AI & Data Strategy and Transformation Consulting Manager

Wavestone • New York, NY

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

At Wavestone, the AI & Data Strategy and Transformation Consulting Manager helps clients translate AI ambition into business outcomes. The manager serves as a trusted advisor to business unit and functional executives and leads strategy and transformation engagements in collaboration with strategic, adoption, and technical teams. The role is part of the AI Strategy and Transformation pillar within the AI & Data capability group.

The manager leads or supports AI readiness assessments, strategy and roadmap development, use-case prioritization, business cases, operating model design, and adoption programs. The role bridges business priorities, people and process change, and technical execution to help clients move from experimentation to scaled value. It partners with engineering, data, and responsible AI specialists rather than primarily serving as a hands-on data platform architect. The manager also mentors teams and develops reusable consulting offerings.

The role is hybrid, with work in the office three days when not at a client site. Consultants work flexibly based on client and business needs, and periodic travel to client sites and/or attendance at a designated hub office may be required. Candidates must be legally authorized to work for any U.S. employer full-time without sponsorship.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Business, Economics, Organizational Change, Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 8+ years of relevant experience in management consulting, technology strategy, or enterprise transformation, including AI strategy or AI-enabled transformation engagements.
• At least 2 years in a leadership or management role.
• Demonstrated experience producing client-ready assessments, strategies, roadmaps, business cases, or operating model and adoption plans.
• Exceptional communication, facilitation, stakeholder management, and strategic problem-solving skills.
• Proven contribution to business development, including proposal shaping, identifying opportunities, or securing extensions.
• Legally authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. on a full-time basis without the need for sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• Relevant AI, change management, project management, or cloud/data certifications; certifications are a plus and do not substitute for demonstrated advisory and transformation delivery experience.
• Hands-on engineering experience is valuable but is not the primary requirement.

Responsibilities

• Lead AI strategy and transformation engagements from readiness assessment and executive alignment through roadmap development, execution support, and scaled adoption.
• Advise business unit, functional, and senior leaders on AI opportunities, investment priorities, operating model choices, and organizational changes needed to realize business value.
• Identify and prioritize AI use cases through stakeholder interviews and facilitated workshops, assessing business value, feasibility, data readiness, risk, and adoption requirements; develop actionable portfolios and roadmaps.
• Design AI operating models with clear ownership, decision rights, funding mechanisms, cross-functional roles, and portfolio governance, collaborating with responsible AI, risk, security, and data specialists to embed appropriate controls.
• Build business cases and value realization plans that define outcome baselines, success measures, benefit owners, and how productivity gains or freed capacity will translate into growth, service improvements, or cost outcomes.
• Lead adoption and capability uplift through stakeholder engagement, role-based AI literacy, change plans, communications, and communities of practice; mentor consultants and client teams.
• Develop client opportunities and market offerings with account leaders and capability specialists by leading discovery and executive briefings, shaping proposals and pitches, and creating thought leadership, industry playbooks, and reusable assessment and delivery assets.
• Guide AI-enabled work and process redesign and transformation delivery, coordinating business, change, data, and engineering teams; maintain roadmaps, manage dependencies and risks, and track adoption and benefits beyond pilots.
• Drive business development for AI and other Wavestone capabilities within existing and new clients.

Benefits

• Bonus eligible
• 401K Savings Plan with Company Match
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Employee Stock Options Plan (ESOP)
• 35 PTO inclusive of holidays
• Four months of parental leave for the birthing parent and two months for the supporting parent

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager