This is an opportunity to play a key role in delivering end-to-end strategy engagements at the cutting edge of Data and AI adoption. The successful candidate will enjoy a fulfilling position focused on shaping business strategies and developing enterprise-grade Data and AI solutions for clients.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the Lead Strategist in designing and defining a target operational model aligned with the client's data as a product, federated operating model vision:
- Develop comprehensive team structures with clearly defined roles and responsibilities that balance immediate tactical needs with strategic architecture implementation
- Establish governance frameworks, delivery cadence approach, and ways of working methodologies
- Identify and document transition states to move from initial programme delivery when the technical architecture and initial business use cases will be implemented to Business as Usual (BAU) operations where the platform and data will be delivered and managed as a product
- Ensure the operating model aligns with the technical architecture and proposed layers of abstraction to support the federated operating model vision
Essential Skills & Experience
- Proven experience in operational model design within data platform or digital transformation contexts
- Strong understanding of data operating model frameworks and implementation methodologies
- Experience in defining team structures and organisational design for technical programmes
- Demonstrated ability to balance tactical delivery needs with strategic architectural vision
- Excellent stakeholder management skills across technical and business domains
- Strong facilitation and workshop leadership capabilities
- Experience working within consortium or multi-partner delivery environments
Desirable Skills & Experience
- Previous experience with designing federated operating models alongside mesh-based data platform architectures
- Knowledge of modern data platform architectures and operational models
- Experience in transitioning from project delivery to BAU operations
- Understanding of data product management principles
- Change management experience in large-scale transformation programmes
- Implementation experience following operational model design
Additional Information - Day rate: Up to £635
- IR35 status: Outside
- Location: Hybrid with onsite working up to 2 days a week in London
- Start date: Late May/ early June