AI GTM Consulting – Banking

Role Overview

As an AI Consultant within NTT DATA’s Global Banking and Financial Services AI Go-to-Market team, you will help shape and grow our AI business across the Middle East. You will advise leading financial institutions on their AI transformation journeys and help convert client priorities into successful engagements.

What You Will Do

You will lead workshops, maturity assessments and discovery sessions, helping clients define AI strategies, governance frameworks, operating models and transformation roadmaps. You will translate business challenges into practical AI solutions and support the development of compelling business cases, proposals, proof-of-concepts and executive presentations.

Why It Might Be a Fit

Success in this role requires a consultative mindset, strong executive presence and the ability to work effectively in ambiguous and evolving environments while supporting opportunities across the UAE, Saudi Arabia and the wider Gulf region.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in consulting, professional services, strategy, transformation, AI, data, analytics or similar client-facing industry roles.
• Experience shaping or delivering AI, machine learning, generative AI, agentic AI, analytics or digital transformation initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of banking and capital markets, including industry operating models, governance structures and regulatory environments.
• Demonstrated experience working with financial institutions across the Middle East, particularly within the UAE and wider Gulf region.
• Established executive-level stakeholder engagement capabilities with both business and technology leaders.
• Experience supporting pre-sales activities, opportunity qualification, solution design, business case development and proposal creation.
• Strong understanding of enterprise AI concepts, including large language models (LLMs), AI agents, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), data readiness and responsible AI principles.
• Knowledge of AI governance, risk management, regulatory expectations, data privacy and localisation considerations within financial services environments.
• The ability to facilitate executive workshops, assessments and strategic planning engagements.
• Strong business consulting, transformation and operating model design capabilities.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical and communication skills.
• Experience working collaboratively across sales, consulting, delivery, engineering and partner ecosystems.
• Familiarity with cloud and AI platforms such as Azure, AWS, GCP, OpenAI, Anthropic, Databricks or Snowflake.
• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• The ability and willingness to travel across the Middle East as required