AI Technical Project Lead/Engineer - SFL Scientific

About the role

We are hiring an experienced AI Technical Project Lead to drive the day-to-day execution of AI and consulting initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Technical Program Management & Coordination
• Collaborate with technical leaders on end-to-end delivery for AI/GenAI and data workstreams across one or more client engagements, managing scope, timeline, dependencies, budget and quality
• Responsible for overall coordination, status reporting, and stability of project-orientated work efforts within a program
• Translate business requirements into user stories, technical tasks and drive backlog hygiene (acceptance criteria, prioritization, sizing, and definition of done)
• Run standups, plan sprints and demos if required, retros to ensure teams are unblocked and delivering commitments
• Partner with architects, engineers, MLOps, and data science teams to validate feasibility, sequencing, and integration dependencies (e.g., LLM integration, RAG, evaluation, model deployment)
• Proactively manage RAID (risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies), change control, and release planning to maintain predictable delivery
• Drive and evaluate estimates by deliverable and work with project teams to optimize program-related deliverables, including critical path, related inter-project dependencies, risks and issues
• Executive Communication
• Create weekly leadership updates (status, key decisions, risks, mitigations, and asks) tailored to executive audiences
• Build and deliver clear, structured presentations that connect technical progress to outcomes, timelines, and tradeoffs
• Facilitate decision-making by surfacing options, impacts and recommendations-especially when scope, schedule, or technical constraints shift
• Partner with engagement leadership to prepare steering committees, QBRs, and milestone reviews (talk tracks, visuals, and pre-reads)

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, STEM, or related field (e.g., Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science)
• 4+ years of experience managing technical delivery for data/analytics/AI initiatives in consulting or enterprise environments
• 4+ years of experience leading client-facing delivery, driving stakeholder communication across working teams through executive leadership
• 4+ years of experience working in Agile/Scrum or hybrid delivery models with measurable outcomes
• 4+ years of experience using delivery tools such as Jira and Confluence (plus Smartsheet, Asana, etc. as applicable), with strong experience managing technical tickets and reporting
• 4+ years of experience managing delivery governance, KPI reporting and/or budgets to ensure on-time, high-quality outcomes
• Ability to travel 10%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve
• Live within commuting distance to one of Deloitte’s consulting offices
• Limited immigration sponsorship may be available

Preferred

• Master’s degree in business, STEM, or related field (e.g., Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science)
• Excellent communication skills: ability to synthesize ambiguity into crisp narratives, decision points and slides
• Working knowledge of AI/ML and GenAI concepts (LLMs, prompt patterns, RAG, MLOps) and modern data platforms (cloud, pipelines)
• Strong technical fluency: comfortable challenging assumptions, clarifying requirements, and coordinating across engineering and data science teams
• Experience with change management and AI solution rollout/adoption across business functions
• Experience supporting pre-sales (estimating, scoping, workplans, RAID, and delivery approach)

Benefits

Our inclusive culture empowers our people to be who they are, contribute their unique perspectives, and make a difference individually and collectively. It enables us to leverage different ways of thinking, ideas, and perspectives, and bring more creativity and innovation to help solve our clients' most complex challenges.

Pay

A reasonable estimate of the current range is $128,000 to $252,500.

Schedule

Not specified.