​Title: Senior Consultant

Location: London, UK (Hybrid: Once a week on-site)

Type: Contract Inside IR35

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Role summary

Support the redesign of data flows across the full R&D dept of a FTSE 100 Life Sciences company. The role will lead discovery and design sprints, working with stakeholders to map current-state processes/dataflows, identify improvement opportunities and develop future-state processes, data flows and ways of working.

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Responsibilities

Lead sprint planning, delivery and stakeholder coordination

Use AI to create as-is process maps and brainstorm improvements based on existing documents and information without overreliance on SME time

Engage SMEs and process owners outside the programme, and co-ordinate and report progress to the programme team

Map and analyse current-state data flows, processes and dependencies

Design future-state data flows and operating approaches

Identify opportunities for process simplification, automation and AI enablement

Manage risks, actions, dependencies and reporting across workstreams

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Essential experience

Consulting experience, Senior Consultant or Manager level

Demonstrable knowledge of the use of AI, and genuine interest and delivery experience using AI-enabled ways of working (particularly using AI and available documents to reduce the burden on SMEs to provide information on as-is processes)

Stakeholder management and business analysis skills and ability to engage varied stakeholders, navigate uncertainty/complexity and gather required information

Strong understanding of process mapping, dataflow mapping and visualising data processes/dataflows

Strong project management skills

Data, AI or data governance experience and experience delivering data, digital or transformation programmes

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Desirable experience

Life sciences or pharmaceutical sector experience

Process mapping and process redesign experience

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