Principal Consultant (AI Specialist), FT Strategies (12-month FTC)

Proven track record (7+ years) of leading data-driven digital transformations within the media or publishing industry, with measurable commercial outcomes.

Strong understanding of AI technologies and large language models (LLMs), including their practical application across content, monetisation, and audience engagement.

Demonstrated experience in product development, from concept to market launch, particularly in AI or data-led solutions for media clients.

Established network across the media and publishing sector, coupled with experience driving sales, revenue growth, and business development.

Our benefits vary by location but we are committed to providing best-in-class perks across all our offices. These include generous annual leave, medical cover, inclusive parental leave packages, subsidised gym memberships and opportunities to give back to the community. Full details of our benefits are available

here.

We’ve embraced a 50% hybrid working model (averaging two to three days onsite) that fosters trust and remote adaptability while encouraging in-person camaraderie and peer learning. Additionally, we are open to accommodating specific flexible working pattern requests for all roles where feasible.

The media industry is at the centre of AI led change, another wave of digital disruption through which the role of media will be reinvented.

At FT Strategies, we have helped dozens of publishers to find their way through the latest wave of change by supporting them through innovation and scaling of AI technologies.

In this role, you will lead complex transformation programmes that enable media organisations to adopt and scale AI technologies across their operations, from newsroom automation and audience personalisation to data-driven product development and monetisation.

You will work closely with senior client stakeholders to shape strategy, build business cases, and deliver measurable results.

You will also play a central role in developing and bringing new AI-enabled products to market, partnering with our cross-functional teams to turn innovation into impact.

As part of the FT Strategies leadership team, you will contribute to our market position as a trusted advisor on AI in media, while inspiring and developing a high-performing team.

FT Strategies is the specialist media consultancy of the Financial Times, one of the world’s most respected business media organisations. We are a rapidly growing, global team with a unique proposition and mission to help organisations build stronger relationships with their audiences and design resilient, future-ready business models.

We are unique

: drawing on lived experience of the FT’s successful transformation, the operating expertise of seasoned practitioners and a proven playbook for customer-centred growth

We are backed by the Financial Times

: bringing credibility, deep experience and a long-standing reputation for authority and integrity

We are multidisciplinary