AI Practice Lead: Software Development Enablement

Navitus; Phoenix (AZ); Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance and family benefits

Paid time off and parental leave

401K company match

Adoption Assistance Program

Flexible Spending Account

Educational Assistance Plan and Pro/MO

Referral Bonus Program – up to $750!

Job summary

Navitus is seeking a Lead, Software Development AI Practice to drive AI enablement across delivery and development teams. You will set direction, establish scalable practices, and coach teams to adopt AI responsibly, improving quality and efficiency while aligning with governance and regulatory standards.

The role requires senior AI/ML expertise, robust cloud architecture skills, and experience scaling AI initiatives from PoC to production.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software development or architecture.
• 3+ years of experience focused on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning technologies.
• Demonstrated experience defining software development AI frameworks and tools (including coaching and practice roll-out / demonstration).
• Demonstrated experience leading or scaling generative AI, machine learning, or agentic AI capabilities from proof of concept through broader adoption.

Responsibilities

• Identify and prioritize high-value AI use cases to improve software quality, engineering productivity, operational efficiency, and business outcomes.
• Establish reusable AI patterns, reference architectures, integration approaches, and development standards for generative AI, machine learning, and agentic AI capabilities.
• Build and maintain AI-enabled services and components, including model interfaces, orchestration services, agent frameworks, prompt/tooling patterns, and reusable developer enablement assets.
• Lead proof-of-concept and pilot initiatives that demonstrate practical AI value, then convert successful experiments into repeatable capabilities for broader adoption.
• Provide hands-on coaching, demonstrations, and daily enablement to developers, delivery roles, and product teams on effective AI tools, tactics, and responsible usage.
• Serve as the primary AI adoption point of contact for Software Development and Delivery, influencing teams through expertise, practical value, and strong partnership rather than direct reporting authority.
• Ensure AI solutions comply with enterprise AI governance, responsible AI standards, security requirements, data privacy expectations, auditability needs, and model transparency principles.
• Support agentic AI workflows, including orchestration, tool integration, context management, workflow design, and human-in-the-loop controls.
• Own AI adoption measurement, including tools, metrics, reporting, training, and leadership updates that demonstrate usage, quality improvement, efficiency gains, and business impact.
• Evaluate emerging AI platforms, tools, and capabilities for fit with enterprise architecture, security, scalability, interoperability, cost, and Software Development and Delivery needs, and recommends appropriate adoption approaches.

Skills

AI/ML expertise

Cloud architecture

Stakeholder influence & mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering or related field

Tools

AWS Certification (Solutions Architect)

ML frameworks

Job description

Navitus is seeking a Lead, Software Development AI Practice to drive AI enablement across delivery and development teams. You will set direction, establish scalable practices, and coach teams to adopt AI responsibly, improving quality and efficiency while aligning with governance and regulatory standards.

The role requires senior AI/ML expertise, robust cloud architecture skills, and experience scaling AI initiatives from PoC to production.