About Faculty
At Faculty, we transform organisational performance through safe, impactful and human-centric AI.
With more than a decade of experience, we provide over 350 global customers with software, bespoke AI consultancy, and Fellows from our award winning Fellowship programme.
Our expert team brings together leaders from across government, academia and global tech giants to solve the biggest challenges in applied AI.
Should you join us, you’ll have the chance to work with, and learn from, some of the brilliant minds who are bringing Frontier AI to the frontlines of the world.
About the team
Our Retail and Consumer experts are dedicated to helping clients in an industry which is being transformed by new technologies and evolving consumer expectations. Leveraging over a decade of experience in Applied AI, we combine exceptional technical and delivery expertise to empower businesses to adapt and thrive.
About the role
This is an exciting, new role for an individual motivated to build their knowledge of AI transformation in retail. As an Associate, you’ll be part of a close-knit team - scoping, building and delivering impactful AI projects for some of the largest retailers in the UK. We’ll look to you to build trusted client relationships, analyse requirements and feedback, stay on top of workflows and help to ensure our bespoke AI tools are optimised for real-world operations.
What you'll be doing:
Managing individual work streams to support the successful delivery and implementation of bespoke AI solutions.
Working side-by-side with Retail and Consumer stakeholders to understand critical mission challenges and user needs
Conducting open-source analysis to support the development of cutting-edge AI tools
Translating complex operational requirements into clear user stories for delivery and engineering teams.
Designing and testing workflows that support user-centric decision-making in high-stakes environments
Collaborating closely with technical teams to ensure projects run smoothly and solutions meet customer needs
Contributing to internal thought leadership, strategy, and capability development across the team
Who we're looking for:
You demonstrate analytical thinking, can clearly communicate ideas, and synthesise complex information
You have some experience working on AI/data intensive projects in the retail and consumer sector
You have external client-facing experience and have built trusted relationships which have contributed to the overall success of projects/products
You’ve worked with technical teams
You understand Agile and related methodologies and the basis of iterative development and continuous delivery
You are thoughtful and proactive in ambiguous situations, keen to take initiative and own finding solutions to challenges
You’re excited and energised by the possibilities for innovation in retail and consumer technology!
Our interview process:
Talent Team Screen (40 mins)
Introduction Interview (60 mins)
Case Study Interview (60 mins)
Interview with Business Unit Director (30 mins)
What we can offer you:
The Faculty team is diverse and distinctive, and we all come from different personal, professional and organisational backgrounds. We all have one thing in common: we are driven by a deep intellectual curiosity that powers us forward each day.
Faculty is the professional challenge of a lifetime. You’ll be surrounded by an impressive group of brilliant minds working to achieve our collective goals.
Our consultants, product developers, business development specialists, operations professionals and more all bring something unique to Faculty, and you’ll learn something new from everyone you meet.