> Markdown version of [/jobs/ext/1906084-principal-consultant-data-ai](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/jobs/ext/1906084-principal-consultant-data-ai). Every page supports `.md` or `Accept: text/markdown`. Links point to the HTML versions so they work for humans too. Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Principal Consultant - Data & AI - **Company:** ALAIKA Advisory - **Location:** München, Germany - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, Machine Learning, Software Deployment, Data Analytics - **Published:** August 3, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.de/jobad/deb72d69cac0ae14b942fb74d7ebff6349 ## About the Role * Background. Outstanding degree in an analytical field from a top-tier university, or a track record that speaks for itself. * Experience. Minimum 5 years in a high-pressure, results-driven environment - top strategy consultancy with a strong data and AI practice, or fast-growing AI-native technology company. Deep hands-on experience delivering data and AI projects is required. An established network across the data, AI, and financial services community is expected at this level. * Industry Focus. You have worked inside Wir bieten * institutions. Sub-sector expertise in insurance preferred, but we would consider experience in banking, asset management, or payments as well. * Technical Depth. Fluency in modern data and AI stacks - machine learning, generative AI, cloud platforms, production deployment. You have advised and shipped real systems, not just slides. * Leadership. You have led teams that delivered. We hire managers who build businesses, not just project plans. * Analytical edge. Data-driven by default. Leverage data to drive decisions, not just decorate slides. * Languages. Fluent in English and German. Additional languages are a plus. ## Description The role and what you will work on * Advise. Take on the most pressing strategic and technology challenges of the world's leading financial services companies - across Strategy, Data & AI, and Cyber, with deep data analysis and AI-domain expertise as your anchor. In the room with decision-makers as the expert your clients trust on the questions that matter most. * Own. Take full ownership of significant accounts and the relationships and revenue inside them. The work, the team, the clients, the numbers. You do not own pieces; you own outcomes. * Lead. Run project teams and large key initiatives. Set the standard for consultants, senior consultants, and managers - challenge them, develop them, raise their game. Multiply the output of everyone around you - not just your Profil * . You are a strategic partner in shaping what ALAIKA becomes. That is not a slogan - it is your Tuesday. When you are a fit "Show me an athlete who did well academically. An athlete because they know what it takes to win and they have had to experience loss." - Kenneth C. Griffin, Founder of Citadel You will work alongside intrinsically driven people chasing an uncapped career - people who do "what it takes". You fear "being one more number stuck in middle management". Your goal is to make it to the top: at ALAIKA itself, at a leading investment or financial services firm, or in a company you build yourself - ALAIKA can help with that too. * Book-smart. Strong academic foundationstructures, not gut feel. * Street-smart. Read the room fast. Prioritise ruthlessly. Grasp commercial reality. * People-smart. Communicate with precision - clear, direct, persuasive. Build trust across functions and seniority. * Athlete performance mindset. High aspirations. Grit. Learn faster than the environment changes. * Entrepreneurial guts. Self-confident achiever. Act first, apologise later - speed is everything. 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