Director, AI Solution Owner

Company Overview

We are the better way to work in finance. As private equitys value creation partner we sit at the heart of PEwhere sponsors and CFOs meet. Through financial consulting rooted in data technology and AI we help clients drive valuesupporting the office of the CFO to drive end-to-end value creation.

If you crave challenging work and are looking togrow come solvecomplexissues alongside1400 finance & technology experts ina supportive collaborativeenvironment.

Backedby premier private equity firms and headquarteredin New York with 10officesaroundtheglobe we are a high-growth entrepreneurial firmlookingforpeoplewhowantto be part of buildingsomethinggreat. Come make your mark.

Data & Analytics

Accordions Data & Analytics (D&A) team offers cutting-edge intelligent solutions to a global clientele leveraging a blend of domain knowledge sophisticated technology tools and deep analytics capabilities to tackle complex business challenges.

We partner with Private Equity clients and their Portfolio Companies across diverse sectors including Retail CPG Healthcare Media & Entertainment Technology and Logistics.

We deliver data and analytical solutions designed to streamline reporting capabilities and enhance business insights across vast and complex data sets ranging from Sales Operations Marketing Pricing Customer Strategies and more.

This role can be based in any of our US office locations and is a hybrid role with the flexibility to work remotely 2 days a week. Ideal candidates should be local to the desired location.

This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

About the Role and You

Own the strategy and execution to embed AI into Accordion solutions. Youll partner with our Solutions leaders and the Accordion Intelligence Lab to evaluate build vs. buy design AI capabilities (copilots automation predictive insights) and drive them from concept to pilot to scaled product with measurable ROI.

What Youll Do

• Own AI strategy per solution: Define vision use cases KPIs and success criteria; maintain a prioritized AI roadmap across our solution portfolio
• Build vs. buy leadership: Scan the market run vendor evaluations/POCs craft make/buy/partner recommendations and negotiate technical requirements with vendors
• Cross-practice orchestration: Align Solution leads Consulting delivery Accordion Intelligence Lab (R&D/engineering) on scope timelines and resourcing
• Productization & delivery: Translate business needs into PRDs
• Responsible AI & risk: Work with AI governance lead to establish guardrails for safety privacy compliance (PII/PHI) bias testing human-in-the-loop and auditability
• Commercial outcomes: Build business cases pricing/packaging proposals and adoption plans; support pre-sales and client exec briefings; track ROI post-launch
• Change & enablement: Drive stakeholder alignment develop playbooks and enable consultants and client champions on usage and value capture
• Travel to client sites as needed

What Youll Bring

• 10 years in product/solution ownership or AI-enabled program leadership; 5 years in data/AI within consulting or SaaS
• Proven track record taking AI features from concept to scaled adoption including vendor selection (where appropriate) and POCs
• Working knowledge ofLLMs and AI stacks: prompt design/evals retrieval tools/methods agent orchestration MLOps and implementing these tools on major cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP Databricks Snowflake etc.)
• Strong product skills: customer discovery PRDs metrics (activation retention quality latency cost-to-serve) and agile delivery (Scrum/Kanban)
• Executive presence: communicate crisply with C-suite and engineers alike; influence without authority across practices and geographies
• Nice to have: domain depth in Finance/CFO solutions PE-backed value creationhealthcare or industrials; experience with guardrails/RAG evaluation prompt safety and FinOps for AI

Preferred requirements

• S/MS in CS Data/AI Engineering or equivalent experience
• Product/Agile credentials (PSPO/CSPO PMI-ACP/SAFe)

The annual salary for this role ranges from: $170000 to $225000 USD benefits bonus. Actual compensation packages are determined by evaluating a wide array of factors unique to each candidate including but not limited to geographic location skill set years and depth of experience education certifications cost of labor and internal equity.

Accordion is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds perspectives and skills. We do not discriminate on the basis of race color religion marital status age national origin ancestry physical or mental disability medical condition pregnancy genetic information gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression veteran status or any other status protected under federal state or local law.

Please note that as per Accordion policy we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters are engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening and in alignment with our inclusive diversity values. Any employment agency person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that Accordion will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency person or entity.

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