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

Quick Facts

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

• Focus: Advanced/predictive analytics and AI; GenAI use cases

Description

You will lead data and AI consulting engagements for Consumer & Retail clients, bridging executive stakeholders with engineering and data science teams to ensure solutions are built and adopted. You shape proposals and discovery, build business cases with KPIs and delivery roadmaps, and own workstreams end-to-end from requirements to adoption. The work spans forecasting, elasticity modeling, scenario simulations, causal attribution, and GenAI-enabled commercial copilots and automation.

Responsibilities

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

• Lead client discovery workshops to frame the real business problem and define success

• Build the business case: identify, prioritize, and size data/AI use cases; define KPIs and investment rationale

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

• Brief builders (Data Engineers, Data Scientists, Solution Architects) on what/why for scalable solutions

• Produce executive materials and present recommendations throughout the engagement

• Apply analytics to commercial questions across pricing, promotions, merchandising, segmentation, demand/supply, and growth

Requirements

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

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

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

• End-to-end agile delivery experience from problem framing and business case to adoption

• Familiarity with CPG data sources (transaction/order, product, CRM/loyalty, syndicated/panel data, retailer POS/feeds, distributor sell-out)

• Ability to drive outcomes with comfort in ambiguity

• Fluent German for client engagement (strong plus)

Benefits

• Growth programs, mentoring, soft skills and well-being programs, and certification support

• Thought leadership opportunities; English classes

• Hybrid-by-design with remote opportunity within Poland; chance to work abroad up to 60 days annually; relocation support

• Stable pay; Employee Stock Purchase Plan (15% discount); benefits package (health insurance, MultiSport, shopping vouchers)

• Referral bonuses up to $2,000; office amenities and events

• Option to work with contractors (B2B terms agreed individually)