AI Software Delivery Practice Lead

Navitus; Madison (WI); Remote; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision insurance

20 days paid time off

4 weeks paid parental leave

9 paid holidays

401K company match up to 5%

Adoption Assistance Program

Flexible Spending Account

Educational Assistance Plan and Pro- f

Professional Membership assistance

Referral Bonus Program – up to $750

Job summary

Navitus is seeking a Lead, Software Development AI Practice to set direction for AI enablement across delivery and developer teams. You will coach, demonstrate, and drive scalable AI initiatives, aligning with enterprise architecture, security, and data governance while delivering measurable quality and efficiency gains in software solutions.

The role involves hands-on coaching, PoC leadership, and serving on the AI Governance Board to advance generative AI and agentic workflows across Navitus,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 8+ years of experience in software development or architecture required.
• 3+ years of experience focused on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning technologies required.
• Demonstrated experience defining software development AI frameworks and tools (including coaching and practice roll-out / demonstration) required.
• Demonstrated experience leading or scaling generative AI, machine learning, or agentic AI capabilities from proof of concept through broader adoption required.
• Demonstrated experience applying security, privacy, data governance, and risk requirements to technology solutions in a regulated or data-sensitive environment required.
• Demonstrated experience influencing technical and business stakeholders and driving adoption across teams without relying solely on direct reporting authority required.
• Participate in, adhere to, and support compliance program objectives.
• The ability to consistently interact cooperatively and respectfully with other employees.

Responsibilities

• Partner with many groups across Navitus to identify and prioritize high-value AI use cases that 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 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; recommend adoption approaches.
• Minimal travel may be required for meetings, training, or other business needs.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Leadership in AI practice

Stakeholder influence

Coaching teams

Generative AI expertise

Security and governance awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

AWS Certification(s)

Tools

AWS

AI governance tools

Job description

Navitus is seeking a Lead, Software Development AI Practice to set direction for AI enablement across delivery and developer teams. You will coach, demonstrate, and drive scalable AI initiatives, aligning with enterprise architecture, security, and data governance while delivering measurable quality and efficiency gains in software solutions.

The role involves hands-on coaching, PoC leadership, and serving on the AI Governance Board to advance generative AI and agentic workflows across Navitus,