Consultant Artificial Intelligence for Business Transformation

About Wavestone

Join an international consulting firm that supports major strategic transformations. We are Wavestone: passionate, solution-oriented experts who place people at the heart of performance and growth. Ambitious and rapidly expanding, we continuously develop our client portfolio and projects, with an international reach and a genuine desire to generate positive impact. Are you a true team player, driven by strong values? Are you curious and determined, eager to learn every day? Do you tend to take on challenges without hesitation? Then you are in the right place. Join Wavestone and express your potential in a stimulating and collaborative environment, where we transform today's challenges into tomorrow's opportunities.

About the Role

Within the Data & AI Business Unit, you will be involved in transformation programs where AI is not just a technological innovation, but a driver for rethinking the company, its processes, and its operational models.

Your Responsibilities:

• Transform business models with AI: Identify and prioritize high-impact AI use cases (operational efficiency, hyper-personalization, revenue optimization, intelligent automation).
• Support AI solution design and industrialization: Assist in the design and industrialization of generative, predictive, and prescriptive AI solutions for business performance.
• Structure value measurement and ROI models: Define how to measure value and ROI for AI initiatives.
• Define AI Operating Models for transformation: Design Data & AI operational models aligned with business strategy (centers of excellence, AI Ops/LLMOps).
• Structure large-scale organizational evolution: Establish roles, processes, committees, and responsibilities for scaling organizational change.
• Implement robust, impact-oriented AI governance: Create governance frameworks (AI policies, standards, RACI, steering models).
• Implement responsible AI: Ensure AI is responsible, compliant with the AI Act, secure, and transparent.
• Manage AI risks: Address risks related to data quality, model drift, security, and resilience.
• Foster adoption and cultural transformation: Educate business and IT teams on AI use cases and new augmented ways of working.
• Drive change for adoption: Lead change management to ensure appropriation, efficiency, and collaboration between teams and AI.

As a Junior Consultant, you will:

• Be a full member of client engagements, working in project teams on concrete Data & AI transformation issues: use case scoping, data analysis, solution design, change management support.
• Be responsible for your deliverables, maintaining a high standard of quality, clarity, and impact in your analyses, presentations, and recommendations.
• Receive continuous training in consulting methods, technological tools, and sector-specific challenges to quickly build skills and gain autonomy.
• Be involved in the daily life of the Business Unit through internal projects (market watch, offering development, training, community management, etc.) and firm-wide cross-functional initiatives.
• Receive close management support with regular follow-ups, constructive feedback, and rapid career progression opportunities.

Qualifications

More than just checking boxes:

• You have started to familiarize yourself with Data & AI challenges in companies (use cases, governance models, operating models...).
• You have foundational knowledge in business analysis or organizational transformation, gained through internships or academic projects.
• You are curious to understand the value created by AI and how to measure it (KPIs, ROI, portfolio prioritization).
• You are eager to learn how to facilitate workshops and support change with users.
• You enjoy learning in a team, sharing your ideas, and growing within a community of experts ready to support your progress.

Why you'll love working with our team:

• You'll be at the core of our clients' AI strategy, with real impact on their decisions and usage.
• You'll work on visible and transformative projects in key sectors.
• You'll evolve within a community of Data & AI experts with a strong spirit of learning and sharing.
• You'll contribute to shaping responsible and secure AI for business value.
• You'll join a demanding, supportive, and stimulating environment where your progression truly matters.

Languages:

You are bilingual in French and fluent in English for professional activities.

Education:

Recent graduate from a top engineering or business school (Engineering Diploma or Grande Ecole Program), specializing in data, AI, or digital transformation, and motivated to discover consulting.

Additional Information

By joining Wavestone, you will benefit from:

• Career Model: Tailored career paths with individual development opportunities. Our Wavestone Horizon allows for rapid progression in your career and salary dynamics.
• Further Training: Let's grow together! Access a vast catalog of training and certifications (cloud, DevOps, GenAI, etc.) for continuous learning.
• Smartworking: Flexible and mobile work is in our DNA, enabling an adequate collaboration framework.
• Great Place To Work: Recognized as a Great Place To Work 2025, ranking #1 in our category for organizations over 2500 employees (France).
• Mindfulness & Health: Mindfulness programs, sports collaborations, internal fitness groups.

Wavestone is an inclusive employer committed to equal opportunities. As part of this diversity and inclusion policy, Wavestone supports individuals with disabilities and/or those requiring accommodation throughout their recruitment process and upon starting their role.

Key skills/competency

• Artificial Intelligence
• Business Transformation
• Data Strategy
• AI Governance
• Machine Learning
• Change Management
• Consulting
• Business Analysis
• Operational Excellence
• Digital Transformation