Senior Director Innovation & AI Solution Consulting

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As a Senior Director of Innovation and AI Solution Consulting, you will drive innovation and solution delivery by partnering with value stream teams and application owners to integrate advanced technologies—including Generative AI—into application design and development. This role ensures that experiments with emerging capabilities evolve into robust, scalable, and secure solutions. By promoting modern solution design and staying abreast of the latest technological trends, this leader fosters a culture of continuous learning, iteration, and best practices adoption. The Senior Director will also facilitate cross-functional collaboration to optimize solution development, ensuring new and existing technologies deliver maximum business impact.

What you will do:

• Strategic Technology Leadership
  • Collaborate with business stakeholders, product owners, and technology teams to align technology-driven initiatives with organizational goals.
  • Stay current with the latest advancements—including AI, ML, and other emerging technologies—to drive innovation and continuous improvement.
• Solution Consulting & Delivery
  • Provide expert guidance on the design and architecture of advanced technology solutions including AI, ensuring they are robust, scalable, and meet business requirements.
  • Oversee proof-of-concepts (POCs) and pilot programs, ensuring alignment with long-term strategy and solution standards.
• Team Management & Development
  • Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing team of AI solution consultants, data scientists, and developers (5–10 FTEs/contractors).
  • Support ongoing team learning and development in emerging technologies, agile practices, and solution delivery.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Partner with application owners and value stream teams to identify high impact use cases, including AI opportunities, and develop roadmaps for implementation.
  • Establish best practices for solution lifecycle management, including design, development, testing, and deployment.
• Governance & Compliance
  • Work closely with Responsible AI teams to ensure solutions meet ethical and compliance standards.
  • Ensure adherence to enterprise security, data governance, and regulatory requirements.

What you will bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field required OR equivalent experience

• 10+ years of experience in technology leadership roles, with at least 5 years in AI/ML or data science initiatives
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional teams in designing and deploying innovative AI solutions
• Familiarity with agile methodologies and cloud-based infrastructures for AI/ML
• Direct experience designing and delivering Generative AI solutions in a large enterprise

What will set you apart:

• Certifications in AI/ML or cloud (e.g., AWS Certified Machine Learning, Google Professional Machine Learning Engineer) a plus

• Strong leadership, communication, and influencing skills
• Ability to translate complex AI concepts into clear business benefits
• Demonstrated project management and stakeholder management expertise
• Knowledge of best-in-class AI frameworks, libraries, and tools (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch)
• Innovative thinker with a track record of driving new solutions from concept to implementation

What we offer you

We offer an array of diverse and inclusive benefits regardless of where you are in your career. We believe that providing our employees with the means to lead healthy balanced lives results in the best possible work performance.

• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
• Retirement savings – 401(k) plan with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%), financial advisory services, potential company discretionary contribution, and a broad investment lineup
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
• Business-casual environment that includes the option to wear jeans
• Generous paid time off upon hire – including a paid time off program plus ten paid company holidays and three floating holidays each calendar year
• Paid volunteer time — 16 hours per calendar year
• Leave of absence programs – including paid parental leave, paid short- and long-term disability, and Family and Medical Leave (FMLA)
• Business Resource Groups (BRGs) - internal networks that rally around common interest, experiences and identities such as race, ethnicity, gender, ability, military status and sexual orientation. BRGs play a vital role in educating and engaging our people and advancing our business priorities.

Base Salary Range

The salary range above shows the typical minimum to maximum base salary range for this position in the location listed. Non-sales positions have the opportunity to participate in a bonus program. Sales positions are eligible for sales incentives, and in some instances a bonus plan, whereby total compensation may far exceed base salary depending on individual performance. Actual compensation offered may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer.

Equal opportunity employer •  Drug-free workplace

We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to diversity.  All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age (40 and over), race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, religion, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable state or local law. 

***For remote and hybrid positions you will be required to provide reliable high-speed internet with a wired connection as well as a place in your home to work with limited disruption. You must have reliable connectivity from an internet service provider that is fiber, cable or DSL internet. Other necessary computer equipment, will be provided. You may be required to work in the office if you do not have an adequate home work environment and the required internet connection.***

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