Principal Consultant - AI Consulting - Financial Services

Employment Type: Permanent 
Location: London, United Kingdom 
Position: Principal Consultant - AI

Job Description 

Join Delta Capita’s Data, Technology, and AI (DTA) consulting team as a Principal Consultant, where your AI consulting expertise will shape the next generation of technology-enabled transformation in financial services. 

As a Principal Consultant, the successful candidate will work directly with our clients to deliver cutting-edge propositions around AI, automation, data platforms, cloud and other emerging technologies our clients are looking to utilise. You will be the primary point of contact between the customer and DC as part of our Global Consulting team based in London, helping clients navigate their most complex AI challenges. 

To know more about our Consulting services, click here Consulting - Delta Capita.

As an experienced Principal Consultant, you will have:

• Deep understanding of the AI landscape, from data foundations and model development to governance and responsible AI, within financial services

• Proven experience advising C-level clients on the practical applications of AI in financial services, including agentic AI, generative AI, automation, and predictive analytics.

• Strong commercial awareness alongside excellent delivery. Demonstrate leadership capability across client and internal deliverables.

• Contributed to internal initiatives and drive Consulting AI expertise, as well as supporting industry knowledge and commercials.

• Strong People Leader with proven man management experience.

• Led Client engagements, structured and planned out entire engagements, including estimation, and balances with client expectations. As well as proposing ideas for continuous improvement/ operational excellence to improve delivery.

• Change management expertise: Strategy, Design, Analysis, Project Management, Build Testing, Go-Live.

• Extensive understanding of Financial Services, including products and client lifecycle matters

• Managing projects and teams supporting successful project/programme deliveries

• Good knowledge of the capital markets eco-system and participants. E.g., Sell side, buy side, market infrastructure, etc.

• Demonstrate commercial awareness of how to leverage client relationships

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