Director, AI-Driven Tech Services

Alvarez & Marsal; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 150,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare plans

401(k) retirement savings plan

Paid vacation

Parental leave

Job summary

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is seeking a Director for its PEPI Technology Services AI team (CTO Domain) to independently lead AI-driven value creation engagements. You will own scope, client relationships, and financial outcomes end-to-end across software engineering, product development, and technical delivery within portfolio companies.

You should bring hands-on operating experience in engineering or product organizations, having led SDLC transformations, governed AI tool rollouts, or run DevOps

Qualifications

• 8–12+ years in software engineering leadership or engineering transformation with hands-on experience.
• Proven track record delivering multi-workstream engineering transformations with measurable outcomes.
• Direct operating or hands-on engineering delivery experience, not just advisory.

Responsibilities

• Own the full engagement lifecycle: scoping, workplanning, team management, executive communications, and financial delivery against defined targets.
• Serve as primary contact for portfolio company CTOs and PE deal partners; lead cross-functional teams.
• Drive AI-enabled SDLC transformations and governance across engineering programs.
• Develop and deliver ROI narratives showing EBITDA impact and cost reductions.

Skills

AI governance

SDLC transformations

DevOps leadership

MLOps

Platform engineering

AI tooling ROI

Private equity

CTO domain

Team leadership

Security & risk

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

MBA or advanced degree preferred

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Backstage

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Job description

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is seeking a Director for its PEPI Technology Services AI team (CTO Domain) to independently lead AI-driven value creation engagements. You will own scope, client relationships, and financial outcomes end-to-end across software engineering, product development, and technical delivery within portfolio companies.

You should bring hands-on operating experience in engineering or product organizations, having led SDLC transformations, governed AI tool rollouts, or run DevOps