Consultant.e Senior – Data & IA (H/F) – Financial services - CDI

About the Position

We are seeking a Senior Data & IA Consultant for Financial Services to join our team in La Défense, France.

Description of the Company

In a world where adaptability is key to success, our Financial Services practice (400 employees) is dedicated to illuminating and guiding Banks and Insurance companies through their most critical transformations. These transformations aim to address the major strategic challenges they will face in the coming years: the acceleration of the digital revolution, intensified competition, and the consideration of the climate emergency.

To help our clients face these challenges, we have developed expertise in Data & AI (data governance, data modeling, AI, data platform, etc.), to support banks and insurance companies from the definition of their data/AI strategy to its technological implementation. Over the past few years, we have led numerous ambitious and varied projects such as the development and implementation of AI roadmaps, the design and deployment of robust and scalable data platforms, the assessment and mastery of risks related to AI systems (cyber, regulatory, etc.), and the establishment of data governance.

Our uniqueness in the market? A unique ability to support our clients end-to-end on their data/AI innovation topics, relying on our expert consultants and more than 80 data scientists/engineers who intervene from the definition of the business strategy to the industrialization of the solution.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Consultant, your main missions will be:

1. PILOTING THE MAJOR TRANSFORMATIONS OF OUR CLIENTS

• Maintain a relationship of trust with our clients while leading projects autonomously, managing planning, risks, and resources

• Ensure the quality commitment of our achievements and client satisfaction by providing expertise on topics related to the exploitation of AI models and data

• Supervise our employees and ensure their skill development

2. CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR DATA & AI EXPERTISE

• Develop and promote our Data & AI convictions, in collaboration with our experts and data scientists/engineers

• Participate in the development of accelerators around AI (maturity grid of professions, adoption of AI technologies, strategy for building AI pathways in banking and insurance)

• Identify possible synergies within the Financial Services practice and with the technological practices of the firm on topics such as use cases, workplace, copilot, AI pentest, or risk analysis framework

3. DYNAMIC BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

• Identify new opportunities and participate in pre-sales meetings (prospecting, qualification, support, etc.)
• Participate in responses to calls for tenders with a significant level of contribution

Requirements

• Extensive professional experience in data or AI issues in the Financial Services sector

• Ability to define and lead upstream projects, particularly around sector-specific AI issues (generative AI, AI risks, governance)

• Ease in supporting change, federating, and upskilling employees

• Appetence for business development and/or sales

• Contribute to the identification of synergies within the Financial Services practice

• Proficiency in professional English

• Ability to travel in Europe or internationally

We Offer

• Career model: A tailored career, meaning individual development opportunities. Our Wavestone Horizon supports rapid evolution
• Further training: Let's grow together! With over 200 days of training per year in our Academy and the possibility of obtaining certifications
• Smartworking: Flexible and mobile work is part of our DNA and allows for an adequate collaboration environment
• Mindfulness & health: Mindfulness programs, sports partnerships, internal fitness groups...
• A Great Place To Work: We are recognized as a Great Place To Work 2025, ranking number one in its category among organizations with more than 2500 employees (France).

About the Company

In a world where adaptability is key to success, our Financial Services practice (400 employees) is dedicated to illuminating and guiding Banks and Insurance companies through their most critical transformations. These transformations aim to address the major strategic challenges they will face in the coming years: the acceleration of the digital revolution, intensified competition, and the consideration of the climate emergency.

To help our clients face these challenges, we have developed expertise in Data & AI (data governance, data modeling, AI, data platform, etc.), to support banks and insurance companies from the definition of their data/AI strategy to its technological implementation. Over the past few years, we have led numerous ambitious and varied projects such as the development and implementation of AI roadmaps, the design and deployment of robust and scalable data platforms, the assessment and mastery of risks related to AI systems (cyber, regulatory, etc.), and the establishment of data governance.

Our uniqueness in the market? A unique ability to support our clients end-to-end on their data/AI innovation topics, relying on our expert consultants and more than 80 data scientists/engineers who intervene from the definition of the business strategy to the industrialization of the solution.

Location

This position is based in La Défense, France.

Wavestone is an inclusive employer committed to equal opportunity. As part of this diversity and inclusion policy, Wavestone supports people with disabilities and/or requiring adjustments during their recruitment process and when starting their job.

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