AI Practice Lead ( North East Division) Cincinnati/ Columbus

Sogeti; Kentucky; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work

Healthcare

401(k) matching

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Sogeti USA is seeking an AI Practice Lead to drive enterprise-scale AI adoption and measurable business outcomes. You will lead with the National AI Practice Lead to grow AI business, shape client solutions, and develop AI talent across the organization.

You will work across Generative AI, intelligent automation, ML, and enterprise AI platforms while mentoring AI consultants and collaborating with account teams to expand AI engagements. Hybrid role with national impact.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in consulting, technology, software engineering, data, AI/ML, digital transformation, or related field.
• Strong understanding of Generative AI, LLMs, Agentic AI, machine learning, and enterprise AI architectures.
• Experience advising clients and shaping technology transformation initiatives.
• Experience leading complex client engagements and multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong commercial mindset with experience supporting sales, solutioning, and account growth.
• Ability to connect AI technology to measurable business outcomes.
• Excellent executive communication, facilitation, and presentation skills.
• Curiosity and willingness to continuously experiment with emerging AI technologies.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted AI advisor to client business and technology leaders.
• Help clients identify where AI can create meaningful business value across processes, products, customer experiences, and software engineering.
• Lead AI strategy, discovery, ideation, readiness, and roadmap engagements.
• Translate complex AI concepts into clear business opportunities and actionable recommendations.
• Partner with account executives and market leaders to identify, shape, and close AI opportunities.
• Support strategic pursuits, proposals, RFPs, executive presentations, and client orals.
• Develop relationships with key client stakeholders and identify opportunities to expand AI engagements.
• Bring a “show versus tell” mindset to client pursuits through prototypes, demonstrations, accelerators, and working solutions.
• Shape AI solutions across Generative AI, enterprise knowledge, Agentic AI, multi-agent systems, AI-enabled software engineering, intelligent automation, machine learning, predictive AI, enterprise search, RAG, Responsible AI, and AI governance.
• Work with architects and engineering teams to ensure solutions are scalable, secure, maintainable, and aligned with client enterprise architectures.
• Help evolve Sogeti’s national AI strategy, capabilities, offerings, and go-to-market approach.
• Develop repeatable AI offerings, accelerators, methodologies, reference architectures, and demonstrations.
• Mentor and develop AI consultants, engineers, architects, and emerging AI leaders.
• Support recruiting and help define the skills required for the next generation of AI talent.
• Represent Sogeti in client events, executive briefings, innovation sessions, and industry forums.

Skills

AI leadership

Executive communication

Client advisory

Strategy & roadmap

Team leadership

Business development

Presentation skills

Curiosity to experiment

Job description

Company: Sogeti USA

Location: Flexible / Hybrid

Reports To: National AI Practice Lead

Candidates must be located in Either Cincinnati or Columbus Ohio area working with our Sogeti North East Division of Sogeti. We can not sponsor at this time, Must be US Citizen or Green Card.

About the Role

Sogeti USA is expanding its AI capabilities to help clients move beyond experimentation and into enterprise-scale AI adoption with measurable business outcomes. We are seeking an AI Practice Lead to join our national AI leadership team and help shape the future of AI-driven transformation for our clients.

In this role, you will work closely with the National AI Practice Lead to grow Sogeti’s AI business, shape client solutions, build market-relevant capabilities, and develop AI talent across the organization. This is a highly visible leadership opportunity for someone who can combine client advisory, solution leadership, business development, delivery oversight, and practice building.

The AI Practice Lead will work across areas such as Generative AI, Agentic AI, AI-enabled software engineering, intelligent automation, machine learning, and enterprise AI platforms to help clients rethink how work gets done.

Key Responsibilities

As an AI Practice Lead, you will:

• Serve as a trusted AI advisor to client business and technology leaders.
• Help clients identify where AI can create meaningful business value across business processes, products, customer experiences, and software engineering.
• Lead AI strategy, discovery, ideation, readiness, and roadmap engagements.
• Translate complex AI concepts into clear business opportunities and actionable recommendations.
• Partner with account executives and market leaders to identify, shape, and close AI opportunities.
• Support strategic pursuits, proposals, RFPs, executive presentations, and client orals.
• Develop relationships with key client stakeholders and identify opportunities to expand AI engagements.
• Bring a “show versus tell” mindset to client pursuits through prototypes, demonstrations, accelerators, and working solutions.
• Shape AI solutions across Generative AI, enterprise knowledge, Agentic AI, multi-agent systems, AI-enabled software engineering, intelligent automation, machine learning, predictive AI, enterprise search, RAG, Responsible AI, and AI governance.
• Work with architects and engineering teams to ensure solutions are scalable, secure, maintainable, and aligned with client enterprise architectures.
• Help evolve Sogeti’s national AI strategy, capabilities, offerings, and go-to-market approach.
• Develop repeatable AI offerings, accelerators, methodologies, reference architectures, and demonstrations.
• Mentor and develop AI consultants, engineers, architects, and emerging AI leaders.
• Support recruiting and help define the skills required for the next generation of AI talent.
• Represent Sogeti in client events, executive briefings, innovation sessions, and industry forums.

What We’re Looking For

The ideal candidate will bring a strong mix of consulting leadership, AI expertise, client advisory experience, and commercial growth mindset. This person should be comfortable working with both executive stakeholders and technical teams, and should be able to connect AI technology directly to business outcomes.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in consulting, technology, software engineering, data, AI/ML, digital transformation, or a related field.
• Strong understanding of Generative AI, LLMs, Agentic AI, machine learning, and enterprise AI architectures.
• Experience advising clients and shaping technology transformation initiatives.
• Experience leading complex client engagements and multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong commercial mindset with experience supporting sales, solutioning, and account growth.
• Ability to connect AI technology to measurable business outcomes.
• Excellent executive communication, facilitation, and presentation skills.
• Curiosity and willingness to continuously experiment with emerging AI technologies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands‑on familiarity with major AI platforms and ecosystems such as OpenAI, Microsoft Azure AI, AWS, Google Cloud, Anthropic, and Databricks.
• Experience with AI engineering patterns such as RAG, agents, tool use, evaluation, orchestration, observability, and AI governance.
• Experience with AI‑assisted software engineering platforms and tools.
• Consulting experience across multiple industries or enterprise clients.

What Success Looks Like

Success in this role will be measured by the ability to grow the AI business, create pipeline, shape opportunities, contribute to AI revenue growth, create measurable client value, build scalable AI capabilities, and develop a strong community of AI practitioners and future AI leaders.

Why Join Sogeti?

AI is changing more than technology. It is changing how organizations operate, how software is built, how decisions are made, and how people work. As an AI Practice Lead, you will help Sogeti and its clients navigate this shift while shaping new offerings, influencing major client transformations, developing the next generation of AI talent, and helping define how Sogeti competes in an AI‑first market.

Life at Sogeti

We support all aspects of your well‑being throughout the changing stages of your life and career. For eligible employees, we offer:

• Flexible work
• Healthcare including dental, vision, mental health, and well‑being programs
• Financial well‑being programs such as 401(k) (matched 150% up to 6%) and Employee Share Ownership Plan
• 100% Company‑paid mobile phone plan
• 3 weeks Personal Time Off (PTO) and 7 Paid Holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Family building benefits like adoption assistance, surrogacy, and cryopreservation
• Social well‑being benefits like subsidized back‑up child/elder care and tutoring
• Mentoring, coaching and learning programs
• Continuing Education: $5,200.00 Annual Tuition Reimbursement plus access to over 20,000 online courses and certifications through Capgemini University, as well as Coursera and Degreed.
• Programs for Counseling, Support, Health and Fitness perks, Auto discounts and much, much more!
• Employee Resource Groups

Disclaimer

Capgemini is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender identity/expression, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, genetics, veteran status, marital status or any other characteristic protected by law.

This is a general description of the Duties, Responsibilities and Qualifications required for this position. Physical, mental, sensory or environmental demands may be referenced in an attempt to communicate the manner in which this position traditionally is performed. Whenever necessary to provide individuals with disabilities an equal employment opportunity, Capgemini will consider reasonable accommodations that might involve varying job requirements and/or changing the way this job is performed, provided that such accommodations do not pose an undue hardship.

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Applicants for employment in the US must have valid work authorization that does not now and/or will not in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the US by Capgemini.

Capgemini discloses salary range information in compliance with state and local pay transparency obligations. The disclosed range represents the lowest to highest salary we, in good faith, believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting, although we may ultimately pay more or less than the disclosed range, and the range may be modified in the future. The disclosed range takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, geographic location, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, performance, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs. At Capgemini, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role. The base salary range for the tagged location is [140 to 200k plus bonus].

This role may be eligible for other compensation including variable compensation, bonus, or commission. Full-time regular employees are eligible for paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k), and any other benefits to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.