead multiple concurrent data/AI engagements: structure problems, conduct robust analysis, recommend strategy, produce executive‑grade presentations and deliverables.
- Manage risk, ensure quality delivery, and maintain client satisfaction.
- Coordinate and challenge cross‑functional experts (data scientists, AI specialists, change managers).
- Author thought‑leadership content (articles, frameworks, case studies) to reinforce market positioning.
- Manage, coach, and grow consulting talent; implement best practices, tools, and a unified knowledge base.
**Required Skills:**
- Proven track record in consulting with demonstrable business‑development success (network, revenue, long‑term client relationships).
- Deep knowledge of data fundamentals, AI, and Generative AI concepts.
- Strong data strategy, governance, and organizational design acumen.
- Experience managing complex data/AI projects, preferably using Agile, Design Thinking, or similar transformation methodologies.
- Excellent oral and written communication; ability to simplify technical information for C‑suite audiences.
- Leadership presence, team‑building capability, and influence senior stakeholders.
- Advanced proficiency in PowerPoint (or equivalent).
- Fluency in English (written & spoken).
- Openness to continuous learning, feedback, and proactive innovation.
**Required Education & Certifications:**
- Bachelor’s (or Master’s) degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or related field.
- Professional certifications such as PMP, Agile Scrum Master, Data Analytics, or AI/ML are a plus.