Senior AI-Driven Enterprise Implementation Architect

Avalara, Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses

Private medical, life, and disability

Paid time off

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Avalara seeks a Principal Consultant to lead the most complex customer engagements, shape implementation methodology, and mentor senior teams across ERP integrations such as Sage, Dynamics, Salesforce, NetSuite, and QuickBooks. You will drive multi-jurisdictional tax projects and advance AI-enabled approaches within the practice.

The role emphasizes strategic impact, risk reduction, and cross-functional collaboration with product, engineering, and customer success to close delivery gaps and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Information Technology, Business Administration, Accounting, Engineering, or a related discipline and 12+ years of experience in software implementation within the B2B sector, with a demonstrated track record of leading complex, multi-platform, enterprise-scale deployments.
• Recognized expert in tax automation: extensive experience independently architecting and delivering implementations of tax engines, returns, and exemption certificate systems.
• Deep knowledge of sales and use tax compliance, nexus rules, and multi-jurisdictional requirements; familiarity with VAT and international tax frameworks.
• Proven expertise across ERP and platform integrations including Sage, Microsoft Dynamics, Salesforce, NetSuite, and QuickBooks.
• Exceptional executive presence and communication skills; demonstrated ability to navigate complex stakeholder dynamics at the executive level.

Responsibilities

• Architect and deliver end-to-end implementations across ERP and platform integrations at the highest level of complexity.
• Own a portfolio of the most strategically critical customer implementations.
• Design and lead discovery engagements with enterprise and global customers.
• Identify systemic patterns and translate them into scalable process improvements and playbooks.
• Influence implementation methodology and governance through cross-functional collaboration.

Skills

Tax automation

Leadership

Enterprise integrations

AI tooling

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in IS/IT/Business/Engineering

Tools

Sage

Microsoft Dynamics

Salesforce

NetSuite

QuickBooks

Job description

Avalara seeks a Principal Consultant to lead the most complex customer engagements, shape implementation methodology, and mentor senior teams across ERP integrations such as Sage, Dynamics, Salesforce, NetSuite, and QuickBooks. You will drive multi-jurisdictional tax projects and advance AI-enabled approaches within the practice.

The role emphasizes strategic impact, risk reduction, and cross-functional collaboration with product, engineering, and customer success to close delivery gaps and