Data & Ai Consulting Lead (Zurich, Switzerland)

**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 R&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 & AI Consulting Lead **to join our growing **Data & 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 & AI consulting offering, ranging from technical-operational to conceptual-strategic. You will have the opportunity to accompany state of the art data, AI & 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 & 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 & technology**:

- experienced in successfully **leading** **technical, operational **and **strategic** **client** **projects** within data, AI & analytics
- an **outgoing** and **convincing** **personality** who is talented at **establishing**, **maintaining** and **growing** **commercial relationships** with clients
- **familiar** with the **Swiss** **business** **landscape** and can tap into an **existing network of decision makers**:

- **willingness** **to** **travel** (on average probably no more than 40%, primarily Switzerland, with some activity across Europe also possible, mainly Germany & France)
- able to quickly **identify** and **prioritise** **business** **challenges** 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
- **fluent** **German** 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 & platforms
- **contribute** to the **growth** of our **Data & 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 & AI Consulting practice as part of a **small, high-performing team** to **co-develop the growth strategy** and concepts and methodologies for new data & AI consulting offerings
- **collaborate** with our **data & 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** on data science & AI-related topics

**Benefits**

**What We Offer**
- A young, high growth services company which grew from 1 to 100+ employees since its foundation in 2017
- Entrepreneurial environment with highly team-oriented culture and the chance to co-build Unit8
- Competitive compensation incl. base salary and variable compensation dependent on both individual + company performance and the option to become shareholder of Unit8
- Work on cutting-edge data, AI & analytics topics (e.g., Generative AI) that have real impact across industries
- A culture that is performance-oriented but at the same time friendly & supportive, incl. regular company-wide events
- Above the norm flexibility regarding when and from where you work as long as both client and internal commitments are met
- High emphasis on l