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Since 2014, we have supported organisations in building better digital products and stronger digital teams.\nWe 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.\nThis 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.\nJoin us and help fulfil our mission to close the world’s digital skills gap.\nSolution Director - Platform & AI\nAs a Technical Solution Director within our central Practice Area, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and driving the growth of AND Digital’s Platform & AI business. Reporting directly to the US CTO, you’ll define and execute our go-to-market strategy, build strong ecosystem partnerships, and guide solution delivery through AND’s unique club model.\nActing as a senior advisor to clients, you will design and lead the delivery of transformative enterprise-grade platform, cloud, software engineering, and AI solutions, leveraging deep expertise across AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, modern application platforms, cloud-native architectures, and AI technologies.\nAs part of a rapidly scaling US operation-growing over 400% year-over-year-you’ll collaborate with global powerhouses and C-Suite leaders across industries such as Financial Services, Travel, and beyond. In addition to driving client success, you’ll help shape AND Digital’s Platform and AI capability across North America, fostering technical excellence and growing internal capability to meet the expanding demand for intelligent, scalable and modern digital transformation.\nWhat You’ll Do\n1. Engage with clients\nAct as a trusted advisor to C-suite stakeholders (CTO/CDO/CPO).\nBuild relationships that uncover client challenges, technology opportunities, and transformation priorities.\nShow the art of the possible across Platform, Cloud, Software Engineering and AI, connecting innovation to measurable outcomes.\nHelp clients define technology strategies that enable scale, agility, resilience, and business growth.\n2. Shape solutions\nTranslate complex business and technology needs into compelling, value-driven Platform & AI solutions.\nDesign and shape modern technology platforms, cloud-native architectures, application ecosystems, and AI-enabled solutions.\nGuide teams to deliver against the technical vision and ensure robust, outcome-focused delivery.\nSupport business case development, proposals, and pre-sales.\nEnsure solutions balance technical excellence, commercial viability, scalability, security, and time to value.\n3. Technical & Delivery Oversight\nProvide client-facing technical leadership across AI architecture, platform architecture, cloud engineering, software engineering, and technology strategy.\nLead technology-agnostic solutioning across AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, and other modern technology platforms.\nAct as a senior technical gatekeeper for architecture, engineering quality, AI, and platform delivery.\nOversee architecture quality and delivery outcomes across multiple engagements.\nEnsure projects align to measurable client KPIs and business results.\nDrive cloud-native engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, automation, MLOps, and engineering best practices through coaching and governance.\nEstablish and maintain standards for architecture, code quality, system design, security, scalability, and operational excellence.\n4. Drive growth\nIdentify, qualify, and shape new opportunities across AND.\nPartner with Client Teams to develop deals, coach others, and influence outcomes.\nCollaborate closely with strategic partners such as AWS, Google, and Microsoft to co-sell and co-market solutions.\nHelp define go-to-market strategy and reusable accelerators for Platform & AI offerings.\nRepresent AND Digital’s Platform & AI capability in the market externally, contributing to proposals, events, and industry forums.\nAchieve a leveraged revenue impact target of around $2.5m+.\n5. Lead our propositions and Practice IP\nOwn and evolve AND’s Platform & AI proposition, partnerships, and thought leadership.\nDevelop propositions spanning platform engineering, cloud transformation, modern software engineering, AI, and intelligent application development.\nBe a visible leader in the Platform & AI community-driving consistency, quality, and innovation.\nDevelop reusable frameworks, accelerators, patterns, and IP that strengthen AND’s market proposition.\nDevelop training and mentoring to grow internal capability.\n6. Lead and inspire\nProvide senior oversight, coaching, and technical challenge across engagements.\nChampion engineering and architectural excellence and act as a role model for proactive, positive leadership.\nMentor platform, cloud, software engineering, and AI practitioners across the US and nearshore teams.\nShape the foundation of AND Digital’s Platform & AI practice in the US.\nContribute to US recruitment, onboarding, and capability growth across Platform Engineering, Cloud, AI, Software Engineering, as well as more broadly.\nKey Evaluation Criteria\nMinimum 2+ years in recent senior leadership roles within Platform, Cloud, Software Engineering, AI, or Technology Architecture, OR a highly hands-on, client-facing individual who is ready to take the next step.\nHas led teams shipping platform, cloud, software, or AI solutions into production with measurable impact.\nBalances deep technical fluency with strong client-facing and commercial ability.\nDemonstrated experience modernising technology platforms, engineering organisations, applications, or client workflows through cloud, platform engineering, and/or AI.\nHas worked with hyperscale clientele and/or consultancies.\nExperienced in architecture reviews, code quality, system design, platform governance, and technical delivery oversight.\nProven success in consulting or digital delivery environments, ideally bridging product and services.\nComfortable in fast-paced, outcome-based commercial models (fixed-price and outcome-driven).\nExperienced in coaching, scaling, and enabling teams across multiple geographies.\nUses metrics or OKRs to tie technology delivery to business outcomes.\nAble to operate credibly across executive stakeholders, architects, engineers, product leaders, and delivery teams.\nExperience & Skills\n10 to 15 years in technology or consulting, with 6+ years in Platform, Cloud, Software Engineering, Architecture, AI, or related technology delivery.\nProven record of leading enterprise technology transformation, platform engineering, cloud, software engineering, and/or AI programmes for Fortune 1000 or mid-market clients.\nStrong technical background across AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, modern cloud platforms, platform engineering, and software architecture.\nStrong understanding of modern AI technologies and their integration into enterprise platforms and applications.\nFor example, able to lead solution architecture and delivery across AWS technologies-including Bedrock, SageMaker, EKS, Lambda, and other cloud-native services-whilst maintaining a technology-agnostic approach when required.\nExperience with modern engineering practices including DevOps, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, Kubernetes/containerisation, observability, automation, platform engineering, and MLOps.\nStrong commercial and stakeholder management skills.\nExcellent communication and storytelling ability-credible with both engineers and executives.\nMust reside on the East Coast (NY/NJ, Atlanta, Charlotte, or South Florida).\nWhy join AND Digital?\nWe have three core values: wonder, share, and delight. These values inform how we work with clients, and our culture: what it feels like to work for AND. We believe collaboration, ambition, curiosity and fun can drive innovation by creating a better environment for problem-solving.\nBy joining AND, we’ll provide:\nOpportunities to work on projects with big clients and produce meaningful work that makes a genuine difference to people’s lives.\nA “Blended Working” model, meaning you will be able to work in a range of locations from your home, in your clubhouse, on a client, as well as just a change of scenery.\nThe benefits of having a small company feel through being part of an autonomous Club, while being able to take in the benefits of a larger organisation.\nA dedicated career scrum team, designed to help you reach your career goals and develop the skills you need to be your best self.\nA safe environment for you to be yourself and challenge yourself.\nEqual Opportunities Statement\nAt AND Digital we embrace diversity and are committed to equal opportunities. 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