AI Workforce Solution Evolution Lead- US
Role Overview The Associate Director, AI Workforce Solution Evolution Lead is accountable for the technical validity, credibility, and competitiveness of the solutions the Solution Area brings to market. The role also ensures these solutions are integrated into broader, multi-Solution-Area offerings and supports the Practices aligned to the Solution Area.
With a global perspective, the Solution Evolution Lead defines “what good looks like” by establishing the technical direction, standards, and roadmap needed to keep the portfolio current, scalable, deliverable, and competitive. Portfolio Management curates the offerings, Asset Engineering safeguards the intellectual property, and Solution Evolution serves as the architect. This role is critical because value in the AI era is increasingly realized across Solution Areas, and many of our largest opportunities require integrated solutions. Early involvement in solution design helps ensure the portfolio can be sold and delivered at scale.
This role offers location flexibility across the United States, provided candidates are within a commutable distance of an Avanade office.
What You’ll Do
Define Technical Direction and Solution Integrity
- Establish the technical direction, standards, and roadmap for the Solution Area, applying them consistently across markets where appropriate.
- Continuously assess the solution portfolio for market relevance, technical viability, scalability, and competitiveness.
- Identify and capture reference architectures and repeatable solution patterns that address common and emerging client needs.
- Align the solution backlog and roadmap with Solution Area demand and development priorities, while identifying and managing technical debt.
Guide Portfolio Investment and Lifecycle Decisions
- Represent the Solution Area at the 3i’s Board and provide input to Portfolio Council on solution value, credibility, and deliverability.
- Provide technical validation and architecture assurance throughout the Identify, Incubate, and Industrialize process.
- Evaluate asset and capability performance using pipeline, win/loss, market, and other relevant data.
- Recommend whether assets and capabilities should be advanced, sustained, redirected, or retired.
Design and Mobilize Integrated Offerings
- Represent the Solution Area in cross-Solution-Area offering design and joint solution development.
- Ensure the Solution Area’s assets, intellectual property, and capabilities are incorporated into integrated offerings from the outset.
- Recommend solution and delivery approaches for approved offerings and mobilize the teams responsible for developing them.
- Expand the reach of Solution Area solutions through integrated plays and attach motions.
Connect Solutions to Market and Ecosystem Demand
- Translate market, sales, client, and Practice insights into technical recommendations for the portfolio.
- Partner with Portfolio Management and go-to-market leaders to incorporate assets, intellectual property, and products into solution and go-to-market strategies.
- Work with Practices and Communities of Practice to identify product and service opportunities aligned with Microsoft product roadmaps.
- Collaborate across the Microsoft, Accenture, and partner ecosystems to support co-innovation, elevate best practices, and inform build-or-buy decisions.
Scale Reuse and Improve Commercial Performance
- Identify assets and capabilities that can be reused and scaled across markets.
- Lead approved strategic initiatives to incubate and advance reusable solutions while reducing unnecessary duplication.
- Support priority pursuits with subject matter expertise, reusable bid content, and competitive positioning.
- Help improve win rates while reducing the effort and risk associated with developing bids.
Strengthen Technical Credibility and Market Influence
- Advance Avanade’s technical reputation through external speaking, thought leadership, and market engagement.
- Build credibility with clients, Microsoft, Accenture, and the broader partner ecosystem.
- Serve as a leading contributor to Microsoft and Accenture co-innovation initiatives.
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Qualifications
- Extensive experience in solution architecture, technology strategy, and complex enterprise solution design.
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft technologies, cloud platforms, AI, and emerging technology trends.
- Proven ability to define technical standards, reference architectures, solution roadmaps, and scalable solution patterns.
- Experience influencing across sales, engineering, delivery, portfolio, and go-to-market teams within a global, matrixed environment.
- Strong executive communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing, with clients, partners, and stakeholders.
Compensation at Avanade varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Avanade provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below.
Avanade offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off. See more information on our benefits here: U.S. Employee Benefits | Avanade
Role Location Annual Salary Range California $238,269 to $283,372 Cleveland $207,503 to $246,410 Colorado $207,503 to $246,410 District of Columbia $238,269 to $283,372 Illinois $224,104 to $246,410 Maryland $238,269 to $283,372 Massachusetts $238,269 to $283,372 Minnesota $207,503 to $246,410 New York $225,230 to $303,085 New Jersey $225,230 to $303,085 Washington $238,269 to $283,372
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