Consulting Partner - Artificial Intelligence - Public Sector

SR2
London, United Kingdom
2 weeks ago
£170,000 – £200,000 pa

Salary

£170,000 – £200,000 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Director
Education
Degree
Posted
16 Apr 2026 (2 weeks ago)

Benefits

Excellent bonus potential Equity Car allowance Private healthcare and wellbeing support Enhanced pension contribution Flexible benefits Share schemes Tax-efficient options

Consulting Partner - Artificial Intelligence - Public Sector

London / Hybrid working

Salary: £150,000-£200,000 depending on experience

SR2 is supporting a leading consultancy as it looks to appoint a senior AI Consulting Partner to help lead and grow its AI proposition across the Public Sector.

This is a high-impact, market-facing Partner role for someone with a strong track record in UK public sector AI, combining credible delivery heritage with the ability to open doors, shape opportunities, and win strategic work. The need is not simply for AI capability in isolation, but for someone who brings broader, more compelling public-sector AI credentials, along with the network and senior presence to build market confidence early in the sales cycle.

The most commercially active areas for this role are expected to be responsible, agentic, and productionised AI, so this opportunity is particularly well-suited to someone who can speak credibly about AI governance, trust, operating model design, organisational adoption and the practical delivery of AI-enabled change in complex public bodies.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and grow AI propositions across Public Services, with a strong external focus on market credibility and revenue growth

Build senior relationships across government and public bodies, opening doors early in the sales cycle and shaping strategic opportunities

Position AI value with clients around trust, governance, operating model, adoption and measurable outcomes

Use credible delivery experience to support bids, client conversations and proposition development in areas such as Responsible AI, Agentic Factories and Blueprints

Provide high-level leadership on client assignments, with a focus on shaping, oversight and senior stakeholder engagement rather than hands-on delivery

Work closely with internal leadership teams to strengthen market messaging, broaden public sector AI credentials and improve win rates

Support the development of AI offerings that resonate with public sector buyers and reflect real delivery experience in complex environments

Contribute to wider practice growth through relationship building, sales leadership and strategic account developmentSkills & Experience

Strong background in AI consulting within the UK public sector, with meaningful delivery experience for public bodies rather than purely private sector clients

Track record of leading or playing a major role in real, production-level AI work, not just advisory pieces, proofs of concept or surface-level pilots

Ability to talk credibly and concretely about what was delivered, the value created and the challenges of implementation in public sector settings

Strong network across government, public bodies or arm's-length organisations, with the credibility to generate senior conversations quickly

Experience shaping and selling strategic AI work, particularly in areas such as governance, assurance, operating model, adoption and AI-enabled transformation

Senior consulting profile, likely at Director level, ready to step up or already operating at Partner level in a boutique, specialist or mid-sized firm

Commercially strong, with the ability to position value effectively in a market where clients expect substance, credibility and clear outcomes

Excellent stakeholder management, leadership and proposition-building capabilityPackage & Benefits

Salary of £150,000-£200,000, with flexibility for exceptional candidates

Excellent bonus potential, with strong upside linked to revenue and leadership contribution

Equity as part of the overall package

Car allowance

Private healthcare and wellbeing support

Enhanced pension contribution

Flexible benefits, including share schemes and tax-efficient options

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