Manager / Senior Manager Inhouse Consulting - Data & AI Strategy (all genders, full-/part-time)

Your role:

We love consulting! Do you? As the company's internal consultancy, we tackle strategic projects across Healthcare, Life Science, Electronics, and Enabling Functions. Our diverse team of around 75 colleagues bringsexpertisefrom top-tier external consultancies, major industry players, and top academic institutions. With offices in Darmstadt (HQ), the Greater Boston Area (USA), and Singapore, we deliver high-impact projects to the company's most critical business challenges. Working directly with senior management, we lead local, regional, and global initiatives that drive organizational success. Beyond providing consulting services, we serve as a talent incubator for our company, with a considerable number of colleagues transitioning into key leadership or expert roles throughout the organization every year. Combiningboth,businessconsultingand people development, we contribute to the company's success and accelerate your career!

You will work as part of project teams, providing business consultingespecially in the field of data & AI, before transitioning to the next exciting career step within our company afterapproximately 2-4years. As a colleague and trusted partner, you support projects from design to implementation, inspiring change throughout the organization.Youown projects end-to-end, handling interactions with internal clients and guiding project teams in flat team structures.

In this pivotal role,you willleadhigh-impact client projects across Healthcare, Life Science, Electronics, and Enabling Functions,leveragingyour AIexpertiseto translate complex business challenges into scalable, AI-driven solutions. Alongside your client work, you will contribute to IC's internal AI agenda-identifyinguse cases, upskilling colleagues, and advancing responsible AI practices within the team. While your impact will be centered on these domains, you will have the flexibility to extend your influence on strategic initiatives beyond this scope as needed.

Our approach differs from external consulting. We offer:

• Empowerment:You own your projects from proposal development to steering committee presentations, and project closure. Project assignments are matched with your individual development goals and reflect your level of seniority. You will be able to directly experience the impact your work has on our business and patients worldwide.

• Career development:Your leadership in challenging consulting projects will give you high visibility across our business sectors, allowing you to cultivate a deep internal network andultimately positioningyou for a successful transition into your next chapter within our company. While advancing your own professional growth, you simultaneously invest in mentoring and developing junior colleagues.

• Flexibility of work:You will experience our high-impact culture with less business travel and more flexible work arrangements than in external consulting. Moreover, we run a hybrid workplace approach with a healthy mix of remote work and office presence.

Who you are:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Data Science, Information Systems,Economics,Managementwith data-focus, orrelated field

• Work experience of3-5 years in management consultingwith a genuine passion for the frontiers of AI and digital innovation, ideally in healthcare, life science, or electronics

• Strong understanding of business strategy combined withdeepconceptual knowledge of modern AI and data ecosystems-including LLM frameworks, agentic AI architectures, RAG,and multi-agent orchestration-with the ability to assess technical feasibility and communicateeffectivelywith both technical and non-technical audiences

• Proven ability to translate AI concepts into actionablesolutionsand drive implementationfrom discovery through iterative delivery-orchestratingAI workflows, copilots, and autonomous agents into business processes using agile frameworks (Scrum,SAFe, or equivalent) and tooling such as Azure DevOps

• Ability to foster a culture of collaboration, curiosity, and responsible AI use within the team

• Awareness of AI governance principles, ethical AI practices, and emerging regulatory frameworks (e.g., EU AI Act) is a plus

• Strongtrack recordof leading projects across multiple functional areas with exposure to different hierarchical levels. More extensive leadership experience is a plus

• Exceptional communication, presentation, and stakeholder engagement skills including the ability to translate technical AI concepts for executive and non-technical audiences

• Proactive, self-motivated work approach with a passion for working in teams

• Proficiencyin English and preferably also in German

• Willingness torelocateto Rhine-Main-Area (e.g., Darmstadt, Frankfurt) to allow for regular office presence (2-3 days per week) for close collaboration and network building