Managing Director, Data and AI - Operational Intelligence
Client Delivery & Engagement Leadership
You will have direct influence over IP development, offerings strategy, and how West Monroe goes to market with one of the most differentiated positioning sets in the industry. Lead delivery of complex, multi-disciplinary engagements spanning data platform modernization, AI/ML deployment, and operational intelligence — acting as the executive accountable for outcomes. Translate client business problems into solutions combining modern data infrastructure (Databricks, Snowflake, cloud-native) with AI-native orchestration and real-time decisioning. Serve as a trusted advisor to CDOs, CTOs, CIOs, and COOs navigating AI transformation with credible executive presence. Govern engagement economics — scoping, pricing, risk, and portfolio quality — with the rigor of a business owner.
AI & Operational Intelligence Practice Development
- Shape and build differentiated offerings at the intersection of data platforms, AI/agentic systems, and operational intelligence — including knowledge graphs, context engineering, real-time orchestration, and event-driven workflow design.
- Develop accelerators, methodologies, and reusable IP that reduce time-to-value for clients and build a competitive moat for the practice.
- Stay genuinely ahead of the market: LLM architectures, RAG and context engineering, agentic frameworks, AI governance, and the emerging toolchain for operationalizing AI at scale.
- Define the talent model — recruit, develop, and retain exceptional data engineers, AI architects, and analytics leaders.
- Collaborate with industry and functional practices to cross-pollinate use cases and create sector-specific AI playbooks.
Business Development & Market Leadership
- Originate new client relationships — hunting strategically across target sectors with a proven professional network.
- Grow existing accounts by connecting data and AI investments to measurable operational outcomes clients can defend to their boards.
- Build visible market presence: speaking engagements, published points of view, and a reputation as a practitioner who both thinks and does.
- Partner with firm leadership to define and execute go-to-market strategy for AI and data offerings across industries.