Senior Consultant - Data & AI

Alpha Alternatives, part of Alpha Group, is a fast-growing global consulting practice focused on leading digital and operational transformation projects for the alternative investment industry, encompassing private equity, real estate, private debt, credit, and infrastructure.

We are known for our expertise, innovation, and commitment to delivering exceptional value to our clients. Our people work side by side with clients to identify, address, and resolve key operational and technology challenges within alternative investments and financial services firms.

We often find that the best innovation comes from within—our role is to help empower client teams to drive the change required. Collaboration and support are at the heart of what we do, and we look for consultants who embody these values and bring firsthand experience in the challenges and enabling technologies that drive success in alternatives.

The Senior Consultant plays a critical role within Alpha Alternatives’ Data Strategy segment, serving as a key contributor to the Front & Middle Office team and owning substantial components of private markets data strategy engagements. This role develops deep fluency across front-, middle-, and back-office workflows and core data domains, including Client, Fund, Investment, Deal, Portfolio Company, Exposure, Performance, Cashflows, Valuations, and related IR or operational data. Senior Consultants translate business insights into structured deliverables, domain definitions, governance components, and operating model frameworks that anchor enterprise data transformation. Working closely with Managers and Senior Managers, the Senior Consultant drives high-quality, client-ready content that informs the design of scalable, governed data capabilities.

• →Build a strong understanding of private markets workflows across deal execution, portfolio monitoring, valuations, investor relations, operations, and finance, and apply that understanding to advise clients on how data enables better execution.
• →Own defined deliverables or major sections, such as domain definitions, business requirements, governance components, and workflow documentation, and deliver polished, client-ready outputs.
• →Lead stakeholder interviews and working sessions and translate input into clear, actionable insights that connect business needs to data implications.
• →Define domain-level requirements across Client, Fund, Investment, Deal, Portfolio Company, Exposure, Performance, Cashflows, and Valuations, including the business rules and decision-critical data elements required for consistency.
• →Document data ownership, stewardship expectations, and standards that improve consistency, usability, and accountability across teams.
• →Partner with technology and data delivery teams by translating business needs into clear, actionable requirements and ensuring alignment to scalable delivery patterns at a conceptual level.
• →Elevate team delivery by coaching Analysts and Consultants through structured review, feedback, and quality assurance on outputs.

• 4–6+ years of experience in consulting, private markets, asset management, business analysis, or data strategy roles.
• Strong understanding of private markets workflows and decision points across investing, portfolio monitoring, valuations, investor relations, operations, and finance.
• Ability to translate business problems into structured analysis and clear recommendations, with strong attention to detail and quality.
• Working knowledge of data strategy fundamentals, including how data quality, definitions, and ownership impact reporting, analytics, and execution.
• Strong facilitation and interviewing skills, with the ability to synthesize stakeholder input into crisp, usable insights.
• Ability to communicate complex topics in clear business language and produce executive-ready narratives and materials.
• Awareness of modern cloud-native data platform tools across ingestion, processing, storage, governance, and visualization, sufficient to articulate business-led implications in partnership with technical teams.
• Working knowledge of core private markets tools and workflows across the investment lifecycle, enabling effective partnership with business and technology teams.