AI Delivery Lead

AI Delivery Lead (Contract) | Outside IR35

London (2 day’s onsite)

Initial 6-Month Contract

We are partnering with a fast-growing consulting business at the forefront of AI-enabled transformation within the M&A and Private Equity ecosystem.

As an AI Delivery Lead, you will play a critical role in helping clients identify, prioritise, and deliver AI initiatives that create measurable business value across transactions, integrations, carve-outs, and portfolio company transformations.

This is a hands‑on leadership role requiring a blend of AI expertise, consulting experience, stakeholder management, and delivery excellence.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Leading the end‑to‑end delivery of AI and GenAI programmes for clients across multiple industries.
• Working with C-suite stakeholders, investment teams, and portfolio company leadership to define AI strategies and implementation roadmaps.
• Translating business challenges into scalable AI solutions with clear commercial outcomes.
• Managing multidisciplinary teams including data scientists, engineers, architects, and product specialists.
• Overseeing the successful deployment of AI solutions from concept through to adoption and value realisation.
• Supporting AI opportunities arising from M&A activity, due diligence, integration programmes, and operational improvement initiatives.
• Ensuring delivery governance, risk management, and stakeholder alignment throughout engagements.

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience leading the delivery of AI, Data Science, Machine Learning, or GenAI programmes.
• Consulting experience within a leading consultancy or specialist advisory firm.
• Strong client-facing skills with the ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders.
• Experience managing complex transformation programmes and cross-functional delivery teams.
• Solid understanding of modern AI technologies, LLMs, GenAI use cases, and enterprise AI implementation.
• Excellent commercial awareness and ability to connect technology outcomes to business value.

Highly Desirable

• Experience within M&A, Private Equity, Transaction Services, or Value Creation environments.
• Exposure to post-merger integration, carve-outs, or portfolio transformation programmes.
• Experience delivering AI solutions in highly regulated or complex enterprise environments.

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