Associate VP, Physical and Spatial AI

About the role

The role is focused on helping clients improve operational efficiency, accelerate digital transformation, modernize OT environments, and unlock new value through digital twin, spatial intelligence, and Physical AI-enabled solutions.

Responsibilities

• Help define business or technology architecture
• Plan delivery for large-scale projects
• Oversee solution design and implementation
• Manage team progress
• Ensure quality of work products
• Mentor team members
• Support sales pursuits
• Contribute to market eminence
• Advising clients on leading practices in digital twin, spatial AI, OT transformation, edge-to-cloud integration, and physical environment transformation
• Translate business and operational priorities into transformation roadmaps and technical strategies
• Guide clients on platform choices and ecosystem decisions aligned to NVIDIA and/or GCP-based architectures
• Architect client solutions focused on digital twins, spatial intelligence, simulation, and OT transformation
• Define technical architectures for environments requiring coordination across sensing, telemetry, OT systems, edge infrastructure, AI/ML services, spatial context, and enterprise applications
• Implement integration of physical/spatial AI capabilities into operational workflows, including OT systems, IoT platforms, facilities systems, robotics-related ecosystems, and enterprise platforms
• Develop differentiated points of view, offerings, demos, and proposal content that position Deloitte as a preferred transformation partner
• Shape Deloitte's market-facing capabilities focused on digital twins, OT transformation, and spatial/physical AI use cases across priority sectors

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Industrial Engineering, Operations, or a related field
• 10+ years of relevant experience in consulting, industry, or a combination of both
• Experience working with clients on digital twin, spatial technologies, OT transformation, industrial/edge AI, or related operational technology initiatives
• Experience aligned to NVIDIA and/or Google Cloud Platform ecosystems, including relevant AI, simulation, edge, vision, geospatial, or platform services
• Experience aligned to NVIDIA and/or Google Cloud Platform ecosystems for Physical & Spatial AI including but not limited to NVIDIA platforms: Omniverse, Cosmos, Isaac, Metropolis, Jetson/Orin, NeMo, Groot in real world or simulated environments
• GCP technologies: GDCE, Anthos, Vertex AI, TensorFlow, Immersive Stream, Earth Engine, Gemini/Agent builder
• Strong product and platform strategy experience defining architecture, integration patterns, and implementation approaches for environments involving OT systems, telemetry, AI services, and enterprise platforms
• Ability to travel up to 50% on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve

Qualifications

• Consulting experience strongly preferred, particularly in client-facing strategy, architecture, or transformation delivery roles
• Experience in data center, sports venue, consumer, or retail environments
• Experience developing client-ready materials for workshops, solution framing sessions, and stakeholder presentations
• Experience contributing to proposal development, pursuit teams, or opportunity shaping activities
• Familiarity with operational use cases such as asset monitoring, predictive maintenance, facility performance, workforce enablement, computer vision, loss prevention, safety/compliance monitoring, or spatial operations
• Advanced degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, Industrial Systems, or a related discipline
• Strong presentation skills and comfort communicating with both business and technical audiences