Digital & AI Strategy Director

Digital & AI Strategy Director

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Job Category Integration and Platform Architecture Level Director Specialty/Competency Technology Strategy Time Type Full time Travel Requirements Up to 60% Job ID 710834WD Location(s) CA-Los Angeles, GA-Atlanta, IL-Chicago, MA-Boston, US-Hybrid, NY-New York, NJ-Florham Park, TX-Dallas, TX-Fort Worth, CA-San Francisco, CA-Silicon Valley

At PwC, our people in integration and platform architecture focus on designing and implementing seamless integration solutions and robust platform architectures for clients. They enable efficient data flow and optimise technology infrastructure for enhanced business performance. Those in cloud and network architecture at PwC will focus on designing and implementing efficient and secure solutions for clients. You will be leveraging cutting-edge technologies to optimise infrastructure and enhance connectivity.

Translating the vision, you set the tone, and inspire others to follow. Your role is crucial in driving business growth, shaping the direction of client engagements, and mentoring the next generation of leaders. You are expected to be a guardian of PwC's reputation, understanding that quality, integrity, inclusion and a commercial mindset are all foundational to our success. You create a healthy working environment while maximising client satisfaction. You cultivate the potential in others and actively team across the PwC Network, understanding tradeoffs, and leveraging our collective strength.

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

  • Lead in line with our values and brand.
  • Develop new ideas, solutions, and structures; drive thought leadership.
  • Solve problems by exploring multiple angles and using creativity, encouraging others to do the same.
  • Balance long-term, short-term, detail-oriented, and big picture thinking.
  • Make strategic choices and drive change by addressing system-level enablers.
  • Promote technological advances, creating an environment where people and technology thrive together.
  • Identify gaps in the market and convert opportunities to success for the Firm.
  • Adhere to and enforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance) the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.


The Opportunity

As a Director in PwC’s Corporate Technology Strategy team, you will help clients navigate some of their most strategic technology decisions—modernizing IT, designing digital and AI strategies, and shaping future-ready operating models. You will utilize your deep technology skills to support delivery of digital transformation engagements across the entire lifecycle. You will lead workstreams, coach teams, influence senior stakeholders, and develop strategies that unlock business value through cloud, data, AI, and emerging technologies.

This role is ideal for leaders who thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and want to make a visible impact on how organizations use technology to compete and grow.

Responsibilities

- Advise clients on their most complex technology strategy problems using the latest frameworks, methodologies, and technologies

- Build technology solutions using AI and other platforms to enable outstanding client outcomes

- Supervise, develop, and coach teams in structured problem solving, data-driven analysis, and agile/modern delivery practices

- Manage key client and stakeholder relationships; facilitate executive-level discussions to drive alignment and decision-making

- Analyze and resolve complex business and technology problems using hypothesis-driven approaches independently

- Lead the development of IT operating models and corporate technology strategies aligned to business priorities

- Drive integrated IT and digital transformation programs across cloud, DevSecOps, data platforms, microservices, and modern engineering

- Design IT organizations and future-ready technology workforce and sourcing strategies using frameworks such as ITIL, COBIT, and TOGAF

- Develop business cases grounded in financial analysis, value realization, and strategic alignment

- Foster collaboration across client and internal teams to stimulate innovation in AI and emerging technologies (e.g., quantum, edge, blockchain)

What You Must Have

- Bachelor’s Degree

- At least 10 years of experience using technology to solve complex corporate technology strategy problems

- Proven experience executing the software development lifecycle in large enterprises

What Sets You Apart

- Master’s Degree Preferred

Core Technology Strategy Skills

- Leading engagements in IT cost analysis (FFG), operating model design, and sourcing strategies

- Developing or implementing enterprise architecture frameworks and technology standards

- Designing and implementing IT governance, decision rights, KPIs/OKRs, and performance measurement

- Optimizing IT capabilities, application portfolios, sourcing models, or technology cost structures

- Designing technology-enabled operating models across people, process, governance, and technology

- Leading large-scale organizational change, communications, and stakeholder adoption efforts

Digital & AI Strategy Skills

- Developing enterprise AI strategies, governance structures, and scalable adoption models

- Ability to design holistic digital transformation strategies that integrate customer, data, and technology insights

- Applying product management principles and agile practices to align IT value delivery

- Defining workforce strategies for IT, including skill development, talent models, and capability-building initiatives

- Leading strategic assessments involving AI, automation, data platforms, digital platforms, or emerging technologies

- Governing the technology landscape (applications, data, infrastructure) to support enterprise-wide digital goals


The salary range for this position is: $155,000 - $410,000. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. All hired individuals are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, personal and family sick leave, and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance

As PwC is an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; color; religion; national origin; sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity); age; disability; genetic information (including family medical history); veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or, any other status protected by law. 

PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.

Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work

For only those qualified applicants that are impacted by the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, San Diego County Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act, where applicable, arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with these laws.  At PwC, we recognize that conviction records may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship to responsibilities such as accessing sensitive company or customer information, handling proprietary assets, or collaborating closely with team members. We evaluate these factors thoughtfully to establish a secure and trusted workplace for all.



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