The Role
Advise financial services and insurance leaders on AI-enabled business models, data and AI strategy, governance, operating models, and transformation priorities. Structure complex challenges, conduct market analysis, develop roadmaps, lead transformation workstreams, coach colleagues, and support business development through proposals, thought leadership, and reusable methodologies. The role involves international client travel, primarily to the UK and France.
Summary Generated by Built In
As a (Senior) Consultant Strategy & AI Transformation at vector8 in Switzerland, you will partner with leading Financial Services and Insurance clients to design and implement AI-driven strategies. Together, you shape business transformations - from refining propositions that deliver measurable business outcomes to driving change management and optimizing organizational design.
You will join a small, entrepreneurial, multi-disciplinary team where your expertise will directly shape the firm’s impact. This role requires strong consulting foundations, a passion for networking and business development, experience in leading teams and a willingness to travel for client engagements.
Job requirements
Job responsibilities
Benefits
You will join a small, entrepreneurial, multi-disciplinary team where your expertise will directly shape the firm’s impact. This role requires strong consulting foundations, a passion for networking and business development, experience in leading teams and a willingness to travel for client engagements.
Job requirements
- Master degree in Business, Economics or STEM from a leading institution
- Minimum 2 years of experience in a top-tier consulting firm, ideally in complex, regulated industries (e.g., financial services, insurance, banking)
- Strong foundations in consulting: communication, facilitation of workshops and outcome-driven delivery
- Enthusiastic generalist with a sweet spot in future-oriented business strategies and technical knowledge
- Genuine enthusiasm for AI and demonstrable habit of using AI tools and agents in your own daily work - for research, structuring, drafting, or prototyping - and the fluency to speak about it credibly with clients, not just in theory
- Advantageous: Expertise in data and/or AI strategy, governance and management, with the ability to structure and oversee large-scale initiatives
- Ability to lead, inspire and collaborate - with a drive to create impact for both clients and team members
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in German and English (French is a strong plus)
- Willingness to travel for client engagements, particularly in the UK and France
Job responsibilities
- Advise senior leaders on strategic questions, including AI-enabled business models, data and AI strategy, governance, operating models and transformation priorities
- Structure complex business challenges, conduct market and competitor analysis, and translate insights into clear, actionable recommendations
- Deliver cross-functional transformation engagements from initial hypothesis and strategy development through to roadmap design, implementation and benefits realisation
- Apply proven consulting frameworks and delivery methodologies, including operating model design, agile transformation and data and AI roadmapping
- Lead project workstreams and, depending on seniority, coach junior colleagues to ensure high-quality and collaborative delivery
- Contribute to business development and practice building by developing proposals, client offerings, thought leadership, benchmarks and reusable methodologies
- Travel internationally for client engagements, primarily across the UK and France
Benefits
- Compensation & rewards: Competitive base salary with a variable performance-based bonus
- Work environment: Modern office in the heart of Zurich with access to an on-site gym, sports classes (yoga, pilates, spinning) and healthy snacks
- Flexibility: Hybrid working model — balance remote work with in-office collaboration
- Learning & growth: Ongoing investment in your professional development, with clear opportunities to take on leadership
- Parental leave: 16 weeks fully paid maternity leave, with a flexible 50% return-to-work option in the first month (while receiving full salary) and 4 weeks fully paid leave for the second parent
- Travel & mobility: Paid Halbtax travel card to support sustainable commuting
- Team & culture: Join a diverse, international team across 5 locations, with regular team events and opportunities for cross-border collaboration
- Recognition & rewards: Attractive referral bonuses for both candidate and client conversions.
- Our values: A culture grounded in inclusivity, curiosity, ownership, and collaboration — where your ideas shape the future of AI consulting.
Skills Required
- Master's degree in Business, Economics, or STEM from a leading institution
- At least two years of experience at a top-tier consulting firm
- Experience with complex or regulated industries, ideally financial services, insurance, or banking
- Strong consulting skills, including communication, workshop facilitation, and outcome-driven delivery
- Enthusiasm for future-oriented business strategies and technical knowledge
- Demonstrable experience using AI tools and agents for research, structuring, drafting, or prototyping
- Expertise in data and/or AI strategy, governance, and management
- Ability to structure and oversee large-scale initiatives
- Ability to lead, inspire, and collaborate with clients and team members
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in German and English
- French language skills
- Willingness to travel for client engagements, particularly in the UK and France
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The Company
What We Do
vector8 is an enterprise AI transformation partner that helps ambitious organisations adopt and use artificial intelligence. It advises clients on the best path forward and builds tailored solutions that create competitive advantage. The company combines human expertise with advanced AI technologies to improve growth, efficiency and resilience, while its engineers, consultants and innovators deliver practical solutions across sectors for global clients.
