Solution Director: Cost Takeout & Technology Transformation

About the role

AND Digital is a tech company dedicated to accelerating digital delivery and closing the digital skills gap. Since 2014, we have supported organisations in building better digital products and stronger digital teams. We believe our work should always create a remarkable impact for our clients. Through our regional offices, known as ‘Clubs,' we build strong relationships with our partners, ensuring they are prioritised by teams located nearby. This unique model has driven success for both our clients and ourselves, reflected in our remarkable organic growth since 2014. Today, we are over 1,300 people strong, with Clubs across the UK, Europe, and the USA—and plans for global expansion in the coming years. Join us and help fulfil our mission to close the world's digital skills gap.

We are seeking an experienced Solution Director to lead and shape complex Cost Takeout and Technology Transformation engagements for enterprise clients. This role sits at the intersection of business strategy, technology modernization, operational excellence, and AI-driven transformation. The successful candidate will help organizations identify, quantify, and deliver sustainable cost efficiencies while simultaneously creating platforms for future growth. Unlike traditional IT cost reduction programs, our focus is on technical transformation that improves margins, accelerates revenue opportunities, and enables long-term competitive advantage through automation, cloud modernization, platform simplification, AI, and operating model redesign. The Solution Director will be responsible for developing transformation strategies, leading client conversations, shaping commercial opportunities, and overseeing delivery of large-scale transformation programs.

Location: East Coast (NY/NJ, Atlanta, Charlotte, or South Florida)

Responsibilities

• Lead executive-level discussions around cost optimization, technology strategy, and business transformation.
• Develop compelling transformation narratives that link technology investments to business outcomes.
• Diagnose cost drivers, technical debt, operational inefficiencies, and legacy constraints across client environments.
• Build business cases demonstrating measurable cost takeout, productivity improvements, and growth enablement.
• Identify opportunities for: Application rationalization, Infrastructure optimization, Cloud transformation, Automation and AI adoption, Operating model redesign, Vendor and platform consolidation, Process simplification and digitization.
• Define transformation roadmaps with quantified financial benefits.
• Establish value tracking mechanisms and realization frameworks.
• Lead modernization initiatives across enterprise technology landscapes.
• Design target-state architectures aligned to business objectives.
• Advise clients on emerging technologies including: Generative AI, Intelligent Automation, Cloud-native platforms, Data and analytics modernization, Digital operating models.
• Support enterprise-wide transformation programs from strategy through execution.
• Partner with sales and account teams to identify and develop new opportunities.
• Lead solution development for complex pursuits and RFP responses.
• Create executive presentations, transformation proposals, and investment cases.
• Support contract negotiations and commercial discussions.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams across consulting, architecture, engineering, operations, and change management.
• Provide executive governance throughout transformation programs.
• Manage stakeholder relationships across C-suite, technology, operations, and finance functions.
• Coach and mentor consultants and solution leaders.

Requirements

• 12+ years of experience in consulting, technology transformation, enterprise architecture, or operational transformation.
• Proven track record leading large-scale cost optimization and modernization programs.
• Experience developing executive-level business cases and transformation roadmaps.
• Strong understanding of cloud, automation, AI, application modernization, and technology operating models.
• Experience working with C-suite stakeholders and large enterprise organizations.
• Strong commercial acumen and business development capability.

Benefits

• Three core values: wonder, share, and delight, informing how we work with clients and our culture, fostering collaboration, ambition, curiosity and fun to drive innovation.
• Opportunities to work on projects with big clients and produce meaningful work that makes a genuine difference to people's lives.
• A "Blended Working" model, meaning you