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We hire curious individuals for whom learning is a passion. We lean into our mission:We Care. We Collaborate. We Deliver.\nAt every level, we champion leaders wholiveour values ofintegrity, inclusion, innovation, and commitment to success. Imagining our work as a journey, we believe integrity guides our way, inclusion moves us forward together, innovation creates new destinations, and our commitment to success empowers us to deliver on our vision to be the most trusted global consulting firm.\nWhere We Need You\nProtiviti is looking for a Technology Consulting Associate Director to join our growing Enterprise Data Analytics and AI team.\nWhat You Can Expect\nThe Factory Associate Director will lead the client and engagement lifecycle for AI Factory opportunities, frominitialqualification and solution shaping through contracting, delivery, and follow-on planning. This person will work closely with clients, account teams, AI architects, engineers, and other specialists to define achievable project scopes, prepare proposals and statements of work, manage delivery, andmaintainstrong client relationships.\nThe role requires a combination of consulting, sales, project management, and technical leadership. Although programming will not be the primary day-to-day responsibility, the Factory Associate Director must be well versed in AI solution development and capable of contributing directly to architecture, prototyping, programming, troubleshooting, and solution refinement when needed.\nWhat Will Help You Be Successful\nYou are passionate about building trusted relationships with client executives, business stakeholders, and technology leaders.\n\nYou enjoy helping clients solve complex business challenges through innovative AI-enabled solutions and delivering exceptional client experiences.\n\nYou excel at developing new business opportunities, supporting sales pursuits, and expanding client relationships through networking, collaboration, and strategic client engagement.\n\nYou communicate complex technical concepts effectively and can translate AI capabilities into meaningful business value for diverse audiences.\n\nYou are viewed as a trusted advisor who can lead cross-functional teams, drive successful client outcomes, and foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning.\n\nDo Your Talents Include the Following?\nClient Development and Sales Support\nSuccessfully pursuing business development opportunities andidentifyingand implementing strategies to obtain new work or clientele.\n\nPartnering with account teams toqualifyAI opportunities anddeterminetheir fit for the Factory delivery model.\n\nLeading discovery conversations to understand clientobjectives, users, workflows, data, systems, constraints, and expected value.\n\nHelping clients define a focusedinitialuse case that can bedemonstratedand evaluated through a prototype or pilot.\n\nPreparing proposals, statements of work, estimates, presentations, and other pursuit materials.\n\nDefining project scope, deliverables, milestones, responsibilities, assumptions, exclusions, and acceptance criteria.\n\nPresenting the Factory’s capabilities and delivery approach to client executives and technical stakeholders.\n\nIdentifyingopportunities to transition successful Factory engagements into pilots, production implementations, or broader transformation initiatives.\n\nClient and Engagement Management\nServing as a primaryclientcontact throughout the engagement.\n\nEstablishing project governance, communication expectations, delivery cadence, and decision-making processes.\n\nManaging scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, dependencies, issues, and stakeholder expectations.\n\nFacilitating project kickoffs, working sessions, status meetings, demonstrations, feedback reviews, and executive updates.\n\nCoordinating cross-functionalteams thatmay include AI engineers, solution architects, designers, data specialists, industry SMEs, risk professionals, and change specialists.\n\nTranslating client feedback into clear, prioritizeddirectionfor the delivery team.\n\nIdentifyingand addressingscopechanges before they affect project commitments.\n\nManagingengagementfinancials and supporting forecasting, invoicing, and other project administration.\n\nEnsuring that projects conclude with documented outcomes, recommendations, and an agreed path forward.\n\nAI Solution Delivery and Technical Leadership\nUnderstanding how AI-enabled applications are designed, developed, tested, deployed, and integrated into client environments.\n\nGuiding the development of prototypes and pilots that address real-world business problems anddemonstratemeasurable value.\n\nEvaluating technical feasibility, delivery complexity, data readiness, integration needs, and implementation risks.\n\nWorking with cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud to support AI solution delivery.\n\nApplying knowledge of generative AI, machine learning, agentic systems, retrieval-augmented generation, APIs, data integration, and modern application architectures.\n\nUsing programming languages and frameworks relevant to AI application development, including Python,JavaScriptor TypeScript, and Node.js.\n\nUnderstanding backend services, APIs, application logic, data pipelines, and frontend application development.\n\nReviewing solution architectures, implementation approaches, and technical deliverables.\n\nContributing hands-on to architecture, programming, prototyping, troubleshooting, or solution refinement when needed.\n\nSupporting the transition of prototypes into integrated pilots or scalable operational solutions.\n\nApplying Responsible AI, security, data privacy, access control, and governance considerations throughout delivery.\n\nFactory Leadership and Operations\nMaintaining visibility into the Factory opportunity pipeline, active engagements, upcoming demand, and team capacity.\n\nCoordinating staffing and project assignments with Factory leadership and technical leads.\n\nHelping prioritize engagements based on clientneed, strategic value, readiness, and available resources.\n\nEstablishingconsistent delivery practices, templates, quality standards, and project checkpoints.\n\nCoaching engineers and other team members on client communication, delivery expectations, and consulting practices.\n\nCapturing reusable assets, delivery patterns, lessons learned, and estimates that improve future engagements.\n\nMonitoring client satisfaction, delivery performance, and the progression of Factory work into follow-on opportunities.\n\nYour Educational and Professional Qualifications\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science, Business, or a related discipline; equivalent professional experience will also be considered.\n\n9+ years of experience designing, delivering, or managing technology, data, automation, software, or AI solutions.\n\nDemonstrated experience managing client engagements and multidisciplinary delivery teams.\n\nExperience supporting sales pursuits and developing proposals, estimates, and statements of work.\n\nExperience managing project scope, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, andengagementfinancials.\n\nHands-on experience with generative AI experimentation, prototyping, or AI-enabled application development.\n\nTrack recordof owning client relationships and managing multi-workstream engagements from kickoff through delivery.\n\nWorkingproficiencyin Python and/or JavaScript or TypeScript, with the ability to understand, review, and contribute to application code.\n\nExperience with at least one major cloud platform, such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.\n\nStrong executive communication, facilitation, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.\n\nExperience in consultingoranother client-service environment is strongly preferred.\n\nExperience managing rapid prototypes, proofs of concept, pilots, or agile software delivery is preferred.\n\nRelevant cloud, AI, agile, or project management certifications are preferred.\n\nOur Hybrid Workplace\nProtiviti practices a hybrid model, which is a combination of working in person with a purpose and working remotely. This model creates meaningful experiences for our people and our clients while offering a flexible environment. The ratio of remote to in-person requirements vary by client, project, team, and other business factors. Our people work bothin-personin local Protiviti offices and on client sites, which can include local or out-of-state travel based on our projects and client requests and commitments.\nStarting salary is based on a full-time equivalent schedule. Placement in the range is dependent upon experience, skills and geographic work location. Below is the salary range for this job.\n$162,000.00 - $276,000.00Our annual bonus plan provides eligible employees additional cash and/or discretionary stock compensation opportunities. Below is the bonus target opportunity for this job.\n16%The total cash range is estimated from the sum of the base salary range plus the bonus target opportunity. Below is the estimated total cash range for this job.\n$187,920.00 - $320,160.00Employees are eligible for medical, dental, and vision coverages, FSA and HSA healthcare accounts, life and accident insurance, adoption and fertility assistance, paid parental leave up to 10 weeks, and short/long term disability. We offer eligible employees a company 401(k) savings and investment plan with an employer match of 50% on the first 6% of your contributions. We provide Choice Time Off (CTO) for vacation, personal needs, and sick time. The amount of (CTO) varies based on years of service. New hires receive up to 20 days of CTO per calendar year. Protiviti also recognizes up to 11 paid holidays each calendar year.\nLearn more about the variety of rewards we offer at Protiviti at https://www.protiviti.com/sites/default/files/2026-01/2026_u.s._benefit_highlights.pdf.\nAny benefits outlined are part of our reward offerings for full-time employees in the U.S. Your Open Enrollment materials, insurance contracts, plan documents and Summary Plan Descriptions together comprise the official plan document which legally governs the administration of your benefit plans. Protiviti reserves the right to terminate or amend your benefit plans in any way and at any time.\nProtiviti is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/Disability/Veteran\nAs part of Protiviti’s employment process, any offer of employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check.\nProtiviti is committed to being an equal employment employer offering opportunities to all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. If you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to apply for a position, please contact us by sending an email to  or call 1.855.744.6947 for assistance.\nIn your email please include the following:\nThe specific accommodation requested to complete the employment application.\n\nThe location(s) (city, state) to which you would like to apply.\n\nFor positions located in San Francisco, CA: Protiviti will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.\nFor positions located in Los Angeles County, CA: Protiviti will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.\nProtiviti is not registered to hire or employ personnel in the following states - West Virginia, Alaska.\nProtiviti is not licensed or registered as a public accounting firm and does not issue opinions on financial statements or offer attestation service...","description_format":"text","description_chars":12031,"description_truncated":true,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":9,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Continuous learning","Parental leave"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["RegTech, AML & Compliance","Management Consulting"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-02T19:03:44Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 7 · green card filings: 15","filings_12m":7,"filings_prev_12m":11,"green_card_filings_12m":15,"median_offered_wage_usd":148864,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-15T11:24:14+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)","US Department of Labor: PERM disclosure data (green cards)"],"filings_for_role_12m":1}],"liveness":{"score":31,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":1,"p_active":0.699,"p_room":0.44,"age_days":57,"expected_fill_days":41,"reasons":["conf:3","velocity","win:tail","crowd:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-17T05:46:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":320160,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/protiviti-ai-implementation-solutions-associate-director","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/protiviti-ai-implementation-solutions-associate-director.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-19T04:15:48Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":2363,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-20T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1275},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1275"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fprotiviti-ai-implementation-solutions-associate-director"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fprotiviti-ai-implementation-solutions-associate-director"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fprotiviti-ai-implementation-solutions-associate-director"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/protiviti-ai-implementation-solutions-associate-director\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fprotiviti-ai-implementation-solutions-associate-director"}]}