Director: Data
Baringa
Director: Data
Baringa
Global consulting delivering strategy and technology
Baringa is a global consulting firm that partners with leaders to drive change and create value. With deep industry expertise, and enabled by advanced technology, the firm helps clients to deliver with greater confidence and certainty. With over 2,000 people across the UK, Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, the firm combines global insight with local understanding.
The firm works across energy and resources, financial services, government and public sector, consumer products and retail, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, manufacturing, and technology, media and telecoms, with capabilities spanning strategy, transformation and operational excellence – all powered by advanced technology, data, AI and digital innovation.
Clients value Baringa’s collaborative approach and the way its teams integrate seamlessly – all working with a shared understanding of what matters most. The firm is known for its kind, curious experts who listen closely and care deeply about client success as they help clients transform energy markets, modernise financial platforms, expand telecoms and digital networks through advanced data analytics, enable digital services in government, and unlock growth in consumer sectors.
Certified as a Great Place to Work around the world, Baringa has been recognised by the Financial Times in 22 categories of its UK Leading Management Consultants rankings, and by Forbes for four consecutive years as one of the World’s Best Management Consulting Firms.
Our Data, Analytics and AI practice is looking for an experienced Director to join the team.
Baringa is hiring experienced Directors to lead enterprise Data, Analytics & AI transformation engagements, helping commodity trading clients harness Generative AI, Agentic AI and advanced analytics to modernize trading operations, improve decision-making and create measurable business value. Our clients rely on our deep industry expertise to navigate a trading landscape defined by price volatility, increasingly complex value chains, and evolving regulatory demands. You'll help them define and execute trading strategies, build business capabilities, drive technology and digital transformation, and manage risk and compliance — all underpinned by our strong data, analytics and AI practice.
What You Will Be Doing
As a Director within Data, Analytics & AI, you will own and shape the growth of Baringa's US Energy & Resources (E&R) practice across North America, defining the go-to-market strategy around data and analytics. You will lead strategic client relationships, originate and sell complex transformation programs, develop our people, and define our market proposition while continuing to oversee delivery of high-impact engagements. The ideal candidate brings deep subject-matter expertise across several of the areas outlined below, though mastery of every discipline is not expected.
Commercial & Practice Leadership
Data, Analytics & AI
Commodity & Energy Trading
You'll apply this expertise across the commodity and energy trading agenda, partnering with clients on engagements such as:
Tools & Technology
To excel in this role you'll bring hands-on, in-depth experience across most of the following — though no one is expected to know every tool:
Your Skills and Experience
We're looking for people with strong client delivery and relationship-building skills, coupled with deep advisory expertise in data, AI and commodity and energy trading:
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging is central to our culture and that diversity is paramount to driving creativity, innovation, and value for our clients and for our people.
You can be a part of our ‘Great Place to Work’ – with our commitment to women and well-being in the workplace for all. Click here to see some of our recent awards and how we’ve achieved this.
We maintain high standards of environmental performance and transparency, which can be seen through our commitment to Net Zero with our SBTI-verified Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions reduction targets and our support of the Better Business Act. We report our progress publicly and ensure that we are also externally assessed and scored through organizations like CDP and EcoVadis - helping us to continually identify where we can improve.
We have a long legacy of supporting the communities in which we work, and offer a variety of ways to contribute, by putting people first and creating impact that lasts. Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) agenda is about giving back to the communities in which we live and work by sharing our skills, talent and time. In essence, we aim to empower and encourage everyone in the firm to contribute to the things we care about, and support registered charities and organizations with a clear social or environmental purpose to increase the positive impact they can have.
All applications received will be reviewed by a member of our Talent Acquisition team. We never rely solely on automated screening or AI tools to make hiring decisions. Your application will be considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, age, faith or social background. We do not filter applications by university background and encourage those who have taken alternative educational and career paths to apply. We would like to actively encourage applications from those who identify with less represented and minority groups. We operate an inclusive recruitment process, ensuring reasonable adjustments where needed. Please contact a member of our Recruitment Team to discuss further.
For UK & EU
Your personal data will be retained by Baringa for up to two years, in accordance with our UK Recruitment Privacy Notice / EU Recruitment Privacy Notice, to evaluate your application and meet our legal and reporting obligations. In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the right to request access to, rectification, or erasure (subject to legal limitations) of your personal data. For more information, please contact us at [email protected]
For the USA
Your personal data may be retained by Baringa for up to two years, as outlined in our Recruitment Privacy Notice (AMER & APAC), to support the recruitment process and internal reporting requirements. Where applicable, and in accordance with relevant federal and state laws, you may have the right to request access to or correction of your personal information. For further details, please contact [email protected]
For Australia & Singapore
Your personal data will be retained by Baringa for up to two years, in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice (AMER & APAC), to assess your application and meet applicable reporting and legal obligations. In line with the Australian Privacy Act and Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), you may have rights to access, correct, or request limited deletion of your personal data. For more information, please contact us at [email protected]
Baringa is a global consultancy that partners with leaders to drive change and create value by combining deep industry knowledge with advanced technology. It helps clients execute strategy, transformation, and operational improvements using data, AI, and digital innovation, with teams that work collaboratively to deliver hands-on results. It differentiates itself through its global reach paired with local understanding, a client-focused culture, and strong recognition as a great place to work. Its goal is to help organizations transform their industries and operate with higher performance and certainty through trusted advice and measurable outcomes.
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