Consultant/Senior Consultant - AI Tokenomics

As an AI Tokenomics Consultant or Senior Consultant at Capgemini Invent, you will develop expertise in AI technologies, cloud-based AI services, and the financial implications of token-based consumption. AI Tokenomics is an emerging discipline focused on how AI token consumption is measured, attributed, optimised and connected to business value. You will use analytical skills to monitor, report and optimise AI usage and cost data, supporting organisations as they extend FinOps practices into this new field.

What you'll do

• Monitor AI consumption and token usage patterns to identify cost, efficiency and value optimisation opportunities.
• Develop reports, metrics and models to analyse AI usage, token consumption, model costs and forecast future AI spend.
• Support the creation of dashboards showing AI consumption by team, product, use case, model, provider and business outcome.
• Collaborate with technical owners, AI product teams and engineering teams to understand, forecast and optimise token-based AI spend.
• Analyse key AI cost drivers such as input tokens, output tokens, model selection, context length, prompt design, retries, embeddings and API consumption.
• Support the review of AI use cases for cost, expected value, scalability and alignment to business objectives.
• Work with FinOps, finance, sourcing and technology teams to support budgeting, showback, chargeback and cost allocation for AI services.
• Help identify opportunities to improve AI efficiency through model tiering, prompt optimisation, caching, context management, usage limits and workload routing.
• Support client-facing workshops, maturity assessments and reporting activities focused on FinOps for AI and AI Tokenomics.
• Create documentation and guidance to educate users on AI cost management, token efficiency and responsible consumption of generative AI services.
• Support analysis across AI platforms and providers such as Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, OpenAI API, Anthropic, Databricks and Snowflake AI services where relevant.
• Provide insight into emerging AI pricing models and token-based cost structures to help teams make more informed technology and investment decisions.
• Contribute to business development through leading or contributing to proposals, RFPs, bids and proposition development.
• Contribute to internal initiatives including campaign development, whitepapers, practice development and offering development.
• Pursue learning and development opportunities including training, certifications and skill development.

What you bring

• Foundational understanding of generative AI, large language models and cloud-based AI services.
• Background or interest in financial analytics, technology cost management, cloud economics or AI cost optimisation.
• Experience using MS Excel, Power BI, reporting tools or dashboarding capabilities.
• Ability to analyse usage and cost data and translate findings into meaningful insights.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work with technical, finance and business stakeholders.
• Awareness of major cloud and AI platforms such as Azure, AWS, GCP, OpenAI, Anthropic or Databricks.
• Previous experience in FinOps, cloud cost management, data analysis, financial analysis, technology consulting or a related field.

Nice to have

• FinOps Certified Practitioner (FinOps Foundation).
• FinOps for AI Certified Practitioner (FinOps Foundation).
• Exposure to FinOps for AI, AI cost management, AI product analytics or model usage reporting.
• Understanding of token-based pricing concepts, including input tokens, output tokens, context windows, embeddings and API calls.
• Experience supporting workshops, client engagements, maturity assessments or operating model activities.
• Awareness of FOCUS, cloud billing data, cost allocation, tagging, showback or chargeback processes.
• Interest in emerging standards and practices from the FinOps Foundation and Tokenomics Foundation.

What we offer

• Client engagements with leadership and experienced consulting management, providing hands-on learning and acceleration of delivery capability.
• Exposure to leading technologies and the opportunity to take ideas from concept through to execution.
• Formal training from industry experts on management consulting and client delivery.
• Learning and certification opportunities through internal and partner-led programmes from AWS, Google and Microsoft.
• Access to Les Fontaines, Capgemini Invent's unique training environment outside Paris, for immersion in thought-leadership and capability building.
• Monthly showcases of initiatives and knowledge sharing.
• Regular team connection opportunities including monthly team drinks, leadership sessions and team away days.
• Hybrid working with flexible working arrangements available to all UK employees.
• Mental Health Champions and wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.
• Flexible benefits options and variable remuneration dependent on grade and company and personal performance.

About Capgemini Invent

Capgemini Invent is the inventive transformation consulting division of Capgemini, a global business and technology transformation partner with 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. Capgemini helps organisations accelerate their transition to a digital and sustainable world through strategy, design, engineering and deep expertise in AI, cloud and data. The group reported 2023 global revenues of €22.5 billion and has been named one of the world's most ethical companies by the Ethisphere Institute for the 10th consecutive year.