Practice Director - Cloud AI, Digital Innovations

Woolpert · Dayton, OH

  • Senior
  • Full-time
  • $139,200 – $208,800
  • Posted 2026-11-06
  • Confirmed live on 10 November 2026

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Job description

At Woolpert, you’ll do work that matters.

As a leading global architecture, engineering, and geospatial firm, we help clients solve complex challenges that shape communities, strengthen critical infrastructure, advance technology, and improve the world around us. Here, you’ll collaborate across disciplines, tackle meaningful projects, and build a career defined by growth, opportunity, and impact.

Position Overview

Woolpert is hiring an AI Practice Director to join our dynamic Digital Innovations team. This position reports to the Head of Customer Engineering and is responsible for shaping the vision, strategy, and execution of our Artificial Intelligence services. This role leads the growth of our AI capability across enterprise client engagements, aligning cutting-edge AI technologies (including Google Cloud Platform, Vertex AI, Generative AI, and geospatial intelligence) with business outcomes for our clients.

As the AI Practice Director, you will be the executive leader and practice builder driving strategic offerings, practice profitability, go-to-market execution, and talent development. You will partner with executive stakeholders, cross-functional sales leaders, and delivery teams to position Woolpert as a premier provider of enterprise AI solutions, AI agents, and advanced data platforms.

We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants must already possess work authorization in the country the job is located.

What You Will Do:

• Practice Vision & Strategy: Define and execute the multi-year business strategy, service offerings, and growth roadmap for the AI Practice within Woolpert Digital Innovations.

• Leadership & Talent Growth: Recruit, mentor, and lead a world-class team of AI Customer Engineers, Solution Architects, and AI specialists, fostering a culture of technical excellence and innovation.

• Go-To-Market & Business Development: Partner with sales, account managers, and executive leadership to drive revenue growth, expand client relationships, and lead high-stakes technical pitches and proposals.

• Thought Leadership & Partnership: Serve as the primary executive sponsor for key partner relationships (including Google Cloud) and represent Woolpert at industry conferences, panels, and executive briefings.

• Delivery Oversight & Excellence: Ensure high-quality technical delivery across all AI engagements, establishing best practices for solution architecture, enterprise integrations, and Responsible AI governance.

• Operational Management: Oversee practice utilization, resource allocation, margin targets, and financial performance for AI consulting engagements and technical solutions.

• Executive Advisory: Advise enterprise C-suite executives on AI transformation roadmaps, ROI realization, AI readiness, and governance frameworks.

What You Will Bring:

• 8+ years of technical leadership or practice management experience in professional services, cloud consulting, or tech firms, with 3+ years specifically focused on building and delivering AI, machine learning, or data platform solutions.

• Demonstrated success growing a professional services practice, managing P&L or practice metrics, and driving partner co-sell strategies (preferably with Google Cloud).

• Strong background in cloud architecture (GCP preferred), enterprise AI models, data infrastructure, and modern software engineering principles.

• GCP & Cloud Data Architecture: Extensive hands-on experience designing, architecting, and deploying production-grade solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including big data architecture, data lakes, and data warehousing.

• Google Certification: Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect, Data Engineer, or Professional Machine Learning Engineer required.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with Agentic AI frameworks (LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI, or Semantic Kernel).

• Knowledge of non-Google geospatial platforms and tools, such as ArcGIS, GeoServer, QGIS, OpenLayers, MapBox, or CARTO.

• Relevant Google, Amazon, or Azure certification (e.g., Google Professional Cloud Architect or Data Engineer).

• Experience with cloud-native infrastructure (Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines.

• Strong debugging skills for non-deterministic AI outputs and complex API tracing.

SUCCESS IN THIS ROLE

Core Skills

• Clarity: You use a communication style that is appropriate to the context and you respect the time of others.

• Empathy: You ask lots of questions to understand the deeper meaning behind motivations and act in the best interests of the customer.

• Active Listener: You listen more than you talk, and you know when not to share your thoughts.

• Embrace Diversity: You believe new and different perspectives strengthen any relationship, solution, or engagement.

Technical Skills

• Strategic Leadership: You translate complex technical opportunities into clear executive strategy and operational execution.

• Practice Building: You

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