Data & AI Leader - Senior Director - Canada / Hybrid
Description
Role Purpose
We are seeking a senior Data & AI leader to lead enterprise Data & AI transformation initiatives for strategic clients. The role will work closely with senior business and technology stakeholders to define Data & AI strategies, identify and prioritize opportunities, shape solutions, and provide leadership through execution.
The individual will bring a strong combination of enterprise data expertise, AI/GenAI knowledge, consulting capability, technology leadership and delivery experience, with the ability to translate emerging technologies into practical business outcomes.
Key Responsibilities:
- Part of the core delivery leadership team & leader for Data & AI engagements
- Client Advisory & Executive Engagement
- Become the trusted advisor for CIO, CDO, CAIO and business executives on Data & AI opportunities, priorities and investment decisions.
- Help develop transformation roadmaps across data platforms, data engineering, analytics, AI/ML, GenAI and data governance.
- Define and execute enterprise Data & AI strategies aligned to business priorities and transformation objectives.
- Identify opportunities to leverage AI and automation to transform business and technology operating models.
- Driving newer / innovative opportunities to partner
- Solutioning
- Team & Leadership
Required Experience & Qualifications
- 15+ years of experience in technology, data, analytics, AI or digital transformation.
- Significant experience leading enterprise-scale Data & AI transformation programs.
- Strong understanding of modern cloud data architectures, data engineering and AI ecosystems.
- Experience with platforms such as Azure, Databricks, Snowflake or equivalent.
- Strong understanding of GenAI, LLMs, RAG, AI agents and agent orchestration.
- Demonstrated experience working directly with C-suite and senior business/technology executives.
- Proven ability to lead complex solutioning and transformation engagements.
- Experience managing large, distributed, multidisciplinary technology teams.
- Strong commercial and business acumen, including experience with proposals, business cases and large transformation engagements.
- Excellent communication, presentation and stakeholder-management skills.
Key Success Measures
- 20% yoY Business growth within Data & AI space
- Ness acknowledged as thought leader within Data & AI space (CSAT & NPS survey)
- Drive adoption of Ai/Agentic AI (nos -TBD)
- Drive agreed business outcomes with AI/ML solutions
Disclaimer
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.