Overview
Managing Consultant - FS - Data Science and AI
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.
- Be part of an environment that deeply cares about its values - Values | PA Consulting
- Contribute to thought leadership and market offerings that position PA at the forefront of digital and data innovation in financial services.
Qualifications
Essential requirements
Even if you don’t meet every requirement below, feel free to apply as we are often hiring for similar roles for which your background might be better suited.
- 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.
Additional Information
Assessment process
Please note that the interview stages may be subject to change based on the specific requirements of the role.
- Introductory Call with one of our senior Talent Acquisition partners to explore your background, the opportunity and PA.
- Round 1: 3x competency interviews, allowing you to meet different members of PA.
- Final Round: Business plan presentation with PA leaders – you will be given guidance and time to prepare in advance.
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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 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 ranges of human difference. We are on a journey towards ensuring our workforce is diverse at all levels and that our firm is representative of the world around us. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups.
Hybrid Working - Our approach is to be in the office or on client site a minimum of 2 days per week. However, the actual time you spend and where you spend it will vary by role or assignment, including up to 5 days per week on client site.
Adjustments or accommodations - Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us.
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