Director Consulting Services, AI, Data & Analytics

Position Description

Ready to join an outstanding culture that cares about diversity and inclusion, corporate social responsibility and gives the freedom to innovate, influence decisions, and chart an exciting career?

CGI is more than just an IT consulting company; be part of a team that supports the local community with the ability draw on global best-in-class talent. Our people are CGI Partners, reflecting our mutual commitment to the success of all stakeholders. Benefits include a share purchase program, profit sharing, wellness credits, training and development programs, and flexible work schedules and locations.

CGI is looking for a Director Consulting Services in AI, Data & Analytics to help build an already growing team in Edmonton Alberta, guiding our customers on their AI & analytics journey.

In this role, the Director Consulting Services will lead technical implementations, including technical design, cloud & data programs and other initiatives. They will be hands–on crafting AI, data, & analytics patterns with a strong focus on enabling analytics and machine learning ops, DataOps, DevOps, as well as modernizing and migrating workloads. They will also support clients in early-stage architecture and visioning sessions to support crafting strategies and roadmaps.

Your future duties and responsibilities

We help our clients with numerous types of projects covering a variety of different business scenarios including supporting data for machine learning, analytics, business intelligence, data governance. A tested critical thinker, the Director Consulting Services will communicate and deliver modern analytic solutions to solve different business problems while building a team of experts to grow the Edmonton market by:

• Providing technical direction to team members and leading client engagements to develop- test and implement solutions as per the design and within the specified timelines
• Working across a myriad of technology stacks in Azure, AWS, and GCP
• Growing the sales funnel by proactively identifying and developing opportunities and new business, addressing client needs based on our expertise and knowledge of market trends
• Defining cutting-edge AI/ML driven practices and AI lifecycle to ensure optimal performance and efficiency
• Delivering against the strategic roadmap for AI and Analytics architectures
• Managing the development of winning proposals and presentations to create business solutions based on client business requirements
• Measuring and managing client satisfaction
• Ensuring best practices and patterns are being implemented for Ai & analytic solutions
• Coordinating with teams and other stakeholders to build- monitor- and maintain a high-performance cloud infrastructure via automation in both production and non-production environments
• Supporting client development opportunities and workshops
  
  

Team and CGI Partner Management:

The Director Consulting Services will play a key role on the leadership team – building the advisory practice, assets, and providing thought leadership. Leading a team of up to 15 CGI partners, key management responsibilities include:

• Fostering the development of the team’s capabilities and expertise in line with client needs and market evolution
• Proactively managing CGI Partner assignments on delivery engagements and for new opportunities
• Planning resource requirements and recruitment needs and take responsibility to onboard new CGI Partners
• Taking financial ownership, leveraging your ability to manage project financials
• Providing collaborative leadership to build out the AI function, MLEs, MLOps, and Data Engineering
• Coaching and mentoring our team as we build scalable data and machine learning solutions, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence
• Building and deploying end-to-end ML models and leverage metrics to support predictions, recommendations, search, and growth strategies
• Informing and delivering on ambitious product roadmaps to accelerate growth, anticipating client needs and market trends
• Proactively analyzing data to increase quality as it relates to accuracy, completeness, consistency, integrity, timeliness, conformity, and validity
• Attracting and retaining internal talent by supporting the career development of team members
  
  

Required Qualifications To Be Successful In This Role

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent; Master’s preferred
• 15+ years Data & Analytics experience crossing in multiple industries
• Experience in a leadership role where you have demonstrated success in building and maintaining teams, with a keen eye for talent and collaboration
• Up-to-date knowledge of AI/ML technologies and their trends, including various libraries and tools
• Extensive hands-on experience with enterprise scale IoT analytic initiatives
• Extensive hands-on Azure design and architecture experience including key Azure platform and infrastructure services
• Strong experience with IaaS platform capabilities and services (Professional cloud certifications preferred)
• Experience working within an automated CI/CD pipeline for release development- testing- remediation- and deployment
• Experience building feature stores and leveraging auto ML capabilities
• Effective documentation skills including technical diagrams and written descriptions
• Ability to balance environmental requirements with mission need
  
  

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.

At CGI, we recognize the richness that diversity brings. We strive to create a work culture where all belong and collaborate with clients in building more inclusive communities. As an equal-opportunity employer, we want to empower all our members to succeed and grow. If you require an accommodation at any point during the recruitment process, please let us know. We will be happy to assist.

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