Director, AI Acceleration Practice

Location: Remote / Travel required depending on engagement

About Sol Consulting:

Sol Consulting is a next-gen digital consulting firm that helps our clients level up their tech operations and product/service offerings. We are advisors focused on strategy build and execution for customer success. AI is integrated into our processes to accelerate workflows and deliver faster results. We live what we sell. From discovery to full-scale program delivery we take our clients from vision to decision and from doing to done.

The Role:

As a Director within our AI Acceleration Practice you are a senior leader responsible for driving measurable value for our clients through AI-enabled consulting and execution. You serve as the primary account owner for a portfolio of client relationships overseeing the full lifecycle of engagements from opportunity identification and solution design through program delivery and outcomes realization.

You will lead multi-workstream programs that span advisory build and deploy engagements bringing both strategic depth and hands-on execution capability. Your ability to engage at the executive level while going deep into functional and technical problem spaces sets you apart. You bring broad industry perspective and deep domain knowledge in one or more functional areas and you possess the AI fluency required to architect and deliver transformation programs that leverage modern AI capabilities to generate lasting client impact.

In this role you will collaborate with Sols leadership team to grow the AI Acceleration practice develop talent and contribute to the firms intellectual capital and market positioning.

Key Responsibilities:

Account Management & Client Engagement

• Own and manage a portfolio of client accounts serving as the primary relationship holder at the executive and senior stakeholder level

• Identify and develop opportunities to expand the scope and depth of Sols engagement within existing accounts applying a structured approach to value discovery across functions and business units

• Build trusted advisor relationships grounded in deep understanding of client strategy operating context and transformation priorities

• Lead client-facing communications executive presentations and steering committee engagements

Delivery Leadership

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of complex AI consulting and execution programs including both advisory engagements and build deploy run implementations

• Structure and oversee multiple concurrent workstreams ensuring integration across advisory technical and operational tracks

• Establish delivery governance frameworks including program milestones risk management protocols and quality assurance standards

• Ensure delivery excellence across all client-facing outputs timelines and stakeholder communications

• Serve as an escalation point and decision-maker for cross-workstream issues dependencies and risks

AI Acceleration & Value Creation

• Apply deep AI fluency to identify design and implement AI-driven solutions that generate tangible measurable outcomes for clients

• Conduct broad and deep value assessments across client organizations to surface AI acceleration opportunities spanning operations product technology and customer experience

• Translate complex AI capabilities into practical business-aligned roadmaps that clients can understand commit to and execute against

• Stay current on the rapidly evolving AI landscape integrating emerging tools frameworks and methodologies into Sols delivery model

Team Leadership & Talent Development

• Lead and develop cross-functional engagement teams comprised of consultants technical specialists and client team members

• Provide active mentorship and coaching to Principal Consultants and junior team members supporting their professional development and performance

• Participate in performance management processes including goal-setting reviews and development planning

• Contribute to recruiting onboarding and capability building within the AI Acceleration practice

Practice Development

• Contribute to the development of Sols AI Acceleration practice through thought leadership reusable frameworks and point-of-view development

• Support business development activities including proposals client presentations and pipeline development in collaboration with Sols leadership team

• Actively contribute to Sols culture internal initiatives and firm-wide knowledge development

Qualifications:

• 10 15 years of progressive experience in management consulting technology transformation or AI implementation. 5 years in management consulting at a top-tier or specialized boutique firm preferred

• Strong AI fluency including practical knowledge of AI/ML technologies generative AI applications and the ability to assess and architect AI-enabled solutions for enterprise environments

• Demonstrated track record of owning and managing senior client relationships across complex multi-stakeholder environments

• Proven experience leading large-scale transformation programs consisting of multiple concurrent workstreams across advisory and implementation phases

• Demonstrated ability to go broad in identifying value opportunities across an organization and deep in structuring and executing against them

• Strong executive presence and communication skills with the ability to engage credibly at the C-suite level and synthesize complex concepts for diverse audiences

• Experience leading and developing high-performing consulting teams across both advisory and delivery-focused engagements

• Comfortable operating in fast-paced execution-oriented environments with a high degree of ambiguity

• Prior experience with AI tool adoption and workflow integration in a professional services or enterprise delivery context is strongly preferred

• Preferred but not required: Experience in one or more of Sols practices areas/sectors: Advertising Technology (AdTech) Workforce & Operations Systems Media & Broadcasting or State/Local Government & Education

Why Join Sol

• High-Impact Work: Directly impact Fortune 500 companies and government entities.

• Innovation: Utilize cutting-edge AI to focus entirely on driving results.

• Culture: A team of self-reliant professionals who value execution over optics.

Compensation:

Base Salary $180-220K per this role you will participate in an annual discretionary bonus plan aligned to company performance and individual performance. Actual compensation will depend upon an individuals skills experience qualifications location and other relevant factors. The salary pay range is subject to change and may be modified at any time.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work permanently in the US. Sol Consulting is unable to consider candidates requiring visa sponsorship.

Sol Consulting LLC is an equal opportunity employer.