AI Engagement Director

Job description

Position Description:

Challenge yourself, change lives and help shape the UK’s digital revolution.

CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2024 and has been named one of the ‘World’s Best Employers’ by Forbes magazine. We offer a competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, plus a share scheme (3.5% + 3.5% matching) which makes you a CGI partner not just an employee. We are committed to inclusivity, building a genuinely diverse community of tech talent, and inspiring everyone to pursue careers in our sector. Join us and you’ll be part of an open, friendly community of experts. We’ll train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go.

This is a key leadership role within our Emerging Technology Practice and you will be responsible for designing and delivering innovative AI solutions that solve complex business problems for our clients. You will work as part of the CGI UK & Australia Emerging Technologies Practice and work closely with external partners and stakeholders, to understand the client's needs, challenges, and goals, and to propose AI strategies and solutions to meet them.

You will liaise with delivery teams to oversee the technical implementation and integration of AI solutions, ensuring quality, scalability, and performance. You will be a trusted advisor and a thought leader in the field of AI, both internally and externally.

To be successful in this role, you'll have experience in leading clients in the implementation of applied AI, cloud data platforms, working hands on data science/data architecture tools and will have worked with a diverse portfolio of technologies while contributing to several projects.
If you are looking to advance your career while gaining experience in an exciting and diverse development environment, this is the opportunity you've been looking for!

Your future duties and responsibilities:

• Engage with clients and prospects to cultivate new business, and identify and qualify new business opportunities for AI solutions
• Prepare content for proposals and participate within bid teams and structured proposal response processes
• Lead discovery and scoping phases of AI projects, gathering and analysing client requirements, data, and existing systems.
• Design, cost and present AI solutions and roadmaps, aligning with clients’ vision, objectives, and expectations.
• Work with business users, IT, and architects to complete data architecture and data management deliverables
• Provide technical guidance to, and oversight of, AI delivery teams across CGI BU’s, supporting them to adhere to CGI’s management framework, best practices, standards, and methodologies.
• Supervise implementation and integration of AI solutions, using the latest tools and technologies in the AI domain.
• Conduct troubleshooting of AI solutions, ensuring quality, reliability, and performance.
• Recommend post-deployment support and maintenance, as well as continuous improvement and optimisation of AI solution.
• Stay abreast of the latest trends, developments, and innovations in the AI field, and share knowledge and insights with the internal and external communities.
• Support evolution of CGI’s go to market strategies and direction to shape the future of our AI business,
• Leverage the CGI Emerging Technology Practice to bring value.
• Build the CGI brand, in particular our reputation for delivering difficult things well

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

You will have a strong track record of technical leadership in complex digital transformation advising clients, writing, and winning work though competitive tendering processes.

You should be able to demonstrate:

• Technology industry experience and market knowledge across multiple client industry sectors, spanning new business and delivery roles
• Experience designing and delivering AI/ML solutions, using techniques such as machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing, computer vision, etc.
• Knowledge of multiple AI frameworks and platforms, such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras, Azure AI, AWS Sagemaker and Bedrock, etc.
• Experience of designing and deploying Generative-AI based solutions
• Knowledge of AI architectures, patterns, and best practices, such as microservices, RESTful APIs, data pipelines, etc.
• Experience in data engineering, including data architecture, governance, migration, modelling, and master data management
• Experience working with various data sources and formats, such as relational databases, NoSQL databases, JSON, XML, etc.
• Experience in working with cloud-based environments and services, such as Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, etc.

Competencies
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to explain complex AI concepts and solutions to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and creative thinking skills, with the ability to handle ambiguity and uncertainty.
• Established professional network with personal senior business contacts
• Passionate about AI and its potential to transform businesses and society.
• Experience of providing industry comment and perspectives relevant to multiple markets.

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Skills:

·  Artificial Intelligence
·  Business Development
·  Proposal Writing

What you can expect from us:

Together, as owners, let’s turn meaningful insights into action.

Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because…

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

Come join our team—one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.