In an era of drastic changes in artificial intelligence in the consulting industry, even job titles are not immune to change.
Deloitte As first reported , is preparing to overhaul job titles for its U.S. workforce as part of a sweeping “modernization” effort business insider. The company is changing a workforce structure originally designed for “traditional consulting talent,” a model it now considers outdated, according to an internal presentation seen by BI.
Mo Reynolds, Deloitte’s US chief people officer, moderated the meeting to announce the changes. While the presentation focused on the consulting segment, the changes will be company-wide and affect all of the company’s U.S. divisions, which have approximately 181,500 employees, according to Deloitte’s 2025 U.S. Facts and Figures page.
Under this new system, advisors may see changes to the processes they are familiar with as analysts, advisors and managers, according to the presentation. These roles will be replaced with more specific titles, including “job categories” and “subcategories.” After the change, the title of “Senior Consultant” may be changed to “Software Engineer III”, “Senior Consultant for Project Management” or “Senior Consultant for Functional Transformation”.
A new leadership class called “Leaders” will join the senior ranks of partners, principals and managing directors. Internally, employees will also be assigned alphanumeric levels, such as currently being L45 for senior consultants and L55 for managers. However, the presentation emphasized that day-to-day work, leadership and the company’s “compensation philosophy” will remain unchanged.
The changing landscape of consulting work
The move, which will come into effect on June 1, 2026, reflects changes proposed in the debate on the future of consulting in the age of artificial intelligence. For decades, consulting firms have relied on a pyramid model of staff, with a pool of junior consultants handling time-consuming tasks such as research, modeling and data analysis, led by senior consultants and managing directors. Artificial intelligence is reshaping the way some junior advisors complete tasks, which could cause the pyramid model to collapse.
A Deloitte spokesman did not immediately respond. wealth’Request to comment.
Last September, Deloitte pledged to invest $3 billion in generative AI development by fiscal 2030. The company also launched The dawn of artificial intelligencean agent artificial intelligence model, consisting of NVIDIA “Automate complex business processes, eliminate data silos and increase employee productivity.”
Other Big Four companies are also moving toward an agency workforce. McKinsey & CEO Bob Sternfels Recently shared On Harvard Business Review’s Ideacast, his company’s AI agent workforce grew more than 500% in just 18 months to approximately 20,000 agents. Sternfels predicts that soon every employee will be supported by one or more agents, creating a workforce that is both “human and agentic.” Boston Consulting Group yes use Deckster creates presentations in minutes. 2023 Bain Announce Global alliance with OpenAI.
Other companies have also made major commitments to artificial intelligence. Ernst & Young Investing $1.4 billion over five years in AI-based strategies, KPMG $2 billion has been invested in AI, and Accenture It has invested $3 billion to build out its data and artificial intelligence practices.
The consulting industry is facing an existential moment as artificial intelligence forces companies to reassess their professional identities. For Deloitte, the proposed changes are intended to “drive greater market relevance and clarity” in an increasingly automated environment, according to an internal presentation.