Manager - Artificial Intelligence & Data - (Data Management & Data Platforms focus)

Location: Basel, Geneva, Zurich

Work Pattern Percentage: 80-100%

Help our clients navigate the future with confidence and embrace decision making with clear data-driven choices 

Deloitte AI & Data helps clients unlock the power of AI and data to deliver better human-centric solutions that catalyse growth and efficiencies. We enable them to leverage data, analytics, modern platforms, and data science & AI technologies to uncover hidden relationships from vast troves of data, generate insights, and inform their decision-making.  

We help clients transform their business by designing and implementing data solutions to excel in their markets. Our role is to understand their business problems and use data-driven thinking and technology to achieve outcomes that drive their business forward. 

For this role, we are currently offering start dates from February 2025. 

How you can make an impact 

• Work with our clients to modernise their digital landscape using next-generation cloud-based platforms and big data architectures to ensure high data quality 
• Design and implement modern data solutions in the areas of data management (e.g. data quality, master and reference data, catalogues, data platforms) that deliver high-quality, usable data 
• Develop data strategies that allow our clients to reach their business objectives across regulatory, cost, and revenue pillars. 
• Design complex data & analytics transformations by providing architectural, technical and organizational thought leadership and guide clients in executing these transformations, which have significant organizational implications.  
• Take responsibility for the holistic management of projects, i.e. from advisory and conception to implementation and introduction of the solution at the customer's site. 
• Develop and maintain trusted client relationships through project work or business development and expand your network both internally and externally. 
• Define go-to-market strategies for our strategic topics together with our leadership and drive them forward.  
• Play a central role with our existing focus customers and establish new customer relationships by responding to customer needs, further expanding existing projects and showing market presence (thought leadership on Linkedin, at conferences or customer events). 
• Be part of interdisciplinary and cross-functional teams for the delivery of data management / engineering solutions in a fast-paced and collaborative environment.  
• Share your knowledge with younger colleagues and help them to develop professionally and personally 

What We Are Looking For: 

Drive and Motivation: 

• Passionate individuals looking to make a career in Consulting. 
• Experience in leading Data & Analytics teams and projects and track record of working effectively in multidisciplinary teams. 

Consulting and Communication Skills: 

• Management skills: Ability to manage several projects at once and manage conflicting priorities  
• Selling skills: Experience in the marketing and sale of consulting or project services 
• Strong Presentation skills: Ability to design and shape meaningful presentations.  
• Strong Conceptual Capability: Ability to consolidate diverse requirements into coherent solution designs, simplifying complex problems. 
• Business-IT Translator: Ability to act as the bridge between business needs and technical solutions. 

Technical Expertise in one of the following two: 

Data management:  

• Several projects implementing master data management, data quality, reference data or catalogue solutions.  
• Leading nearshore/offshore teams on implementations.  
• Hands-on experience from vendor selection to implementation and operation of solutions. 
• Hands-on expertise working with solutions from one or more of the following vendors (Collibra, Informatica, Azure, GCP). 

Cloud-based data platforms:  

• Several projects in implementing data lakehouses. 
• Leading nearshore/offshore teams in implementations.  
• Hands-on experience across the entire journey from vendor selection to implementation and operation of solutions.  
• Hands-on expertise in working with solutions from one or more of the following vendors (Azure, GCP, AWS, Snowflake, Databricks). 
• Hands-on knowledge of common development methodologies. 
• Hands-on expertise in designing and documenting data and technical architecture for these platforms 
• Ability to articulate hybrid data architectures / options to senior stakeholder groups and to develop and present / defend a point of view 

Language Proficiency: 

• Fluent in English; fluency in German and/or French is highly preferred to facilitate communication with diverse teams and stakeholders. 

Industry Experience: 

• You have 6 or more years of relevant professional experience in a technical or strategic role in the areas of data governance, data management, data engineering or analytics gained in a consultancy, tech company or industry. 

Your team 

Become part of a diverse and multinational team of 50+ 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 variety of clients, vendors, and technologies. Our business is growing fast and there are plenty market opportunities to develop 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 helps us find new ways into 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? Visit www.deloitte.com/ch/careers.

How to apply 

We look forward to hearing from you! Please click on “apply now” to submit a complete application, including CV, cover letter, references and degree certificates. If you have any questions, please contact Julia at talent@deloitte.ch

*We consider all qualified applicants for employment regardless of race, ethnicity, religious beliefs, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability, in accordance with applicable law. Research shows that women are less likely to apply for roles unless they match all the criteria; don’t hold yourself back – apply today. 

We do not accept applications from recruitment agencies for this position. 

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Requisition ID: 17118