Data Scientist Associate

Introduction

IBM Consulting partners with the world's leading companies in over 170 countries to build smarter businesses by reimagining and reinventing through technology. We utilize outcome-focused methodologies, an industry-leading portfolio, and world-class research and operations expertise.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career. You’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment every day, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth-minded, always staying curious, open to feedback, and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide ongoing feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues, keeping in mind a team-focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions every day is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude, and always striving for an outcome-focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

About IBM Consulting UK FutureNow

At IBM Consulting UK FutureNow, you’ll build a career at the forefront of hybrid cloud and AI, working with leading clients across the public and private sectors. You’ll collaborate with top industry professionals, gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies, and deliver solutions that create real business impact. From day one, you’ll work on meaningful, high-profile programmes that stretch your skills and accelerate your growth.

We invest heavily in you—supporting continuous learning, in-demand skills development, and long-term career progression. You’ll thrive in a flexible, inclusive environment that values curiosity, encourages reinvention, and recognizes what makes you unique.

We Offer

• Tools and policies to support your work-life balance, from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave, and an innovative maternity returners scheme.
• More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, life assurance, and a group pension plan through salary sacrifice.

Your Role And Responsibilities

As an Associate level AI Consultant at IBM, you'll be working closely with clients and their customers to understand their pain points. You will bring together IBM's unique capabilities across strategy, innovation, design, data analytics, AI, and other technology platforms to develop and deliver high-impact transformation programs. Leveraging a growth mindset, you're ready and willing to deliver business value, wherever needed.

In Your Role, You May Be Responsible For

• Researching the client organisation and industry value chains.
• Developing AI solutions across a range of technologies and driving adoption to generate value for our clients.
• Drawing from research on evolving market trends around Generative and Agentic AI.
• Identifying issues, creating hypotheses, and executing analysis, to develop decision-ready recommendations for our clients.

In your first two years, you’ll move between different projects, partnering with a variety of household names and making a difference to everyday life. You will usually work as part of a small, diverse team either with other consultants, data scientists, designers, architects, and users, or as the modelling specialist within a team of industry experts.

Preferred Education

Master's Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• Exceptional quantitative analysis skills and ability to derive recommendations informed by data and insights, using a mix of traditional Predictive Analytics and Generative AI technologies to achieve the outcomes.
• Powerful communication and storytelling skills, with an ability to communicate complex situations clearly and simply.
• Ability to apply logic to solve ambiguous problems and deliver creative and well-structured solutions.
• A passion for innovative ideas, coupled with the ability to understand and assimilate different points of view, with experience of using emerging technologies and techniques to understand how Generative AI works and how it can be appropriately and responsibly delivered to our clients.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate and work effectively in an intense team environment, able to build direct working relationships across all levels of the IBM and client teams.

Required Education Qualifications

Predicted a 2:1 Bachelor's Degree or achieved in a STEM, Economics, Statistical degree or similar.

Eligibility

As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds. However, for you to be eligible for this role, all applicants must hold British Nationality, UK work permit, or indefinite leave to remain. We do not offer visa sponsorship and have no future plans to do so and cannot take applications using the 2-year UK Graduate Visa.

Due to client requirements, we need candidates to have a minimum of 5 years UK continuous residency.

This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS).

Application Deadline

The closing date for applications is Sunday, 12th April 2026. Please note, however, that we may close this role earlier if the volume of applications reaches our capacity. We highly recommend submitting your application before this date to avoid disappointment.

Assessment Availability Requirements

Assessment Centres are scheduled for the week commencing 11th May. Your availability for this week is critical, as Assessment Centre attendance is mandatory and there will be no option to choose your date. Spots are limited, so please ensure your calendar is clear.

In the event you progress to the Final Interview stage, these will take place during the week commencing Monday, 18th May. Again, your attendance is mandatory and there will be no flexibility in scheduling. You will be allocated a slot, so please make sure your schedule is free for this week.

Key skills/competency

• Data Science
• AI Consulting
• Predictive Analytics
• Generative AI
• Quantitative Analysis
• Problem Solving
• Communication
• Client Relationship Management
• Team Collaboration
• Emerging Technologies