Data & AI Lead (Public Sector & Healthcare)
- Senior pre-sales and delivery leadership role within a £100m public sector technology portfolio
- Shape national-scale Data and AI solutions that make a real difference to people’s lives
- Hybrid working with UK-wide client engagement
- Salary £90,000 to £130,000
- UK work authorisation required
About the Company
Our client is a well-established technology consultancy with a strong track record of delivering large-scale digital transformation across the public sector and beyond. Trusted by some of the UK’s most significant organisations, they work on programmes that genuinely matter, improving outcomes for millions of people. With a growing Data and AI practice and a pipeline of ambitious, cutting-edge engagements, this is a compelling place to do serious data work.
The Role
A high-impact hybrid role combining hands-on technical leadership with strategic consulting and business development. You will shape and deliver Data and AI opportunities across a major public sector portfolio, working closely with senior technology and account leaders to design solutions that drive real outcomes. Alongside pre-sales, you will operate as a Lead Data Architect on delivery programmes, providing architecture design, assurance and subject matter expertise from discovery through to delivery. The ideal candidate is technically deep, commercially aware and equally at home in a client workshop and a complex architecture review.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead early-stage client engagements including discovery sessions and workshops with senior stakeholders across national and regional public sector organisations
- Develop compelling bid responses, proposals and presentations in collaboration with account teams
- Create reusable Data and AI accelerators and offerings to support pre-sales and delivery activities
- Act as Lead Data Architect within delivery programmes, owning technical design, data modelling, metadata management and governance practices
- Provide technical leadership and assurance across delivery teams, ensuring alignment with Data and AI best practice and client objectives
- Advise clients on technology selection and define information handling models across complex data platforms
- Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders across complex, multi-organisation client environments
- Represent the organisation at industry events, panels and briefings to build credibility and expand the network
- Lead, motivate and develop individuals within the Data and AI practice
What You’ll Need
Essential:
- Experience as a Data or AI consultant in a client-facing role, including pre-sales shaping and opportunity leadership
- Strong technical design expertise across data modelling, metadata management, data transformation, data migration and governance
- Proven experience delivering or assuring large-scale Data or AI programmes within the public sector or healthcare domain
- Demonstrated ability to lead complex data delivery programmes including mentoring, standards development and architecture assurance
- Excellent communication and influencing skills at C-level and Director-level
- Broad technology knowledge across modern data platforms, data integration, analytics, AI/ML, data governance and cloud
- Proficiency in at least three mainstream data technologies with awareness of wider data technology trends
- Experience working across the full sales lifecycle from early shaping through to pitch and close
Desirable:
- Experience working with UK central government, arms-length bodies, devolved administrations or healthcare organisations
- Familiarity with healthcare data and interoperability standards including FHIR, HL7 and SNOMED
- Experience designing or delivering large-scale data platforms or secure data environments
- Understanding of GenAI and large language model applications in a public sector context
- Experience with public sector procurement processes
- Enterprise Data Architecture experience
- Experience developing go-to-market offerings or reusable delivery assets
Why Apply?
- Salary of £90,000 to £130,000
- Work on programmes with tangible, positive impact on people across the UK
- A role spanning pre-sales, technical leadership and strategic consulting at national scale
- People-first culture with a genuine focus on growth and development
- Hybrid working within a collaborative and ambitious Data and AI practice
Interested?
For a confidential conversation about this opportunity, connect with Justin Donaldson on LinkedIn or submit your CV via the link below.
