Data & AI Practice Leader

GlobalLogic, a Hitachi Group Company, is a leader in digital engineering, helping organizations design and build innovative products, platforms, and digital experiences.

We partner with leading Financial Services and Enterprise organisations to deliver large-scale digital transformation, cloud, data, AI, and platform modernization initiatives across global delivery models.

About the Role and Key Responsibilities

Client Engagement & Business Development (Primary Focus)

• Deal Origination & Pursuit: Lead client engagements to identify high-value business opportunities, shape strategic pursuits, and successfully close large-scale deals.
• Consultative Selling: Translate complex technical capabilities (GenAI, Data Mesh, Advanced Analytics) into tangible business outcomes for C-suite stakeholders.
• Proposal Leadership: Head the creation of compelling RFPs, technical solution blueprints, and commercial models for large enterprise programs.
• P&L Ownership: KPIs will be directly correlated with business success.

Technical Strategy & Solution Architecture

• End-to-End Value Chain Mastery: Architect solutions spanning data engineering, governance, business intelligence (BI) and enterprise-grade AI.
• Next-Gen AI Ideation: Identify high-impact use cases for Generative AI and Agentic AI, defining the precise underlying data architectures and orchestration frameworks required to support them.
• Ecosystem Utilization: Leverage deep hands-on familiarity with major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP), Databricks, and Snowflake to design modern, scalable data platforms.

Program Delivery Oversight

• Large-Scale Governance: Act as the strategic advisor on marquee, multi-million-dollar programs, ensuring technical alignment and value realization.
• CoE Alignment: Champion best practices, reusability, and delivery excellence inherited from a high-performing Center of Excellence environment.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Consulting Background: Minimum of 8–10+ years in a premier management or technology consulting firm, managing client relationships and driving growth.
• Proven Track Record: Demonstrated success in identifying, structuring, and closing large-scale Data/AI deals and managing large delivery programs.
• CoE Pedigree: Past technical leadership roles within a Data & AI Center of Excellence or enterprise architecture group.

Technical Expertise

• Core Data Engineering: Deep understanding of data modeling, ingestion pipelines, storage, and modern data stack paradigms.
• Cloud & Data Platforms: Advanced proficiency with Databricks, Snowflake, and at least one major cloud provider.
• AI Portfolio: Proven experience deploying Enterprise AI and Generative AI solutions. Must understand the data needs, security guardrails, and architectural patterns of Agentic AI (autonomous agents, multi-agent frameworks).
• BI & Analytics: Solid grasp of business intelligence, data democratization, and insights consumption strategy.

Core Competencies

• Business Outcome Focused: Ability to tie every technical decision directly to revenue growth, cost reduction, or risk mitigation for the client.
• Constant Learner: A passion for staying at the absolute bleeding edge of technology (e.g., evolving LLM architectures, vector databases, agentic workflows).
• Collaborative Team Player: A low-ego, high-collaboration leader who can seamlessly partner with account teams, delivery units, and practice peers.

What We Offer

• The opportunity to shape the AI strategies of Fortune 500 enterprises.
• A highly competitive compensation package featuring strong performance-based incentives for deal closure.
• A culture of continuous learning, autonomy, and technical excellence.

We hire based on expertise, potential and enthusiasm to make a difference, then we give you the tools and skills you need to create impact. This role is based in our UK&I region.

Why work at GlobalLogic.

Our goal is to build an inclusive, positive culture where everyone can feel comfortable being themselves, empowering our people to create their own high standards and therefore more value. We work together to promote fairness while recognising, valuing and embracing differences – providing a transparent support structure and generous training budget to help our people develop skills to progress their career. Our region also supports a hybrid model which can flex across a wide spectrum of working options determined by our business, customer and individual needs.

You’ll benefit from a comprehensive health and wellness plan, private healthcare (clinical and mental wellbeing), and discounted gym memberships. We offer a strong benefits package including a competitive pension scheme and recognition schemes through bonus/reward initiatives. Colleagues are entitled to an annual volunteering day - so you can take time to support a cause close to your heart. We also love to stay social at our trips to the zoo, quiz nights, sports events, theater trips and much more.

We are an equal opportunities employer. It is our policy to promote an environment free from discrimination, harassment and victimisation.