Lead Business Consultant

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Lead Business Consultant

Category: Business Consulting, Strategy and Digital Transformation

Main location: United Kingdom, Any - United Kingdom

Position ID:J1126-0193

Employment Type: Full Time

Position Description:

At CGI, we're helping organisations unlock the potential of AI, turning ambitious ideas into practical solutions that deliver measurable business value. As a Lead Business Consultant, you'll shape and lead innovative AI engagements, bringing together consulting expertise, engineering talent and client stakeholders to accelerate transformation. You'll take ownership of delivery, guide multidisciplinary teams and help clients navigate the journey from discovery and experimentation to responsible, production-ready AI solutions. Working within our collaborative and supportive environment, you'll have the freedom to challenge conventional thinking, influence strategic decisions and develop your leadership capabilities while delivering meaningful outcomes for our clients.

CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2025 and has been named a UK 'Best Employer' by the Financial Times. We offer a competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, plus a share scheme (3.5% + 3.5% matching) which makes you a CGI Partner not just an employee. We are committed to inclusivity, building a genuinely diverse community of tech talent and inspiring everyone to pursue careers in our sector, including our Armed Forces, and are proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. Join us and you'll be part of an open, friendly community of experts. We'll train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go.

Due to the secure nature of the programme, you will need to hold UK Security Clearance or be eligible to go through this clearance. This is a hybrid position. Flexible with Travel.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

In this role, you will lead multidisciplinary AI delivery teams, combining strategic consulting, technical understanding and commercial insight to help clients realise measurable value from AI. You'll take ownership of client engagements, from initial discovery and opportunity assessment through to proof of value, implementation and operational handover. Working closely with architects, engineers and business stakeholders, you'll translate complex challenges into practical delivery plans, ensuring solutions are commercially viable, technically sound and aligned with client priorities.

You'll also play a key role in developing the capabilities of your team, creating an environment where colleagues can experiment, collaborate and grow. Supported by CGI's wider community of technology and industry experts, you'll champion responsible AI adoption, influence senior stakeholders and contribute to the development of reusable approaches that accelerate innovation and strengthen client relationships.

Your key responsibilities will include:
- Lead & Deliver: Own AI delivery plans, manage multidisciplinary engineering teams and coordinate priorities, resources and outcomes across client engagements.
- Discover & Shape: Facilitate executive workshops, AI maturity assessments and use case prioritisation sessions, translating business challenges into actionable opportunities.
- Innovate & Validate: Guide the design and delivery of AI proofs of value, establishing acceptance criteria, evaluating feasibility and determining readiness for further investment.
- Measure & Demonstrate Value: Define business outcomes, establish performance baselines and assess AI economics, including implementation costs, operational expenditure and anticipated benefits.
- Collaborate & Influence: Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, architects and delivery specialists, ensuring technical decisions support business objectives.
- Champion Responsible AI: Embed appropriate governance, security, ethical considerations and adoption requirements throughout the delivery lifecycle.
- Transition & Scale: Coordinate production readiness, operational handover and ongoing support arrangements to enable sustainable AI adoption.
- Coach & Develop: Provide leadership, mentoring and constructive feedback to engineering colleagues, supporting individual development and high-performing teams.
- Shape & Grow: Identify commercial opportunities, contribute to proposals and bids, and develop reusable delivery approaches that strengthen CGI's AI consulting capabilities.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

To succeed in this role, you'll bring a strong background in technology consulting, delivery leadership and client engagement, alongside a practical understanding of AI and enterprise technology. You'll be confident translating complex business challenges into achievable technology solutions, leading multidisciplinary teams and influencing stakeholders at all levels. Combining commercial awareness with a collaborative leadership style, you'll be comfortable navigating ambiguity, making informed decisions and supporting clients through technology-driven change.

You should demonstrate:
- Technology Consulting Experience: Proven experience advising clients on technology strategy, transformation and delivery, translating business requirements into practical solutions.
- AI & Emerging Technology Knowledge: Strong understanding of AI technologies, use cases and enterprise applications, including the opportunities, limitations and considerations involved in implementation.
- Delivery Leadership: Demonstrable experience leading technology projects, workstreams or multidisciplinary teams, managing priorities, resources, risks and delivery outcomes.
- Stakeholder Management: Excellent communication, facilitation and influencing skills, with experience engaging senior business and technical stakeholders.
- Technical Fluency: Broad knowledge of enterprise technology, architecture, cloud, data or AI, with the ability to collaborate effectively with technical specialists on integration and solution design.
- Business Value & Commercial Awareness: Experience developing business cases, evaluating technology investments, defining measurable outcomes and supporting commercial proposals.
- Agile & Iterative Delivery: Practical experience working with agile methodologies, managing delivery backlogs and guiding solutions from discovery through to implementation.
- Responsible AI & Governance: Awareness of AI governance, security, data protection, adoption and operational considerations within enterprise environments.
- People Leadership & Coaching: Experience mentoring colleagues, developing team capabilities and fostering effective collaboration across diverse disciplines.
- Problem-Solving & Strategic Thinking: Strong analytical skills, with the ability to assess complex challenges, evaluate options and recommend solutions that balance business value, technical feasibility and delivery risk.

Skills:

• Communication
• Consulting process
• Leadership
• Business Strategy

What you can expect from us:

Together, as owners, let's turn meaningful insights into action.

Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you'll reach your full potential because...

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That's why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company's strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. You'll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

You'll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You'll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

That same commitment to fairness extends to how we use technology. To support our recruitment team, AI tools may be used to help assess applications though they never replace human judgement. All hiring decisions remain entirely in the hands of our recruitment professionals.

Come join our team-one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.

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