Manager / Manageress - Artificial Intelligence & Data - AI Strategy

Location: Zurich, Basel, Geneva

Work Pattern Percentage: 80-100%

You Bring Ambition, We Provide Opportunities

Help our clients navigate the future by aligning AI innovation with strategic business goals to drive sustainable growth and competitive advantage.

Deloitte AI & Data supports clients in unlocking the full potential of AI by bridging the gap between business strategy and technical execution. We enable organizations to embed AI thoughtfully and responsibly into their operations, ensuring measurable business impact and long-term value.

How You Can Make an Impact

• Lead the development and execution of AI strategies that align with clients’ business objectives, market dynamics, and regulatory environments.
• Advise senior client stakeholders on AI adoption, governance frameworks, ethical considerations, and risk management to ensure responsible AI deployment.
• Translate complex AI technologies and capabilities into clear business cases, roadmaps, and actionable plans that drive transformation.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration between business leaders, data scientists, engineers, and external partners to deliver integrated AI solutions.
• Shape and grow Deloitte’s AI strategy practice by contributing to thought leadership, market positioning, and business development activities.
• Mentor and lead teams, fostering a culture of innovation, strategic thinking, and client-centric delivery excellence.

Who We Are Looking For

Experience:

• 6+ years of relevant experience in AI strategy, technology consulting, or management consulting with a focus on AI and digital transformation.
• Proven track record advising senior executives and influencing strategic decisions related to AI adoption and innovation.
• Experience managing complex AI or data-driven transformation programmes across multiple industries.
• Strong understanding of AI technologies, including machine learning, natural language processing, and generative AI, and their business applications.
• Familiarity with AI governance, ethics, and regulatory considerations in AI deployment.

Drive and Motivation:

• Ambitious, strategic thinker with a passion for AI and its potential to transform businesses.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and lead teams in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Commitment to continuous learning and staying abreast of AI trends and best practices.

Leadership, Commercial Acumen, and Communication Skills:

• Strong client-facing presence with the ability to build trusted relationships at senior levels.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of articulating complex AI concepts in business terms to diverse audiences.
• Skilled in stakeholder management, negotiation, and influencing decision-making.
• Experience leading and developing high-performing teams, managing project delivery, and driving business growth.

Technical and Strategic Expertise:

• Deep knowledge of AI technologies, data analytics, and digital ecosystems.
• Ability to assess AI risks and benefits from a strategic and operational perspective.
• Experience with AI use case identification, prioritization, and value realization.
• Understanding of cloud platforms and AI tools (AWS, Azure, GCP, LLMs) is advantageous.

Language Proficiency:

• Fluent in English; proficiency in German and/or French is highly preferred to engage effectively with local clients and teams.

Industry Experience:

• Experience in Banking, Insurance, Life Sciences, Healthcare, or other regulated sectors is preferred.

Your Team

Become part of a diverse and multinational team of 60+ highly motivated individuals located in our Zurich, Geneva, or Basel offices. We specialise in AI & data – how to structure it, how to source it, how to transform it, how to store it, and how to consume it. Join our fast-paced and fun team, working alongside highly talented colleagues on varied and exciting projects, with access to excellent and continuous learning opportunities.

Deloitte AI & Data is the leading data & analytics consulting team in Switzerland. You will have a chance to work with outstanding colleagues and have access to a variety of clients, vendors, and technologies. Our business is growing fast, and there are plenty of market opportunities to develop your career in the direction that you want.

We will help you grow both personally and professionally: through our trainings, mentoring programmes, and on-the-job learning, but also by working with clients and vendors across different industries.

Careers at Deloitte: Choose Your Impact

At Deloitte, your ideas create impact and spark meaningful change for our clients, people, and society. Your unique expertise, background, and perspective help us find new ways to tackle the most complex challenges so we can brighten the futures of those our work affects. At Deloitte, you can build a career that inspires and energises you. At Deloitte, you can choose your impact.

In Switzerland, we provide industry-specific services in the areas of Audit & Assurance, Tax & Legal, Strategy, Risk & Transactions Advisory, and Technology & Transformation. With close to 3,000 employees at six locations, we serve companies and organisations of all sizes in all industry sectors. We offer meaningful and challenging work, an inclusive and supportive environment where you can be your best self and where you will never stop growing. You will benefit from flexible and hybrid working conditions, wellbeing and parental programmes, as well as many opportunities to connect, collaborate, and learn.

Join us and become part of a global network of like-minded people dedicated to making a difference, whether by addressing climate change or improving 100 million futures by 2030. Want to know more about opportunities at Deloitte? Apply online using the form below.

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Requisition ID: 21494