Lead Consultant

We are seeking a **Lead Consultant – AI & UX** to lead strategic UX design and AI-driven product innovation across enterprise client engagements. The role combines advanced UX leadership, AI/ML integration, data-driven decision-making, and Google Cloud AI expertise to deliver scalable, responsible, and business-focused digital experiences. **Key Responsibilities** * Lead **AI-driven UX strategy** , design vision, and innovation across complex enterprise projects. * Drive **end-to-end UX design,** including user research, journey mapping, service blueprints, design systems, and interactive prototypes. * Design intuitive, transparent, and explainable AI-powered experiences across web, mobile, conversational interfaces, and enterprise dashboards. * Collaborate with data scientists, ML engineers, cloud architects, product managers, and business leaders to deliver scalable AI solutions. * Define data strategies, KPIs, experimentation frameworks, and success metrics to measure user experience and business impact. * Translate complex data, analytics, and AI model outputs into actionable insights and user-centric solutions. * Lead AI solution design using Google Cloud AI services, including **Vertex AI, AutoML, Generative AI, LLMs, embeddings, and conversational AI.** * Integrate AI solutions with Google Cloud data services, including BigQuery and data pipelines. * Guide responsible AI practices, including fairness, explainability, privacy, transparency, accessibility, and data governance. * Provide strategic consulting, facilitate design-thinking workshops, influence product roadmaps, and support client proposals and solution architecture. **Required Qualifications** * Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Design, HCI, Computer Science, AI/ML, or a related discipline. * **3+ years** of experience focused on **AI/ML-powered products** and at least **3 years** of professional **UX consulting experience.** * Proven experience leading enterprise-scale design projects from discovery to launch, supported by a strong portfolio demonstrating measurable business impact. * Expert proficiency in **Figma** , Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, and prototyping tools. * Strong expertise in user research, interaction design, design systems, data visualization, and multi-platform UX. * Solid understanding of **AI/ML concepts** , applied analytics, statistics, model limitations, and responsible AI principles. * Hands-on experience with Google Cloud AI services, particularly Vertex AI, AutoML, Generative AI, and managed ML platforms. * Experience integrating AI solutions with BigQuery, data pipelines, and analytics platforms. * Understanding of **MLOps** , including model deployment, monitoring, versioning, and lifecycle management. * Familiarity with Google AI APIs for vision, natural language, speech, recommendation, or search. * Experience defining data-driven KPIs, success metrics, and experimentation frameworks for AI initiatives. * Strong stakeholder management, presentation, and communication skills, including engagement with C-level executives. * Knowledge of Agile, Design Thinking, data governance, and privacy requirements such as PDPA and GDPR-aligned practices.