Head of AI Infrastructure & Platform Operations

Huron Consulting Group Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 190,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with employer match

Paid Time Off

Parental leave

Job summary

Huron Consulting Group Inc. seeks a Director for AI Infrastructure Operations to lead the AI Operations team within Corporate IT.

You will oversee governance, roadmaps, intake, decision forums, and adoption metrics, delivering measurable improvements and reusable patterns. You will partner across AI Delivery, Enterprise IT, Security, Legal, Finance, and Engineering, provide technical direction, and drive cost visibility, workload prioritization, and scalable platform capabilities behind client

Qualifications

• 10+ years in enterprise infrastructure, platform leadership, cloud ops or AI enablement.
• Demonstrated people management: hiring, coaching, performance feedback.
• Strong understanding of enterprise AI operating needs, data protection, auditability, governance.

Responsibilities

• Hire, develop, and manage the AI Infrastructure Operations team; set goals and coach.
• Own day‑to‑day execution of the AI Infrastructure Operations charter: roadmap delivery, prioritization, intake, decision forums.
• Operate the governed enterprise AI capability with workload classes, access, cost visibility, and logging.
• Run the federated platform operating model with multiple internal groups to align priorities.
• Provide technical direction to make architecture and delivery tradeoffs visible and actionable.
• Use AI tools to accelerate planning, documentation, and stakeholder communication.
• Ensure AI Operations is an enablement capability with reusable, observable, cost‑managed paths.
• Manage scope, budget, and scaling criteria across delivery phases.
• Track and report success measures for adoption and performance.

Skills

Enterprise infrastructure leadership

Platform leadership

Cloud operations

AI enablement

Digital transformation

Enterprise architecture

People management

AI governance

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

AWS

Bedrock

Job description

Huron Consulting Group Inc. seeks a Director for AI Infrastructure Operations to lead the AI Operations team within Corporate IT.

You will oversee governance, roadmaps, intake, decision forums, and adoption metrics, delivering measurable improvements and reusable patterns. You will partner across AI Delivery, Enterprise IT, Security, Legal, Finance, and Engineering, provide technical direction, and drive cost visibility, workload prioritization, and scalable platform capabilities behind client