Data AI Consulting Lead (Bern, Switzerland)
Unit8 SA, Switzerland
Job Description
Who We Are
Founded in 2017, Unit8 is a fast-growing Swiss AI and data analytics consulting and services company dedicated to solving complex problems of traditional industries like automotive, chemical, financial services, manufacturing and pharma. We work with some of the biggest organisations in Europe to solve the challenges that directly affect their business - be it operations, finance, manufacturing or Ramp;D. Since our foundation, we have successfully delivered more than 150 projects and have grown to 100+ talented individuals across 5 offices in Switzerland and Poland.
Unit8’s mission is to drive the adoption of AI and Data Science in the non-digital industries and to help accelerate their digital transformation. Among its activities, Unit8 dedicates a part of its resources and time on projects that deeply matter to us - that includes collaboration on pro-bono and engineering for good causes.
Are You the team member we are looking for?
Unit8 is looking for a Data amp; AI Consulting Lead to join our growing Data amp; AI Consulting Practice in Zurich. Purpose of our Practice is to work alongside our data scientists and data engineers and advise clients with a holistic data amp; AI consulting offering, ranging from technical-operational to conceptual-strategic. You will have the opportunity to accompany state of the art data, AI amp; analytics projects with our clients. You will be involved in the whole lifecycle from business development and pre-sales to project implementation and client relationship building. You will become a core team member and take responsibility for scaling up the Data amp; AI consulting practice within Unit8.
You are:
- equipped with 7-10 years of work experience in a leading management consultancy at the intersection of business amp; technology
- experienced in successfully leadingtechnical, operational and strategicclientprojects within data, AI amp; analytics
- an outgoing and convincingpersonality who is talented at establishing, maintaining and growingcommercial relationships with clients
- familiar with the Swissbusinesslandscape and can tap into an existing network of decision makers
- willingnesstotravel (on average probably no more than 40%, primarily Switzerland, with some activity across Europe also possible, mainly Germany amp; France)
- able to quickly identify and prioritisebusinesschallenges and provide innovative and relevant solutions, either during an ongoing client project or in business development activities
- a Bachelor’s or Master’s graduate in IT/ computer science, engineering, business, mathematics or natural sciences
- fluentGerman and English both written and spoken (French would be a plus)
- holding a Swiss passport or a valid EU/EFTA work permit
Requirements
What You’ll Do
Your role can evolve and will depend on our clients’ and internal challenges. In general, you will:
- lead consulting projects with clients on their path to become a data-driven company, e.g. by assessing the client’s data and machine learning maturity, identifying data-driven use cases, defining an impactful implementation roadmap, provide guidance on data and model governance, develop target operating models for analytics organisations or benchmark different analytics tools amp; platforms
- contribute to the growth of our Data amp; AI Consulting Practice via business development activities along all stages of the sales funnel (e.g., from prospecting new leads to answering to RfPs and closing new consulting contracts)
- work closely with the head of our Data amp; AI Consulting practice as part of a small, high-performing team to co-develop the growth strategy and concepts and methodologies for new data amp; AI consulting offerings
- collaborate with our data amp; AI consultants, data scientists, data engineers and other specialists s on the implementation of impactful data-based solutions and machine learning use cases
- lead the creation of white papers and industry thought leadership