Data & AI Consultant
Efficio
Data & AI Consultant
Efficio
Global procurement consultancy delivering measurable savings
We are looking for a Data & AI Consultant to join a fast-growing client-facing technology team. This is not a traditional data engineering role, and it is not a pure consulting role. It sits at the intersection of engineering, AI implementation, technical advisory, and client delivery.
You will work directly with a major global client, helping them understand, design, and implement AI-enabled solutions within their own data and technology environment. Rather than simply building products in isolation, you will guide stakeholders through the journey from problem definition to roadmap creation, MVP development, and scalable implementation.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys both building and advising: someone who can speak confidently with senior stakeholders, translate business problems into technical roadmaps, and work hands-on with Python, AWS, APIs, databases, CI/CD pipelines, and AI models.
As a Data & AI Consultant, you will play a key role in shaping and delivering AI-enabled data solutions for a major client. Your responsibilities will vary depending on the workstream, but will typically include:
Working directly with client stakeholders, from senior leaders and board-level audiences to technical teams and day-to-day users, to understand business problems and translate them into practical technical solutions.
Supporting the definition of AI and data workstreams, including requirements gathering, technical discovery, roadmap creation, prioritisation, and implementation planning.
Designing and developing MVPs that demonstrate how AI, data pipelines, APIs, and cloud infrastructure can be used to solve real client problems.
Guiding client and partner engineering teams on how to build, integrate, and scale solutions within their own data pipelines and technology environment.
Acting as a bridge between business stakeholders, product teams, external engineering teams, and internal Efficio specialists.
Advising on the use of AI models within data engineering processes, including prompting, AI engineering patterns, workflow automation, and integration into production pipelines.
Supporting solution design across AWS, Python-based applications, databases, APIs, CI/CD pipelines, and scalable data infrastructure.
Bringing a consulting mindset to delivery: structuring ambiguity, communicating clearly, preparing presentations, and helping stakeholders make informed decisions.
Contributing to Efficio’s broader technology and IP ecosystem, including selected touchpoints with internal tools and products such as contract review and procurement intelligence capabilities.
Strong Python skills and experience building robust, maintainable technical solutions.
Experience working with cloud environments, ideally AWS.
Practical understanding of data pipelines, databases, APIs, CI/CD practices, and production-quality engineering.
Familiarity with AI engineering concepts, such as prompt engineering, LLM integration, RAG patterns, model-enabled workflows, or using AI models within data and analytics processes.
The ability to understand complex business problems and translate them into technical roadmaps, implementation plans, and delivery milestones.
Confidence communicating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including senior client audiences.
Experience creating technical documentation, presentations, solution designs, or delivery plans.
Comfort working in ambiguity, especially in an early-stage or evolving role where structure is still being defined.
A willingness to be hands-on when needed, whether that means building an MVP, reviewing architecture, working with APIs, or supporting implementation decisions.
This is an opportunity to join early in the growth of a client-facing AI engineering capability. You will be one of the first hires into this type of role, which means you will have room to shape how we deliver, how we engage with clients, and how we combine consulting with modern AI and data engineering.
The role will initially involve a significant amount of client interaction, discovery, requirements gathering, and roadmap development. Over time, it is expected to remain a balanced mix of engineering and client-facing delivery, with approximately half of the work focused on technical implementation and half on stakeholder engagement, presentations, and consulting-style problem solving.
You should be comfortable with a role that is still evolving. There will be less predefined structure than in a mature product or engineering team, but there will also be more opportunity to influence the direction of the work. At times, delivery may be demanding due to client deadlines and expectations.
Travel requirements are still being confirmed, but candidates should be open to travelling for client meetings when needed.
Efficio is a global procurement consultancy that helps organizations cut costs, streamline internal processes, and upskill procurement teams to realize savings faster and sustain them over time. It delivers savings through the Procurement Engine, a deployment model that combines 400+ consultants with its bespoke procurement technology platform, eFlow. This approach leverages deep category knowledge and a shared knowledge base to benchmark and transform a client’s procurement capabilities. Unlike typical firms, Efficio emphasizes on-demand expert support plus technology-enabled processes to achieve measurable, long-lasting value. Its goal is to deliver greater cost savings more quickly and sustainably, enabling clients to operate more efficiently and compete more effectively.
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