The Digital Senior Director leads AI product management, developing go-to-market strategies, driving revenue, and managing client relationships within the Education and Research sectors.
Huron is a global consultancy that collaborates with clients to drive strategic growth, ignite innovation and navigate constant change. Through a combination of strategy, expertise and creativity, we help clients accelerate operational, digital and cultural transformation, enabling the change they need to own their future.
Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future.
Huron AI practice is built to deliver tangible business value, not just technology for its own sake. We combine deep industry knowledge with practical, proven AI capabilities to accelerate your transformation. Our primary focus is on driving measurable outcomes, ensuring client investment in AI translates directly into a more efficient, insightful, and future-ready finance function. Our practice provides end-to-end services from AI Advisory to AI custom implementation to our +AI Solutions.
At Huron, Senior Directors create a high-performance culture and environment – inspiring the respect of our project teams and executive clients alike in their role as the accountable engagement leader. Our Senior Directors are responsible for architecting leading-edge solutions for our clients that meet and exceed their most complex business needs. Our Sr. Directors successfully generate and close new business opportunities, deliver industry presentations, and overseeing project delivery.
Our Applied AI Growth Leads seek to shape the industries we serve with new concepts and delivery models. They model and instill in others our Huron values as well as personal commitment and integrity. True excellence begins at the top with leaders dedicated to producing lasting, positive results for our clients.
Experience and role description:
- Ability to develop and own Huron’s AI Go-To-Market (GTM) strategy to drive revenue-generating AI offerings in partnership with Industry and Digital Capability Leads
- Lead AI offerings sales and product development, from ideation to launch, pricing strategy, build vs. buy vs. partner decisions, feature development and post-launch improvement
- Deep industry knowledge in either Education and Research, Manufacturing, or Energy and Utilities, plus proven ability to tailor offerings, solutions and GTM plans based on industry and effectively communicate to Executive-level stakeholders
- Proven experience transforming business processes and deploying AI solutions in enterprise-grade production environments
- Proficient in program and financial management, project delivery, client and team leadership and relationship management
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in a related field or equivalent work experience
- 15+ years of experience in a consulting or advisory role focused on enterprise-scale transformation; embedding AI into multi-disciplinary, integrative consulting teams
- 5+ years of experience in AI product management, with proven experience developing and delivering Go-To-Market (GTM) strategies for Machine Learning, Large Language Models (LLM), Generative AI and related AI applications
- Proven ability to collaborate across matrixed consulting firm structures, building strategic partnerships with Industry, Capability, and Account leaders to co-create AI-driven opportunities, shape client pursuits, and scale differentiated solutions
- Willingness to travel up to 50%
- Flexible living locations across US and Canada
The estimated base salary for this job is $210,000 - $275,000 USD. The range represents a good faith estimate of the range that Huron reasonably expects to pay for this job at the time of the job posting. The actual salary paid to an individual will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to specific skills or certifications, years of experience, market changes, and required travel. This job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s annual incentive compensation program, which reflects Huron’s pay for performance philosophy. Inclusive of annual incentive compensation opportunity, the total estimated compensation range for this job is $262,500 - $371,250 USD. The job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s benefit plans which include medical, dental and vision coverage and other wellness programs. The salary range information provided is in accordance with applicable state and local laws regarding salary transparency that are currently in effect and may be implemented in the future.
Top Skills
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Generative Ai
Large Language Models
Machine Learning
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