AI Business Consulting Lead

Location: London (Hybrid) | Practice Area: Wealth & Asset Management | Type: Permanent

Lead AI transformation across the future of Wealth & Asset Management

Wealth & Asset Management experience essential

The Role

Join Capco’s Wealth & Asset Management practice as an AI Business Consulting Lead, helping leading wealth managers, private banks, asset managers, and investment platforms unlock measurable value from AI-enabled transformation. This role combines strategic advisory, transformation delivery, stakeholder leadership, and AI commercialisation, helping clients leverage technologies such as GPT, Copilot, and broader AI/ML capabilities to drive business value through practical, responsible, and scalable adoption.

Operating at Principal Consultant level, you will lead complex client engagements, oversee multidisciplinary delivery teams, and act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders across business, operations, technology, risk, and compliance functions. You will play a key role in identifying AI-enabled opportunities, shaping transformation roadmaps, supporting responsible AI adoption, and driving enterprise-wide change across Wealth & Asset Management organisations while ensuring solutions remain practical, human-led, and aligned to business objectives.

This role is suited to individuals who combine deep Wealth & Asset Management expertise with strong consulting capability and practical experience delivering AI-enabled business transformation within highly regulated environments.

What You’ll Do

• Lead AI-enabled transformation programmes across Wealth & Asset Management organisations, identifying opportunities to improve advisor productivity, client experience, operational efficiency, and investment processes using approved AI tools and practical automation where they add value.

• Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, facilitating executive discussions, shaping AI adoption strategies, and translating business challenges into scalable AI use cases and transformation roadmaps.

• Oversee delivery activities across complex transformation programmes, leading multidisciplinary teams and supporting governance, stakeholder management, delivery planning, and change execution.

• Partner with technology, product, engineering, risk, and compliance teams to support the development, testing, governance, and deployment of AI-enabled solutions with appropriate controls, auditability, and human oversight.

• Contribute to the growth of Capco’s Wealth & Asset Management AI proposition through thought leadership, client development, team mentoring, capability building, and the sharing of practical AI use cases and responsible adoption approaches.

What We’re Looking For

• Significant consulting, transformation, or AI-enabled change experience within Wealth & Asset Management, Private Banking, Asset Management, or Investment Platform environments.

• Strong understanding of AI technologies including GPT, Copilot, generative AI, NLP, foundation models, and enterprise AI adoption considerations within regulated financial services organisations.

• Proven experience leading complex programmes, consulting engagements, or transformation initiatives with strong knowledge of governance frameworks, stakeholder management, and organisational change delivery.

• Ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels, translating emerging technologies into commercially relevant business outcomes and practical transformation strategies.

• Collaborative and adaptable mindset, with experience balancing innovation, governance, risk management, compliance, and responsible AI adoption within enterprise environments.

Bonus Points For

• Experience leading AI commercialisation, AI product delivery, or enterprise AI adoption initiatives within wealth management, private banking, or asset management organisations.

• Previous consulting or advisory experience within a professional services environment at Principal Consultant or equivalent level.

• Familiarity with AI governance, model risk management, MLOps, responsible AI frameworks, or regulatory considerations relating to AI deployment.

• Experience building senior client relationships, contributing to business development activities, or supporting proposition and capability development.

• Exposure to Microsoft Copilot Studio, Power Platform, Power Automate, or enterprise AI ecosystems supporting productivity and workflow transformation.

Why Join Capco

• Lead high-impact AI transformation programmes for leading Wealth & Asset Management organisations.

• Work in a collaborative, flat, and entrepreneurial consulting culture.

• Access continuous learning, leadership development, and industry certifications.

• Play a key role in shaping Capco’s Wealth & Asset Management AI capabilities and market presence.

• Help clients unlock the value of AI through practical, people-focused transformation and innovation.

Benefits

• Core Benefits: Discretionary bonus, competitive pension, health insurance, life insurance and critical illness cover.

• Mental Health: Easy access to CareFirst, Unmind, Aviva consultations, and in-house first aiders.

• Family-Friendly: Maternity, adoption, shared parental leave, plus paid leave for sickness, pregnancy loss, fertility treatment, menopause, and bereavement.

• Family Care: 8 complimentary backup care sessions for emergency childcare or elder care.

• Holiday Flexibility: 5 weeks of annual leave with the option to buy or sell holiday days based on your needs.

• Continuous Learning: Your growth, your way - minimum 40 Hours of Training Annually. Take your pick; workshops, certifications, e-learning. Also, Business Coach assigned from Day One: Get one-on-one guidance to fast-track your goals and accelerate your development.

• Healthcare Access: Convenient online GP services.

• Extra Perks: Gympass (Wellhub), travel insurance, Tastecard, season ticket loans, Cycle to Work, and dental insurance.

Inclusion at Capco

We’re committed to making our recruitment process accessible and straightforward for everyone. If you need any adjustments at any stage, just let us know – we’ll be happy to help. We value each person’s unique perspective and contribution. At Capco, we believe that being yourself is your greatest strength. Our #BeYourselfAtWork culture encourages individuality and collaboration – a mindset that shapes how we work with clients and each other every day.