Senior Manager or Director, Data & AI Delivery Lead (Financial Services)

<div class="content-intro"><h3><span style="color: rgb(0, 53, 142); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">About Baringa&nbsp;</span></h3> <p>Baringa is a global consulting firm that partners with leaders to drive change and create value. With deep industry expertise, and enabled by advanced technology, the firm helps clients to deliver with greater confidence and certainty. With over 2,000 people across the UK, Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, the firm combines global insight with local understanding.</p> <p>The firm works across energy and resources, financial services, government and public sector, consumer products and retail, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, manufacturing, and technology, media and telecoms, with capabilities spanning strategy, transformation and operational excellence – all powered by advanced technology, data, AI and digital innovation.</p> <p>Clients value Baringa’s collaborative approach and the way its teams integrate seamlessly – all working with a shared understanding of what matters most. The firm is known for its kind, curious experts who listen closely and care deeply about client success as they help clients transform energy markets, modernise financial platforms, expand telecoms and digital networks through advanced data analytics, enable digital services in government, and unlock growth in consumer sectors.</p> <p>Certified as a&nbsp;<em>Great Place to Work </em>around the world, Baringa has been recognised by the <em>Financial Times </em>in 22 categories of its UK Leading Management Consultants rankings, and by <em>Forbes </em>for four consecutive years as one of the World’s Best Management Consulting Firms.</p></div><h2><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 53, 142);"><span data-contrast="none">Our Data, AI, Solutions &amp; Engineering (DAISE) practice are looking for an experienced Data &amp; AI Delivery Lead in Financial Services to support the interlock between DAISE and the Financial Services industry sector at Baringa.</span>&nbsp;</span></h2> <div data-olk-copy-source="MailCompose">Our DAISE practice consists of over 100 UK and nearshore data professionals, with deep expertise across data strategy, data science, governance&nbsp;&amp; engineering. We focus on delivering value-adding, sustainable data and AI capabilities aligned to our clients’ needs. Our team won Data Consultancy of the Year at the British Data Awards 2025, and we're partners with Microsoft and AWS.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>This senior role will sit within DAISE and work closely with Baringa’s Financial Services industry teams, helping sectors translate market priorities into data, analytics and AI opportunities, build senior client relationships, shape pipelines across key accounts, and lead the successful delivery of DAISE engagements. &nbsp;</div> <h3><span style="color: rgb(0, 53, 142);"><span data-contrast="none">What you will be doing</span></span></h3> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="34" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Y<span class="TextRun SCXW214043162 BCX8" lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW214043162 BCX8">ou’ll</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW214043162 BCX8">&nbsp;</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW214043162 BCX8">own&nbsp;</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW214043162 BCX8">the delivery of large-scale data and AI programmes within&nbsp;</span></span><strong><span class="TextRun SCXW214043162 BCX8" lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW214043162 BCX8">Financial Services</span></span></strong><span class="TextRun SCXW214043162 BCX8" lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW214043162 BCX8">, bringing together multidisciplinary DAISE teams across data strategy, analytics, AI, engineering, architecture,&nbsp;</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW214043162 BCX8">governance</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW214043162 BCX8">&nbsp;and industry SMEs to deliver&nbsp;</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW214043162 BCX8">work that creates meaningful, lasting</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW214043162 BCX8">&nbsp;outcomes</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW214043162 BCX8"> for our clients</span></span></span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="34" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">You'll&nbsp;<span class="TextRun SCXW237780588 BCX8" lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW237780588 BCX8">be accountable</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW237780588 BCX8"> for growing and delivering DAISE’s Data and AI services within<strong> Financial Services</strong></span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW237780588 BCX8" lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW237780588 BCX8">, working with the DAISE interlock parter, sector GTM and account teams to build pipeline, shape opportunities and deliver high-quality client engagements</span></span></span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="34" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Y<span class="TextRun SCXW25520293 BCX8" lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW25520293 BCX8">ou’ll</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW25520293 BCX8">&nbsp;provide commercial leadership across&nbsp;</span></span><strong><span class="TextRun SCXW255202