Data & AI Strategy and Delivery Consultant

Position Description:

Join CGI as a Houston based Senior Consultant in Data & AI Strategy and Delivery and help clients translate complex business, data, and AI opportunities into clear strategies, executable plans, and successfully delivered solutions. This is an exciting opportunity for a strategic, client focused, and delivery oriented professional who can bridge business needs, technical teams, and executive stakeholders across data, analytics, Generative AI, artificial intelligence, and broader business transformation initiatives. The ideal candidate brings excellent communication and presentation skills, strong functional consulting and delivery experience, technical fluency in data and AI, and the ability to manage complex initiatives from early stage discovery through implementation. This role is well suited for someone who can think strategically, communicate confidently with technical and executive audiences, and contribute directly to client engagements as a business analyst, project manager, program manager, product owner, functional consultant, or workstream lead. In addition to Data & AI initiatives, this individual should be capable of supporting broader Business Consulting engagements, including operating model design, workforce assessments, organizational transformation, process improvement, capability assessments, and strategic planning. Prior experience in these areas is beneficial, but candidates who demonstrate strong consulting fundamentals, curiosity, adaptability, and a willingness to develop these capabilities will also be considered. You will play an important role in supporting CGI's Data & AI and Business Consulting growth in the Houston market by helping shape client opportunities, lead workstreams, develop RFP responses, gather and translate requirements, define scope and delivery plans, and coordinate across business and technical teams. While hands on development experience is beneficial, this is primarily a functional, strategic, and client facing role rather than a software engineering or data science position. This position is located in our Houston, Texas office. Candidates must be based in the Houston area and willing to work an average of three days per week from the CGI Houston office and/or a client site.

Your future duties and responsibilities: Data & AI Strategy and Advisory

• Support the development of data, analytics, Generative AI, and AI strategies aligned to client business priorities, operational goals, and transformation objectives

• Help clients identify, assess, and prioritize high value data and AI use cases based on business value, feasibility, risk, readiness, and expected outcomes

• Translate broad business challenges into structured initiatives, roadmaps, workstreams, and actionable delivery plans

• Facilitate strategy sessions, discovery workshops, stakeholder interviews, and working sessions with business and technical teams

• Develop business cases, value narratives, executive presentations, recommendations, and decision materials for client and CGI leadership

• Contribute to AI operating model, governance, adoption, capability building, and transformation planning efforts

• Work with senior AI leaders and technical subject matter experts to shape practical, scalable, and responsible data and AI solutions

Business Consulting and Transformation

• Support Business Consulting engagements involving operating model design, workforce assessments, organizational transformation, process improvement, and capability development

• Assess current state organizations, processes, roles, governance structures, skills, tools, and operating practices

• Help define future state operating models, organizational structures, decision rights, governance frameworks, role definitions, and implementation roadmaps

• Conduct stakeholder interviews, workshops, surveys, document reviews, and data analysis to identify business needs, gaps, risks, and opportunities

• Support workforce and capability assessments by evaluating roles, skills, capacity, demand, organizational readiness, and future capability requirements

• Translate assessment findings into practical recommendations, prioritized initiatives, implementation plans, and executive level presentations

• Develop clear process maps, operating model artifacts, responsibility matrices, capability frameworks, and transformation roadmaps

• Support change management, stakeholder alignment, communications, training, and adoption planning

• Apply strong consulting judgment and structured problem solving to ambiguous business challenges

• Demonstrate curiosity and adaptability when working across industries, business functions, and unfamiliar client environments

Functional Analysis and Requirements Leadership

• Gather, document, analyze, and validate business, functional, data, and technical requirements for Data & AI and business transformation initiatives

• Translate business needs into user stories, process flows, use cases, acceptance criteria, functional specifications, and delivery backlogs

• Define project scope, objectives, dependencies, assumptions, milestones, deliverables, and success measures

• Help stakeholders evaluate priorities and understand trade offs related to scope, cost, timing, complexity, risk, data readiness, and technical feasibility

• Serve as a liaison between business stakeholders, product owners, architects, data engineers, data scientists, AI engineers, developers, and project leadership

• Ensure technical teams have clear business context and requirements while helping business stakeholders understand solution capabilities, constraints, and design decisions

• Support user acceptance testing, solution validation, rollout planning, change management, training, and adoption activities

• Maintain clear documentation, decision records, requirements traceability, and action tracking throughout the project lifecycle

Project, Program, and Workstream Delivery

• Lead or support Data & AI and Business Consulting workstreams from discovery and planning through implementation, deployment, and adoption

• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, status reports, risk and issue logs, action trackers, and stakeholder communication plans

• Coordinate activities across multidisciplinary teams and ensure dependencies, decisions, and deliverables are actively managed

• Manage multiple priorities, concurrent assignments, and tight deadlines while maintaining attention to detail and quality

• Identify delivery risks, scope concerns, resource constraints, and timeline impacts early and communicate them clearly to project leadership and clients

• Facilitate recurring project meetings, executive updates, technical discussions, working sessions, and decision forums

• Track progress against milestones, commitments, expected outcomes, and business value measures

• Support Agile, hybrid, and traditional delivery models depending on client needs and project context

• Help move initiatives beyond concepts and workshops into pilots, MVPs, production solutions, implemented recommendations, and repeatable capabilities

Client Communication and Executive Engagement

• Present Data & AI strategies, business consulting findings, solution concepts, project recommendations, delivery updates, and business outcomes to technical and executive audiences

• Communicate complex business, data, and AI concepts in clear, accurate, and business oriented language

• Demonstrate confidence, credibility, sound judgment, and executive presence in client meetings and presentations

• Adapt communication style and level of detail for business leaders, technical teams, project stakeholders, and senior executives

• Facilitate conversations involving priorities, risks, trade offs, timelines, scope, organizational impacts, and delivery expectations

• Build trusted relationships with clients, prospects, CGI leaders, and delivery teams

• Create polished presentations, proposals, roadmaps, status materials, assessment reports, meeting summaries, and executive communications

• Represent CGI professionally in client meetings, workshops, presentations, and pursuit activities

Proposal and RFP Leadership

• Lead or coordinate RFP, RFI, proposal, and sales pursuit responses related to data, analytics, Generative AI, AI, and Business Consulting services

• Review client requirements and develop clear response strategies, content outlines, work plans, and submission schedules

• Draft high quality proposal content with limited oversight while coordinating targeted input from AI, data, cloud, architecture, security, industry, and business consulting subject matter experts

• Translate technical and consulting capabilities into compelling business narratives, differentiators, value propositions, delivery approaches, and client outcomes

• Manage proposal contributors, deadlines, reviews, revisions, dependencies, and final submission readiness

• Present proposed approaches to prospective clients and respond confidently to business and technical questions

• Support solution shaping, estimating, staffing, scoping, and transition planning for new opportunities

• Contribute to reusable proposal content, presentation materials, case studies, accelerators, methodologies, and go to market assets

Data & AI Solution Fluency

• Demonstrate strong working knowledge of modern data, analytics, machine learning, Generative AI, and AI concepts

• Understand common AI solution patterns, including copilots, retrieval augmented generation, intelligent search, knowledge assistants, agents, workflow automation, predictive analytics, and decision support solutions

• Understand the typical lifecycle of Data & AI initiatives, including discovery, use case definition, data assessment, solution design, prototyping, testing, deployment, adoption, governance, and ongoing improvement

• Communicate effectively with technical teams regarding data sources, integrations, architecture, security, model behavior, performance, evaluation, and operational considerations

• Understand modern data platforms and ecosystems, including platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud Platform, data lakes, data warehouses, and business intelligence tools

• Recognize common Data & AI delivery risks, including unclear requirements, poor data quality, limited access, integration complexity, adoption challenges, model limitations, governance gaps, and unrealistic timelines

• Support responsible AI, data governance, privacy, cybersecurity, compliance, and human in the loop considerations within project planning and delivery

• Stay current on emerging data and AI trends and translate relevant developments into practical client conversations and recommendations

Required qualifications to be successful in this role: We are seeking a Senior Consultant in Data & AI Strategy and Delivery who combines strategic thinking, strong consulting and functional delivery skills, technical fluency, adaptability, and exceptional client communication. The ideal candidate will:

• Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills

• Possess strong executive presence and the ability to communicate confidently, accurately, and professionally with senior business and technology leaders

• Demonstrate the ability to explain complex business, data, and AI concepts clearly to both technical and non technical audiences

• Have experience supporting or leading data, analytics, AI, technology transformation, digital transformation, or Business Consulting initiatives

• Demonstrate experience gathering requirements, defining scope, documenting processes, developing user stories, establishing milestones, and supporting solution delivery

• Have experience serving in roles such as business analyst, project manager, program manager, product owner, functional consultant, strategy consultant, management consultant, or delivery lead

• Demonstrate the ability to translate business objectives into structured requirements, project plans, operating models, assessments, solution concepts, recommendations, and measurable outcomes

• Be able to lead workstreams and manage deliverables with limited day to day direction

• Demonstrate the ability to manage multiple priorities, competing deadlines, changing requirements, and ambiguous assignments

• Have experience preparing and presenting executive level presentations, recommendations, status updates, roadmaps, assessments, or business cases

• Demonstrate strong analytical thinking, structured problem solving, business judgment, organization, attention to detail, and consultative capability

• Have experience coordinating across business stakeholders, technical teams, architects, developers, data professionals, vendors, and leadership

• Demonstrate working knowledge of data platforms, analytics, AI/ML, Generative AI, large language models, retrieval augmented generation, agents, automation, cloud services, and enterprise technology environments

• Understand the differences between strategy, assessment, proof of concept, pilot, MVP, production implementation, and enterprise scale deployment

• Be able to discuss solution benefits, limitations, dependencies, risks, organizational impacts, and trade offs accurately and confidently

• Demonstrate experience leading or contributing significantly to RFPs, RFIs, proposals, statements of work, or sales pursuits

• Be able to independently structure and draft proposal responses while obtaining targeted input from technical and consulting subject matter experts

• Have experience creating polished client facing deliverables using tools such as Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Visio, Jira, Confluence, or similar platforms

• Demonstrate an interest in developing broader Business Consulting capabilities, including operating model design, organizational assessments, workforce planning, process improvement, and transformation delivery

• Hands on experience with data analysis, SQL, business intelligence, cloud platforms, AI tools, prototyping, process modeling, or technical delivery is preferred but not required

• Consulting experience and experience working directly with external clients are strongly preferred

• Three to seven years of experience in consulting, technology, data, analytics, AI, project delivery, business analysis, product management, program management, organizational transformation, or a related field

• Bachelor's degree required in business, information systems, computer science, data analytics, engineering, project management, organizational development, or a related field

• Must be based in the Houston area and willing to work from the CGI Houston office and/or client locations an average of three days per week

• Ability to travel as needed

#LI-SG2 #DICE Other Information: CGI is required by law in some jurisdictions to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. The determination of this range includes various factors not limited to skill set, level, experience, relevant training, and licensure and certifications. To support the ability to reward for merit based performance, CGI typically does not hire individuals at or near the top of the range for their role. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range for this role in the U.S. is $89,600.00 $218,200.00. CGI's benefits are offered to eligible professionals on their first day of employment to include:

• Competitive compensation

• Comprehensive insurance options

• Matching contributions through the 401(k) plan and the share purchase plan

• Paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick time

• Paid parental leave

• Learning opportunities and tuition assistance

• Wellness and Well being programs

Skills:

• Artificial Intelligence

• Business Development

• Communication

• Data Analysis

• Generative AI

• Large Language Model (LLM)

• Presentation skills

• Requirement definition

• Stakeholder management

What you can expect from us:

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