I’m taking on a data science lead role at a small-ish consultancy next month - moving on from my role at a Big4 company. They currently have no data science offering and are looking for me to build a team and the overall capability. Does anyone have any advice to share please?

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What firm? You need to build a roadmap of offerings, based on available resources, focus on quick wins/pilots to convert

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Accenture1 Ibrespect your bsckground and opinion, however OP situation is probably different, and muscle to make it quick is probably challenging as well. Some companies look for quick returns and high growth, some others prefer to invest, specially when they do not have a powerful brand, existing capabilities and fuel for hires and sales.
I experienced both, in a b4's BU that grew from 6 to 120fte in 3 years, in another b4's that was never able to get above 30FTE, and in a startup that became unicorn in 2 years, and companies that focused on short term struggled to make it past a certain level due to frustration because of mismatching skills-projects, lack of POV, and trying to go for everything rather than focusing on something specific.

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Depending on the company's vision that could be a fun role to build out. Once you have your footing I'd definitely like to hear more about what you need on the team.

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