Permanent Thought Leadership Jobs in Central London

1 to 25 of 148 Permanent Thought Leadership Jobs in Central London

Global Head of Academy

City of London, London, United Kingdom
ISTARI
investments, and academia - uniting leading experts, researchers, and practitioners to outpace the evolving cyber threat landscape. At the heart of our mission lies the ISTARI Academy - our platform for leadership development, thought leadership, and frontier exploration. It convenes global leaders through executive education (Navigator with Cambridge Judge Business School), board enablement (Lighthouse), research and academic partnerships (Cambridge … on cyber resilience and digital leadership. You will oversee and orchestrate four integrated pillars: Live Experiences and Summits - designing world-class convenings such as COMPASS and CHARTER. Research and Thought Leadership - advancing ISTARI’s primary research, proprietary frameworks, publications, and academic partnerships. Community and Influence - strengthening ISTARI’s global community of clients, portfolio companies, and thought leaders. … Executive Education - curating and contributing to transformational learning experiences for board members and cyber leaders alike. What You’ll Do (Key Responsibilities): Strategic Leadership Define and execute the global strategy for ISTARI Academy as a key pillar of the company’s growth and reputation. Build a cohesive ecosystem connecting research, education, and convening into a single flywheel of influence More ❯
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IoT & Digital Engineering Solutions Sales Consultant

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Tata Consultancy Services
some of the biggest brands in the UK and worldwide. For you, it means more to make an impact that matters, through challenging projects which demand ambitious innovation and thought leadership. Build strong relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders. Gain access to endless learning opportunities. Work closely with the range of teams within the business to bring products … pre-sales, and consulting engagements. Key responsibilities: Strengthen market position and establish TCS as a strategic growth and transformation partner for IoT & Digital Engineering services through the provision of thought leadership, consulting, and advisory services within the UK&I region. Collaborate with sales teams to acquire new clients and logos. Cross-sell and up-sell solutions and services … Partner with various TCS teams and technology partners to deliver comprehensive digital engagements and enable solutions that bring clients' digital visions and strategies to fruition. Lead solution campaigns and thought leadership initiatives, including co-authoring publications, speaking at key business events, and forming partnerships with technology vendors. Report to the IoTDE Geo Sales Head. Your Profile Essential skills More ❯
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Partner

City of London, London, United Kingdom
ISTARI
are looking for a particular strength in Governance and Strategy. What You’ll Do (Key Responsibilities) You will hold accountability for driving performance across four core pillars: 1. Commercial Leadership & Building Market Presence Ownership: Take accountability for the strategic direction, financial health, and commercial success of your area, owning revenue and margin targets. Strategic Origination: Move beyond transactional sales … deliverables but generate measurable business value for the client. Client Advocacy: ensuring ISTARI’s innovation pipeline and service offerings evolve to meet our customers’ future needs. 3. Practice Development & Thought Leadership Intellectual Capital Creation: Pioneer new methodologies, blueprints, and service lines that define the market standard for cyber resilience. Lead the development of specific practice capabilities that differentiate … and leading multi-year, multi-million dollar transformation programs. Must be able to evidence a personal established network of C-suite and Board relationships within the Global 2000. Practice Leadership: Experience not just in delivering work, but in building a practice—hiring teams, defining methodologies, and managing a P&L. Expertise in Governance and Strategy: within various industry backgrounds More ❯
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Engagement Manager - Technology

City, London, United Kingdom
GlobalData UK Ltd
in resource planning. Client Relationship Management: Support Consulting Directors and sales teams in understanding clients needs. Begin to develop key client relationships through consulting engagements, presenting at conferences, and thought leadership documents. Ensure client satisfaction and long-term engagement through regular communication and by providing value-added insights. Strategic Development: Support the Consulting Directors and the Global Leader … collaborative and inclusive work environment that encourages team members to share knowledge and expertise. Collaborate strongly with colleagues in various roles, including sales, research and analysis, and customer success. Thought Leadership: Develop and disseminate thought leadership materials, including white papers, articles, and presentations, to position GlobalData as a leader in the Technology sector. Represent GlobalData at More ❯
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AI Architect

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Tata Consultancy Services
some of the biggest brands in the UK and worldwide. For you, it means more to make an impact that matters, through challenging projects which demand ambitious innovation and thought leadership. Build strong relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders. Be part of an exciting team who challenge themselves every day. Work with customers and identify opportunities to support … Data & AI solutions, leveraging modern cloud platforms (Azure/AWS, with GCP/Oracle as a plus). Design AI interventions for application support, monitoring, and business operations. Technical Leadership: Lead complex implementations that deliver measurable outcomes. Architect and scale GenAI chatbots and Agentic AI solutions. Evaluate and select appropriate models, frameworks, and orchestration tools. Thought Leadership: Produce thought leadership content, refine go-to-market propositions, and maintain strong knowledge of the competitive landscape. Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams—including data science, engineering, and business stakeholders—to identify opportunities and design robust AI solutions. Foster cross-functional collaboration between various stakeholders like business, data science, and engineering. Innovation: Contribute to overall account More ❯
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DDF Engineering Lead - Core

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Mars
passionate about Data and Analytics (D&A) and excited about how it can completely transform the way an enterprise works? Do you have the strategic vision, technical expertise, and leadership skills to drive data-driven solutions? Do you want to work in a dynamic, fast-growing category? If so, you might be the ideal candidate for the role in … most vibrant category in the FMCG sector. As we work to transform this exciting category, a new program, Digital First, has been mobilized by the Mars Pet Nutrition (PN) leadership team. Digital First places pet parents at the centre of all we do in Mars PN, while digitalizing a wide range of business process areas, and creating future fit … capabilities to achieve ambitious targets in top line growth, earnings, and pet parent centricity. The Digital First agenda requires Digitizing at scale and requires you to demonstrate significant thought leadership, quality decision making, deep technical know-how, and an ability to navigate complex business challenges while building and leading a team of world class data and analytics leaders. More ❯
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Financial Services - Wealth Asset Management - Associate Partner

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Wavestone
of transformation initiatives, operating model redesign, and strategic advisory engagements. Act as a trusted partner to senior stakeholders, helping them navigate evolving client expectations, regulatory pressures, and digital disruption. Thought leadership & proposition ownership: Be a key voice in our WAM community internally and externally, developing WAM related propositions, approaches to common client challenges, sharing knowledge and creating thought leadership and marketing materials that support sales efforts. People development: Act as an example and go-to for more junior members of the team, by sharing knowledge, mentoring, and coaching team members and leading by example. Possibly provide line management, and career development directly as part of our career development manager framework. Qualifications Whilst we do not expect More ❯
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ServiceNow Technical Architect/Developer

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Accenture
leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge. We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting … in a trusted advisor capacity to design and deliver new solutions for our clients. Demonstrated ability to influence and consult (providing options with pros, cons and risks) while providing thought leadership to sponsors/stakeholders in solving governance, program/project management, business process and/or technical problems. You are a continuous learner, taking advantage of new More ❯
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Post Merger Integration Consultant (Insurance)

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Hybrid/Remote Options
MANNING SERVICES LIMITED
milestones, dependencies, and mitigation strategies. Support change management and communication initiatives to drive adoption of new processes and systems. Contribute to business development activities , including proposals, client presentations, and thought leadership. Qualifications and experience we consider to be essential for the role: Proven consulting experience, preferably within a top-tier consulting or advisory firm . Proven experience delivering pre More ❯
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Senior Client Success Director

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Gain Theory
deep expertise in Marketing Mix Modeling (MMM) and econometrics to help lead our client success function, oversee strategic accounts, and drive measurable impact from our analytics solutions. This senior leadership role combines executive relationship management, commercial growth accountability, and thought leadership in econometric modeling. The Client Success Director should be able to work in a fast-paced … knowledge sharing to strengthen capabilities, particularly in areas of marketing effectiveness measurement and MMM best practices. Deliver in specific areas of client engagement and management as defined by client leadership, including leading discussions on MMM results and their implications. Support with client growth initiatives and new business pitches, showcasing Gain Theory's analytical capabilities and MMM expertise. Cross-collaboration More ❯
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Senior Consultant

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Hybrid/Remote Options
Novatus Global
value propositions clearly and effectively. Support business development initiatives by contributing to proposals, client pitches, and industry research. Deliver internal Novatus initiatives (e.g. L&D, market analysis, horizon scanning, thought leadership) to support the growth and development of the wider team. About You: Bachelor’s degree or advanced degree preferred. 2-5 years of experience in management consulting … set alongside their consulting capabilities. Candidates should have a strong ownership mindset, problem-solving abilities, and analytical skills, complemented by the ability to communicate effectively and collaborate with senior leadership and clients to deliver expert advice. Benefits: Private Medical Insurance (AXA) – includes mental health, dental, vision, and private GP access Employee Assistance Program Enhanced parental leave (maternity & paternity) Professional More ❯
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Director Public Sector Sales - AI Business Solutions

City of London, London, United Kingdom
KPMG UK
teams within KPMG, including delivery, marketing, and technology. Particularly in large scale transformation programmes (typically greater than £2m) where your role will be to lead and augment bid teams. Thought Leadership: Actively participate in industry events, conferences, and networking opportunities to build brand visibility and generate new leads by proactively positioning KPMG as a trusted advisor to capitalise … direction and seeks collaborative ways of working with both clients, technology alliances and KPMG teams. Strategic thinker with creative problem-solving skills and the ability to navigate ambiguity. Exceptional leadership and people management skills, with a proven ability to lead, motivate, and develop high-performing teams. Strong strategic planning skills, with the ability to develop and execute innovative sales … and opportunities faced by government agencies Deep knowledge of data analytics and related technologies, including cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and machine learning Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills Proven leadership ability, with a track record of building and motivating high-performing teams. More ❯
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Senior Business Development Manager - Tech

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Slaughter and May
from across various practice groups across the firm, including Corporate, Tech, Digital, Data & IP and Competition groups. The role will involve working as part of the Technology Cross-Practice leadership team, alongside the three partners who head the Technology Group and our technology-focused Knowledge Counsel, to both build upon our established relationships with both the world’s largest … will provide a unique opportunity for close collaboration with, and insight into, all of the firm’s practice areas as well as being part of the Technology Cross-Practice leadership team. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES//The key responsibilities of this role are set out below and there may be others which are not listed. You may be required on … occasion to work outside our normal working hours of 9:30am to 5:30pm. Strategy Provide strategic BD leadership and set vision for Technology Practice - including creating and delivering on BD strategy alongside the rest of the Technology group leadership team, internal coordination with various other parts of firm including key practice groups, international offices and country teams More ❯
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Engagement Manager

City of London, London, United Kingdom
MathCo
a pipeline of additional projects. Job Responsibilities Design strategy and roadmap for building analytics capabilities of large organizations Build relationships with customers to become a trusted partner who provides thought leadership and strategic guidance Engage with different client stakeholders and lead program onboarding, insights validation and insights activation, and recommendations workshops with senior stakeholders Proactively identify sales and More ❯
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Head of Sales

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Peaple Talent
is seeking an experienced Head of Sales to lead commercial growth, develop strategic client relationships, and drive revenue across deep-tech and industrial sectors. You’ll play a pivotal leadership role, shaping sales strategy, closing high-value deals, and expanding the organisation’s presence in safety-critical industries. This is an opportunity to help scale a cutting-edge technology … high-quality pipeline from lead generation to deal close Develop and strengthen relationships with senior stakeholders at key clients Lead commercial strategy and sales forecasting, providing insight to senior leadership Collaborate with technical, marketing, and business development teams to align goals Represent the organisation at industry events and thought-leadership forums What You’ll Bring Proven track More ❯
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GenAI Architect

City of London, London, United Kingdom
HCLTech
/Manufacturing/Retail domain. Prior experience in identifying new opportunities to optimize the business through analytics, AI/ML and use case prioritization. The individual should be a thought leader having a well-balanced analytical business acumen, domain, and technical expertise. Large Language Model Expertise: Experience in working with and fine-tuning Large Language Models (LLMs), including the More ❯
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Artificial Intelligence Engineer

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Tata Consultancy Services
some of the biggest brands in the UK and worldwide. For you, it means more to make an impact that matters, through challenging projects which demand ambitious innovation and thought leadership. Be part of an exciting team where you will be challenged every day. Work closely with the range of teams within the business to bring products to life. More ❯
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Partner

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Hybrid/Remote Options
Hypothesis3
fees. Our mission: to democratize world-class strategic problem-solving - turning chaos into clarity, faster than ever before. Role Description We are seeking a Partner to join Hypothesis3’s leadership team and help shape the future of AI-powered consulting. This is a full-time hybrid role based in the London area , with flexibility for remote work. As a … Building and managing executive-level client relationships. Contributing to the evolution of our AI consulting methodology and product roadmap. Driving revenue growth through strategic partnerships and enterprise accounts. Providing thought leadership through content, speaking, and client advisory. Coaching teams and shaping a culture of innovation and excellence. Qualifications Exceptional strategic thinking and problem-structuring ability - comfortable turning ambiguity … visual — with an ability to craft compelling narratives. Familiarity with AI-driven tools , data analytics , or technology-enabled consulting is a strong plus. Experience in founder, partner, or senior leadership roles within consulting or strategy-driven organizations. Self-driven and collaborative, thriving in hybrid , cross-functional , and fast-moving environments. Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred. More ❯
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Consumer Goods, Applied Advisory- Senior Manager

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Genpact
current business environment. Ensure efficiency of reporting and data tools for the client. Serve as point of contact for business testing activities; ensure testing strategies are aligned for success. Thought Leadership - Contribute insights on emerging methodologies to advance our team’s capabilities and delivery excellence. Business Development - Utilize your domain knowledge to support sales pursuits, proposals, and presentations … in you! Minimum Qualifications Proactive and independent worker with a team mindset, collaborates well with others, and thrives in an ever-changing environment Strong facilitation skills that include workgroup leadership and/or problem resolution across multiple groups Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, including ability to interpret and present quantitative data Experience working effectively in team environments Project More ❯
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Enterprise Architect - Associate Director - Energy and Utilities

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Anson McCade
teams across onshore, nearshore, and offshore delivery models. Shape sector-specific technology propositions and assets to accelerate growth. Oversee architecture governance, vendor selection, and solution integrity across delivery. Provide thought leadership, mentoring, and guidance across technical and business communities. Collaborate with global business and technology teams to foster innovation and cross-sector synergies. Skills & Experience 10+ years’ experience … suite leaders. Proven ability to build, lead, and develop large architecture and delivery teams. Architecture certifications (e.g., TOGAF) and cloud vendor certifications desirable. Summary This is a high-impact leadership role for a forward-thinking architect who thrives on solving complex business challenges through technology. You’ll have the opportunity to influence strategy at the highest level, shape industry More ❯
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Management Consultant, Life Sciences

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Stratt
steer client capability investment priorities Act as a subject matter expert for internal content marketing, sales and growth activities, contributing towards campaign execution and amplification where appropriate Author expert thought leadership that reflects unmet client needs and the evolving enterprise capability landscape, championing business transformation with client teams Author evidence-based recommendations that drive commercial strategy and business … driven mindset, able to critically examine business challenges A well organised individual able to uphold professional quality standards independently A problem-solver, with high emotional intelligence and fast-track leadership potential Someone seeking the freedoms and opportunities to lead in a scale-up environment Someone seeking to make a positive impact on people and the planet Proficient in MS More ❯
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Contract Senior AI Engineer

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Hybrid/Remote Options
X4 Technology
performance systems. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-driven insights and optimise operational decision-making. Stay current with AI research, including LLMs and generative AI, and provide thought leadership across projects. Requirements for the Senior AI Engineer Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics or a related STEM field. 5+ years of More ❯
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Presales Engineer

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Hybrid/Remote Options
Xcede
into clear technical and commercial propositions. Present and articulate the value of Xcede’s Data & AI capabilities to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Collaborate with marketing to shape thought leadership and go-to-market campaigns that enhance brand visibility. Maintain awareness of emerging technologies, market trends, and competitor capabilities. Contribute to the continuous improvement of Xcede’s More ❯
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SAP SuccessFactors Consultant - Compensation Expert

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Hybrid/Remote Options
NTT DATA Business Solutions
for Compensation and Variable Pay projects. Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, suppliers, and internal teams to promote collaboration and mutual success. Support NTT DATA Business Solutions in thought leadership activities, including industry forums, seminars, blogs, and marketing initiatives. Collaborate with Technical Architects and Product Owners to translate business needs into effective technical solutions. Participate in business More ❯
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Lead UX Consultant / Team Lead

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Hybrid/Remote Options
Creative CX
with consultancy/agency experience. It’s important that this person is highly skilled in all UX Research methodologies, plus a strong knowledge of Quant research too, and have leadership and management experience. It will also be useful if they have a good grounding in UX Design. They’ll work very closely with our Strategy, Development, QA teams and … also our management and leadership teams. This is a hybrid role based in our Central London office with flexibility to work from home for 3-4 days per week. We need you to Lead and line-manage the UX Team Ensure that we deliver the highest quality work for our clients using our existing methodologies, frameworks and processes, with … capabilities Strong proficiency in using behavioural analytics tools and platforms. Experience with building Design Systems Experience setting up insights libraries for enterprise companies Public speaking at events and other thought leadership activities Strong proficiency in Product Experimentation You’ll get Creative CX is filled with great people with bundles of talent and ideas. Come and join our fantastic More ❯
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Thought Leadership
Central London
10th Percentile
£54,750
25th Percentile
£56,250
Median
£90,000
75th Percentile
£107,500
90th Percentile
£119,050