Lead Data and AI Delivery Consultant

Job Title: Lead Data andamp; AI Delivery Consultant (Workforce Intelligence) Location: Sheffield, UK (Hybrid - 2/3 days per week on-site) OR flexible frequent travel to Sheffield Employment Type: Contract/Full-Time About the Role We are seeking a highly experienced Lead Data andamp; AI Consultant to spearhead the delivery of cutting-edge Workforce Intelligence applications within the financial services sector. This is not a pure hands-on coding role; it is a strategic technical leadership position that requires you to act as the critical bridge between client stakeholders (C-suite andamp; SMEs), Data Scientists, AI Engineers, and multi-disciplinary delivery pods. You will be responsible for the end-to-end governance of AI outputs-from use case prioritization and requirements validation to ensuring robust data lineage and access control across our Azure/Databricks ecosystem. Your deep understanding of Knowledge Graphs and Agentic AI will be essential in quality-assuring the work of our engineering teams. Key Responsibilities 1. Technical Leadership andamp; AI Governance Lead the prioritization of data science use cases, ensuring the team focuses on high-impact, commercially viable problems rather than experimental "nice-to-haves." Direct and quality-assure the technical outputs of Data Scientists and AI Engineers, with a specific focus on Knowledge Graph architecture, semantic layer design, and Agent AI frameworks. Define and enforce best practices for ..... full job details .....