Methods Business and Digital Technology
Domain Expert (Data & AI Strategy)
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Data & AI Strategy Domain Expert
About the Role
Methods is a £100M+ IT Services Consultancy that partners with central government and agencies to transform public-sector operations. Established for over 30 years, we focus on end-to-end business and technical solutions that are people-centred, safe, and future-ready. Our unique value lies in our human-centric approach, blending people, technology, and data to create sustainable impact for clients, staff, communities, and the planet.
Methods operates collaboratively across practices, solving challenges with a fun yet rigorous mindset while embracing learning from mistakes. While rooted in the public sector, we are expanding our private-sector portfolio. As part of the Alten Group, Methods benefits from the expertise of a global engineering and IT services firm with 57,000+ employees.
This senior consultancy role focuses on Data & AI Strategy within our Data & AI Consulting Practice. You will guide clients in leveraging data, analytics, and AI to improve business outcomes, public services, operational efficiency, regulatory confidence, and organisational performance.
You will shape high-impact consulting engagements, support business development, refine Methods’ repeatable offerings, and foster a strong internal expertise network. As one of seven Domain Experts across key strategic areas (including Data Intelligence & Applied AI), you will establish Thought Leadership, guide client delivery, and enhance Methods’ market position.
Key Responsibilities
Client Engagement & Transformation
- Lead Data & AI strategy engagements for public-sector and regulated-industry clients.
- Facilitate senior stakeholder workshops with executives, boards, SROs, CDOs, CIOs, CTOs, transformation directors, and operational leaders.
Strategic Advisory & Roadmapping
- Assess organisation maturity across data, AI, analytics, governance, technology, operating model, people, process, adoption, and value realisation.
- Identify, assess, and prioritise Data & AI use cases to deliver operational efficiency, service innovation, decision support, automation, fraud/error reduction, workforce productivity, and customer/citizen experience enhancement.
Business Case Development
- Develop business cases, investment narratives, benefits maps, value cases, KPIs, OKRs, and transformation roadmaps.
- Advise on technology strategy, including build/buy/partner options, platform selection, interoperability, supplier risk, scalability, and AI readiness.
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Implementation & Delivery Consulting
- Guide clients from concept to scaled delivery, avoiding isolated pilots.
- Shape discovery, alpha, proof-of-concept (PoC), mobilisation, and transformation programme approaches.
Business Development & Knowledge Sharing
- Support sales, bid teams, and client presentations by refining Data & AI strategy offers.
- Mentor consultants in strategic advisory, structured problem-solving, executive communication, and benefits-led consulting.
Essential Experience
- 8+ years in Data & AI strategy, digital transformation, technology advisory, business consulting, data-led change, or large-scale transformation.
- Proven measurable impact from prior projects/programmes.
- Experience as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders in public sector, regulated industries, or complex organisations.
- Strong command of Data & AI capabilities, including:
- Analytics, AI/ML, Generative AI (GenAI), data platforms, governance, architecture, and adoption.
- Expertise in developing data and AI strategies, business cases, roadmaps, and use-case prioritisation.
- Capacity to develop offers, proposals, and opportunities alongside sales, account, or bid teams.
- Contribution to communities of practice, knowledge-sharing, or internal capability-building.
- Familiarity with highly regulated environments (governance, security, compliance, risk, auditability).
Soft Skills
- Exceptional written and verbal communication—ability to dissect ambiguity and distil clear recommendations.
- Strategic workshop design and facilitation at senior executive levels.
Specialist Competencies
- Data & AI strategy development
- Executive advisory & board-level communication
- Business case & value case development
- Data/AI maturity assessment
- Use-case discovery and prioritisation
- Benefits realisation and impact measurement
- Transformation roadmap design
- Technology strategy & supplier option assessment
- Public-sector and regulated-industry advisory
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Valued Sector Experience
- Public Sector: Central/local government, health, justice, policing, education, defence.
- Regulated Industries: Energy, utilities, critical national infrastructure, asset-heavy organisations.
- Complex Engineering/Commercial: Defence primes, aerospace, space, financial services, insurance, telecommunications.
Desirable Experience
Tools & Frameworks
- HM Treasury Green Book, Better Business Cases, MSP, Agile (Agile/SAFe), TOGAF.
- Platforms: Microsoft Fabric, Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, Databricks, Snowflake, Microsoft Copilot.
Leadership & Innovation
- Experience in building new consulting propositions or scaling capabilities.
- Work in multi-supplier/client-side advisory or delivery assurance.
- Contributions to thought leadership, conferences, market insights, or executive briefings.
Security Standards
- Security Clearance required (Invigilation via Baseline Personnel Security Standard—see Gov.UK guidelines).
- Failure to complete this may delay or reject your application—discussed at interview.
Why Join Methods?
Culture & Growth
- Autonomy to advance learning and expertise.
- Impact-driven projects shaping societal progress.
- Inspiring leadership with collaborative, supportive teams.
Benefits
- Professional Development: Access to LinkedIn Learning, management training.
- Wellbeing: 24/7 Confidential Employee Assistance Programme.
- Community-Building: Regular events (e.g., Breakfast Tuesdays, Thirsty Thursdays, Pizza Fridays) and charity initiatives.
- Time Off: 28 days annual leave (including public holidays).
- Financial Wellbeing:
- Pension (Salary Exchange) Scheme with 4% employer/5% employee contribution.
- Life Assurance (4× base salary).
- Non-contributory Private Medical Insurance (including dependent cover).
- Worldwide Travel Insurance (non-contributory, covering dependants).
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