Manager, AI and Data Strategist - Infrastructure, TC, UKI

AI and Data Strategist - Infrastructure

Grade: Manager

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced AI and Data infrastructure  Strategy Manager to help shape and deliver enterprise-wide AI transformation initiatives for clients across the infrastructure sector. This role requires a strategic business technologist who can translate AI, data and automation capabilities into tangible business value while designing the organisational frameworks needed to become an AI-first enterprise.

Your client impact

• Define comprehensive AI, data and automation strategies tailored to client organisations across infrastructure sectors


• Communicate current global thinking and trends in the AI, Automation and Data space including within EY.


• Conduct in-depth analysis of industry-specific value chain and identify a portfolio of high impact AI, data and automation use cases, to drive revenue growth, operational efficiency, and competitive differentiation


• Assess organisational AI and data landscape maturity and create tailored roadmaps for transformation including operating models, organisational structure and capabilities required to deliver the strategy

• Contribute to the development of high-level business and technology architectures and operating models that enable scalable AI deployment (encompassing both data and automation)

• Support in the leading of cross-functional workshops and design sessions with senior stakeholders to align diverse stakeholder groups around a unified AI vision


• Present complex AI/agentic concepts and recommendations to senior leadership audiences

• Support the prioritisation of AI initiatives based on strategic value, feasibility, and organisational readiness


• Contribute to solution development of high impact bid responses and proposal for AI led transformation


• Drive change management initiatives to embed AI-driven and automation-enabled culture across client organisations. Ensure strategies align with ethical AI principles, regulatory compliance (e.g., GDPR, AI Act), and risk mitigation frameworks.

Essential Qualifications

• STEM degree or an equivalent certification in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or related field


• Certifications in relevant areas (e.g., cloud platforms, data governance, AI ethics, automation technologies)

Essential Criteria

• Strong experience of delivering enterprise-level AI strategies for complex or multinational organisations

• Expertise and interest in, the UK Infrastructure sector including HMG commitments such as National Infrastructure Strategy and Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution.

• Experience in designing operating models and organisational structures for data and AI functions


• Experience of working with client organisations to write business or investment cases


• Strong understanding of AI/ML technologies, including generative AI, predictive analytics, NLP, data and Intelligent Automation


• Knowledge of modern data governance frameworks and architectures, cloud platforms, and AI infrastructure including DAMA


• Knowledge of AI governance frameworks, model risk management, and regulatory requirements


• Strategic thinking with demonstrated ability to translate complex technical concepts into business language

Soft Skills

• Team leadership and coaching skills


• Proven communication, storytelling and presentation skills

• Proven stakeholder management skills with excellent facilitation and workshop design capabilities including ability to influence senior stakeholders


• Proven ability to collaborate in multi-disciplinary teams (data scientists, engineers, business strategists)


• Continuous learning mindset to stay ahead of rapidly evolving AI landscape and strategies for deployment


• Strategic thinking with demonstrated ability to translate complex technical concepts into business language and explain how they drive business value

Preferred Criteria

• Experience with Big 4 consulting methodologies and framework


• Knowledge of sustainability and climate change challenges across industries


• Knowledge of one or more of the following sectors: Energy, Government, Transport, Power and Utilities, Telco and Media


• Experience working in industry, government or a management consultancy environment


• Ability to analyse data and deliver insightful, practical solutions


• Experience of managing teams, including internal staff, clients and wider stakeholders


• Experience of delivering presentations to senior audiences


• Skills and experience in Portfolio, Programme and Project Management