Principal Data & AI Consultant

Principal Data & AI Consultant

Location: UK (Hybrid)

Work Pattern: Hybrid

Travel Requirements: Occasional travel to client sites across the UK and Europe

Security Clearance: Eligibility to obtain UK Government Security Clearance is desirable

About Mastek

Mastek Limited is a global provider of enterprise AI, digital, and cloud services, enabling clients to achieve measurable and sustainable returns on their technology investments. With a presence in over 40 countries and a workforce of nearly 5,000 professionals, Mastek delivers innovative technology solutions that help organisations accelerate transformation and unlock business value.

Through our"Lead with AI" approach, we integrate intelligence across our solutions and operations, enabling ethical, scalable, and domain-driven AI adoption. We partner with industry leaders including Oracle, Salesforce, Microsoft, AWS, Snowflake, and Databricks, delivering outcomes across sectors such as Healthcare, Financial Services, Retail, Manufacturing, Higher Education, and the Public Sector.

Guided by our core values of Trust, Value, and Velocity, we foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, continuous learning, and career growth.

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Principal Data & AI Consultant to join our growing Data & AI practice. This is a senior advisory role focused on helping clients operating within highly regulated environments, including Healthcare, Government, and Financial Services, shape, govern, and deliver Data & AI initiatives that are practical, compliant, and outcome-focused.

As a Principal Data & AI Consultant, you will act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, leading discussions from strategy and investment planning through to delivery oversight. You will combine consulting excellence, commercial acumen, solution thinking, and stakeholder engagement to help organisations confidently adopt AI and data-driven capabilities.

This role is ideal for someone who can influence at executive level, navigate complexity, and translate AI ambitions into governed and measurable business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Data & AI strategy engagements, roadmaps, operating models, and investment cases for regulated clients.
• Act as a trusted advisor to executive stakeholders across business, technology, risk, compliance, and operations.
• Facilitate executive workshops, design sessions, and decision-making forums.
• Translate complex data and AI concepts into compelling, regulator-aware narratives for Boards and leadership teams.
• Provide governance, assurance, and delivery oversight across Data & AI programmes.
• Support organisations in implementing responsible AI, data governance, and regulatory compliance practices.
• Lead pre-sales activities including opportunity shaping, proposals, bids, and client presentations.
• Contribute to capability development, thought leadership, consulting frameworks, and market-facing offerings.

Essential Skills & Experience

• 15+ years' experience in consulting, advisory, or senior leadership roles within Data, Analytics, AI, or Digital Transformation.
• Demonstrable experience working with clients in highly regulated sectors such as Government, Healthcare, or Financial Services.
• Proven track record of developing Data & AI strategies, transformation roadmaps, and business cases.
• Strong executive stakeholder management and communication skills, with experience engaging C-suite and Board-level audiences.
• Experience leading complex consulting engagements from discovery through to delivery oversight.
• Strong understanding of AI governance, risk management, compliance, and regulatory considerations.
• Commercially minded with experience contributing to pipeline growth, account development, and revenue generation

Desirable Skills

• Experience advising on Responsible AI, AI governance, and emerging AI regulatory frameworks.
• Experience developing consulting propositions, accelerators, frameworks, or advisory services.
• Established network and experience within UK Public Sector, Healthcare, or Financial Services markets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, Business, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• Relevant professional certifications in Data, AI, Cloud, Enterprise Architecture, Project Delivery, or Consulting disciplines are desirable.

Why Join Mastek?

• Lead strategic Data & AI engagements for some of the UK's most complex and highly regulated organisations.
• Influence large-scale transformation initiatives with meaningful business and societal impact.
• Collaborate with industry experts across Data, AI, Consulting, Architecture, and Delivery disciplines.
• Help shape Mastek's growing Data & AI consulting capability and market offering.
• Access ongoing learning, professional development, and thought leadership opportunities.
• Contribute to innovative programmes that harness AI responsibly and at scale.
• Enjoy clear career progression within a global technology and consulting organisation.

Our UK Benefits Include

• Competitive salary and annual bonus opportunities
• Hybrid and flexible working options
• Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays
• Company pension scheme with employer contributions
• Private medical insurance (for self and dependants)
• Life assurance cover
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Wellbeing initiatives and gym support
• Learning and development programmes, certifications, and professional training
• Employee recognition and reward schemes
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Employee referral bonus programme
• Enhanced family-friendly policies

Diversity & Inclusion

At Mastek, we are committed to building a diverse workforce and creating an inclusive environment where everyone can succeed. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are proud to be an equal opportunities employer.

We believe diversity drives innovation and are dedicated to fostering a workplace where every employee feels valued, respected, and empowered to make an impact.

If you are passionate about Data & AI Strategy, Advisory Consulting, and Responsible AI Adoption and want to play a key role in delivering impactful solutions within a collaborative and forward-thinking organisation, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today and help shape the future with Mastek.