Ippon Technologies
Head of AI Product & Architecture Consulting
Richmond, VA · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$175k-$210kDetected 67 days ago
SnowflakeAWSCI/CDDevOpsPlatform EngineeringLLMsComplianceAgileBusiness DevelopmentCustomer SuccessTest AutomationHIPAALeadershipCommunicationCollaborationMentoringPublic SpeakingOrganizational Skills
About the role
- This role is responsible for growing a high-performing consulting team, shaping the practice's methods and offerings, and ensuring delivery excellence across complex client engagements.
- The ideal candidate is a proven leader with strong consulting instincts and a track record of delivering meaningful technology outcomes.
- They bring deep grounding in modern engineering practices and software craft, alongside hands-on AI experience - applied practically across product development, software delivery, customer experiences, and enterprise operations.
Responsibilities
- Lead and grow the practice across people, offerings, delivery standards, and market positioning.
- Build a strong team culture grounded in software craft, product thinking, architectural discipline, and practical AI adoption - with an emphasis on psychological safety, accountability, and measurable improvement.
- Recruit, develop, coach, and retain high-performing consultants, engineers, architects, product leaders, and delivery practitioners.
- Use metrics such as DORA, flow metrics, and business outcome measures to drive evidence-based improvement.
- Partner with Ippon's data and cloud leaders to connect APA's AI capabilities with strengths in AWS, Snowflake, and data architecture.
- Support sales pursuits, proposals, and executive conversations - translating ambiguous client needs into clear engagement strategies, delivery plans, and measurable outcomes.
- Drive brand awareness through thought leadership initiatives including events, blogs, white papers, and client success stories.
Requirements
- 5+ years of consulting experience
- 5+ years of experience leading software engineering, product engineering, architecture, or technology consulting teams.
- 5+ years of experience building, managing, coaching, and growing high-performing technical teams.
- 7+ years of experience and deep understanding of modern software development practices, including software architecture, software craft, DevOps, CI/CD, testing strategies, and cloud-native delivery.
- 7+ years of experience with product development and product-oriented ways of working.
- Strong working knowledge of agile delivery practices, with the judgment to adapt methods to fit client context rather than applying process mechanically.
- Hands-on experience with AI tools, AI-enabled software development, intelligent applications, or applied enterprise AI use cases.
- 7+ years of experience in financial services, banking, insurance, capital markets, or related regulated industries
- Strong client-facing communication skills, including the ability to engage credibly with executives, product leaders, engineering leaders, architects, and delivery teams.
- Ability to travel up to 20% of the time
Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field
- Experience leading a consulting practice, capability, center of excellence, or large technology delivery organization.
- Experience using DORA metrics, SPACE, flow metrics, or other engineering effectiveness frameworks to improve delivery performance.
- Experience with AI-assisted development tools, agentic workflows, LLM-enabled applications, or enterprise AI governance.
- Familiarity with AWS, Snowflake, modern data platforms, and cloud-native architecture.
- Experience with modernization programs, legacy system transformation, platform engineering, or large-scale digital product delivery.
- Experience creating market-facing offerings, white papers, executive presentations, workshops, and assessment frameworks.
- Understanding of regulatory requirements and compliance standards (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA) within the Financial Services and Insurance industries.
Skills
- The Ippon story started in 2002 in Paris, France - cue in the accordion.
- Our USA Headquarters office is located in Richmond, VA, with additional offices in New York, NY, Washington DC, and Atlanta, GA.
- Ippon stands out through its financial services industry expertise, technical excellence, and a distinctive coaching mindset.
Compensation
- $175k-$210k
Benefits
- All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, veteran, or disability status.
Company info
- Ensure solutions are maintainable, secure, scalable, and aligned to client outcomes, promoting modern practices such as continuous delivery, test automation, observability, and platform thinking.
- Competencies we are looking for:
Equal opportunity
- equal opportunity employer.
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