Your mission

Building on our success in delivering high-impact agile and devops projects, we aim to widen our services to include artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. The company is therefore looking for a senior consulting professional with AI expertise and a strong commercial focus. You will have the track record and the technical and commercial skill to originate and deliver complex AI projects that bring value to our customers, typically medium to large enterprises or similarly-sized public sector entities. You will be comfortable interacting with the CIOs of these organisations and have the management skills to deliver these projects successfully.

For the commercial aspect of the work, you will have the support of the company''s strong sales and marketing teams. You will be able to draft and disseminate marketing messages that fit with your perception of the market opportunities, and you will be able to draw on the sales team as required to make contact with appropriate prospective customers.

For project execution, you will be supported by a team of able consultants with strong technical skills in both AI and conventional IT and strong project management skills.

As a Principal Consultant, you will play a pivotal role in shaping our strategic engagements with enterprise and public sector customers. You will have the opportunity to interact often with senior management and influence the direction of the company

Your profile

Responsibilities and Duties

Originate AI consultancy assignments within or adjacent to the company''s main areas of expertiseOversee the execution and delivery of these projects, ensuring they meet customers'' objectives and deliver measurable return on their investmentInteract with our customers at all levels, up to and including strategic, CIO levelWork with the sales and marketing teams to refine the company''s commercial and technical strategy as regards AIOversee the further training and enablement of the company''s consultants in delivering practical AI solutions to customersInteract with the company''s partners, such as Atlassian, Snowflake, Databricks, Retool and AWS, and develop the partnerships which are most important to AI and your role. Where appropriate, this could include building new partnerships.Qualifications and SkillsEssential

A proven ability to originate and deliver complex AI consultancy projects that deliver measurable value to customersThe ability to project-manage complex AI consultancy projects from inception to a successful conclusionStrong commercial awareness and ability to interact with customers at a senior levelLeadership skills with experience in managing and motivating high performing teamsNice to have

Experience of consultancy projects in conventional IT fields such as devops, Agile and custom software developmentExperience of using the software and systems of the AC partner companies Snowflake, Databricks, Retool and AWS.Experience of Atlassian software including familiarity with Jira, Confluence and Bitbucket.

Why us?

Salary : £ competitive commensurate with experience

We know that at Automation Consultants, our team members are the best in the industry, so we do everything we can to take care of them. We offer ongoing training and professional development, tailored to the individual''s ambitions, as well as creating a team whose members learn from one another. We offer challenging projects within a supportive environment and believe that your skills should always be growing.

Benefits include:

25 days'' holiday (excluding bank holidays which are taken in addition)Private HealthcareDental insuranceEnhanced Maternity and Paternity plansDedicated ongoing training plan and budgetFlexible working hours and environmentAccess to the Electric Car SchemeCycle to Work SchemePension SchemeHigh spec. machine and access to virtual test labOnsite gym, showers, yoga lessons and more.Regular company-wide events, team social events, including Hackathons and competitions.

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