Data & AI Consulting Manager / Senior Manager (Consumer & Retail, German Market)

Quick Facts

• Role: Data & AI Consulting Manager / Senior Manager (Consumer & Retail, German market)

• Focus: Predictive analytics and AI solutions that move from idea to production and adoption

Description

You will lead data & AI consulting engagements for Consumer & Retail clients in Germany, translating real business problems into solutions that get built and adopted. The work centers on advanced forecasting and predictive analytics plus AI use cases such as elasticity modeling, scenario simulation, causal attribution, and generative AI copilots and agents. You will drive discovery, proposals, and business cases end-to-end while partnering with engineering and data science teams to define what to build and how to measure success.

Responsibilities

• Shape pursuits and proposals with problem definition, approach scoping, and value narrative

• Lead client discovery workshops to frame the real problem and define desired outcomes

• Build business cases: size and prioritize data/AI use cases and translate them into KPIs, investment rationale, and delivery roadmaps

• Own workstreams end-to-end: requirements, backlog, data readiness, governance, and value tracking through adoption

• Collaborate with Data Engineers, Data Scientists, and Solution Architects to define the solution rationale and direction

• Create and present executive-level materials and recommendations throughout engagements

• Lead analytics areas including pricing & promotions, merchandising & category, customer & growth, and demand & supply chain

• Enable GenAI use cases such as commercial copilots and automation of analysis/reporting

Requirements

• Deep Consumer & Retail expertise with concrete examples of measurable business impact

• Consulting experience in structured problem-solving, stakeholder management, workshop facilitation, and executive communication

• Data and AI literacy to define data requirements and KPIs and translate between business and technical audiences

• End-to-end agile delivery experience through adoption into recurring commercial/planning processes

• Strong familiarity with CPG data landscape: transaction/order, product, customer (CRM/loyalty), syndicated/panel data (NIQ/Nielsen, Circana, Kantar), retailer POS/portal feeds, distributor sell-out

• Comfort with ambiguity and ownership to drive outcomes

• Fluent German is strongly preferred (ability to engage with clients in German)

Benefits

• Hybrid-by-design with opportunity to work remotely within Poland

• Chance to work abroad up to 60 days annually and potential relocation opportunities

• Career development programs, mentoring and soft-skills support, and well-being programs

• Certifications (Anthropic, Gemini, GCP, Azure, AWS) and English classes

• Stable pay and Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 15% discount

• Benefits package (health insurance, multisport, shopping vouchers) and referral bonuses up to $2,000

• Corporate, social and well-being events; offices with entertainment/relaxation zones and free snacks/coffee