Senior Manager AI & Data

Job Requisition ID: 36987 

Senior Manager AI & Data

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Are you ready to drive business transformation through cutting-edge AI and Data solutions? At Deloitte, we empower our clients with innovative strategies, advanced analytics, and cloud-driven solutions that create lasting impact.

As a Senior Manager in our Perth-based AI & Data team, you’ll play a key leadership role—guiding projects, mentoring teams, and delivering next-generation data solutions that solve complex challenges. We offer world-class training, hands-on mentoring, and flexible working arrangements to help you thrive.

What will your typical day look like? You will take a leadership role in delivering high-impact AI & Data solutions while developing teams and managing client relationships. Your responsibilities will include:

• Driving Data & AI Strategy – Collaborate with clients to design and implement AI & data strategies that deliver measurable business impact.
• Leading High-Impact Projects – Manage large-scale AI, analytics, and data transformation initiatives, ensuring excellence in delivery.
• Managing Client Relationships – Act as a strategic advisor, engaging with senior stakeholders to understand business challenges and drive data-driven solutions.
• Owning Project Success – Oversee project execution, meeting commercial objectives, managing risks, and ensuring quality delivery.
• Developing High-Performing Teams – Mentor and coach a team of data engineers, scientists, and consultants, fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation.
• Enhancing Deloitte’s AI & Data Capabilities – Stay ahead of industry trends and contribute to thought leadership in AI, cloud, and advanced analytics.
• Collaboration & Knowledge Sharing – Work closely with Deloitte’s global network and strategic partners (AWS, Microsoft, Google, Snowflake, Databricks) to bring world-class AI & Data solutions to clients.

About the team: 

Our AI & Data team is a diverse group of over 500 specialists across Australia, partnering with clients in both public and private sectors to deliver cutting-edge solutions. We collaborate with leading technology providers such as AWS, Microsoft, Google, Snowflake, and Databricks, ensuring we stay at the forefront of emerging AI and data capabilities.

Enough about us, let’s talk about you. 

You are a data-driven leader with:

• 8+ years of experience in data science, analytics, or data engineering, including leadership and project delivery experience.
• Proven ability to manage complex data & AI projects, ensuring successful business outcomes.
• Strong expertise in cloud services (AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform), SQL, Python, and data visualization tools like Tableau or Power BI.
• Experience with modern data platforms such as Databricks, Snowflake, and cloud-native AI/ML tools.
• Strong stakeholder management skills—able to translate technical insights into business strategy for senior leaders.
• Agile project management experience, ensuring effective project execution.
• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.

Performance Expectations: 

As a Senior Manager, you will be responsible for delivering client success, developing teams, and driving innovation, aligned with Deloitte’s T&T Performance Expectations Framework. Your role will include:

• Client & Stakeholder Management – Own relationships, manage client risk, and drive trusted advisory engagements.
• Team Leadership & Development – Foster team culture, support professional growth, and ensure high engagement.
• Innovation & Transformation – Lead AI & data-driven innovation while contributing to Deloitte’s knowledge base.
• Business Development – Support go-to-market efforts, contribute to thought leadership, and expand client opportunities.
• Operational Excellence – Meet Quality & Risk Management standards and ensure project profitability.

At Deloitte, we focus our energy on interesting and impactful work. We’re always learning, innovating and setting the standard; making a positive difference to our clients and our society. We put coaching at the heart of what we do, helping our people grow their careers in any direction – whether it be up, moving into something new, or even moving across the world.  

We embrace diversity, equity and inclusion. We have a diverse collection of people from different backgrounds, with different experiences, gender identities, abilities and thinking styles. What binds us together is a shared commitment to value everyone’s perspective and to cultivate inclusion; so that our work environment is a safe space we can all belong. 

We prioritise flexibility and choice. At Deloitte, you get trust on Day 1. We know our people get their best work done when they’re in control of where and how they work, designing their work week around their client, team and personal commitments.

We help you live and work well. To support your personal and professional life, we offer a range of perks and benefits, including retail discounts, wellbeing leave, paid volunteering days, twelve flexible working options, market-leading parental leave and return to work support package. 

Next Steps

Sound like the sort of role for you? Apply now, we’d love to hear from you!

By applying for this job, you’ll be assessed against the Deloitte Talent Standards. We’ve designed these standards so that you can grow in your career, and we can provide our clients with a consistent and exceptional Deloitte employee experience globally. The preferred candidate will be subject to background screening by Deloitte or by their external third-party provider.