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AI & Data - AI Strategy - Senior Manager - Oil & Gas Sector

The opportunity

As part of our growing AI & Data practice, we are seeking a highly experienced Senior Manager to lead enterprise AI strategy and quantitative modeling efforts for our clients in the Oil & Gas sector. This individual will bring deep industry expertise, along with a proven track record of designing and operationalizing responsible, scalable, and value-aligned AI solutions. You’ll lead high-impact client engagements focused on Generative AI, Agentic AI, MLOps, and AI governance frameworks — driving measurable outcomes in upstream, midstream, and downstream operations.

As a Senior Manager in AI Strategy, you will leverage proprietary, industry-aligned business models and innovative operating model designs to deliver impactful AI investments. You will be responsible for capability assessments, operating model design, product management, governance, and process design, ensuring that AI initiatives align with business strategies and stakeholder needs.

Your

Key Responsibilities

In this role, you will lead the delivery of complex AI strategies that enhance business effectiveness and efficiency. You will work closely with clients to envision how AI can transform their markets, products, and capabilities. This position offers the opportunity to engage with business and technology leaders, driving strategic programs that significantly impact their operations.

Lead engagement delivery, ensuring quality and risk management throughout the project lifecycle.
Manage client relationships, focusing on revenue generation and the identification of new opportunities.
Develop and manage resource plans and budgets for engagements, ensuring alignment with performance objectives.
Define and implement enterprise-wide AI and quantitative modeling strategy tailored to oil & gas value chains (e.g., asset optimization, drilling, trading, predictive maintenance).
Establish AI governance frameworks that ensure responsible AI adoption, ethical use of data, model risk management, and alignment with evolving regulations.
Design and operationalize Agentic AI solutions to automate reasoning, planning, and decision-making tasks in complex environments.
Drive the prioritization of AI use cases based on business value, feasibility, and risk, ensuring ROI on AI initiatives.
Lead multidisciplinary teams of data scientists, engineers, and consultants to deliver end-to-end AI platforms and solutions.
Partner with senior business and IT leaders to identify strategic opportunities and shape AI-enabled business transformation.
Implement and scale Model Ops and MLOps practices, ensuring transparency, reproducibility, and monitoring of models in production.
Lead AI solution architecture, including hybrid deployments on cloud (e.g. Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS).
Serve as a thought leader in emerging AI technologies, including Generative AI, foundation models, RAG and Agentic AI.
Drive internal capability building and innovation in Responsible AI, agentic workflows, and energy sector-specific solutions.

Skills And Attributes For Success

To excel in this role, you will need a blend of technical and interpersonal skills. Your ability to navigate complex challenges and deliver innovative solutions will be crucial.

Strong analytical and decision-making skills to develop solutions to complex problems.
Proven experience in managing client relationships and leading teams.
Ability to communicate effectively and influence stakeholders at all levels.

To qualify for the role, you must have

Bachelor’s degree required;

Master’s degree preferred with focus in Computer Science, Applied Math, or…

AI Strategy - Oil & Gas - Senior Manager - Consulting

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