Senior Manager, AI & Engineering

Taidou LLC.; Plano (TX); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Taidou LLC is seeking a Senior Manager in AI & Engineering to own and drive high-impact engagements with major clients in regulated industries. You will oversee delivery quality, manage client relationships at the director and executive level, and shape the practice’s offerings in Platform & Cloud and AI Governance.

The role emphasizes leadership of cross-functional teams, pricing and margins, and origination of follow-on work to meet business targets.

Qualifications

• 8–12 years of AI & engineering experience with multi-workstream or programme leadership.
• Track record of client ownership and commercial responsibility (scope, budget, margin).
• Experience developing and managing teams.
• Excellent executive communication and judgement.
• Eligible to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery of large or multiple AI & Engineering engagements and the outcomes they are measured on.
• Lead client relationships at director and executive level.
• Scope, price and write proposals; own margin and change control.
• Develop the practice's offerings in Platform & Cloud and AI Governance.
• Lead, coach and grow managers and consultants, and help hire them.
• Originate follow-on work and contribute to business development targets.
• Set the quality bar for deliverables and handover.

Skills

Client ownership

Team leadership

Executive communication

Budget & margin management

AI & engineering delivery

Budget management

Job description

Taidou is a private management consulting firm built around a simple idea: real, measurable results for our clients, not reports that gather dust. Our consulting practice brings eight service lines — AI & Engineering, Assurance, Finance, Global Services, Human Capital, Project Management, Regulatory, Risk & Forensic, and Transformation Consulting — to organizations in complex, regulated sectors across aerospace & defense, consumer, education, energy, financial services, government & public services, health care, insurance, sports, technology, media & telecom, and utilities & renewables.

We are senior-led and built flat: the people in the first conversation are the people doing the work, every engagement starts with a written list of what we are deliberately not doing, and we hand over only once the change is running — to named owners inside the client. We take no referral fees, reseller margins or commissions from any vendor, which is what lets us tell a client the answer is not to buy anything.

The Role

As a Senior Manager in AI & Engineering, you own larger or multiple engagements and the client relationships around them. You are accountable for delivery quality and commercial results, and you help build the AI & Engineering offering — methods, people and pipeline. Our practice covers AI & Data, Platform & Cloud, Engineering Delivery and AI Governance.

What You'll Do

• Own delivery of large or multiple AI & Engineering engagements, and the outcomes they are measured on.
• Lead client relationships at director and executive level.
• Scope, price and write proposals; own margin and change control.
• Develop the practice's offerings in Platform & Cloud and AI Governance.
• Lead, coach and grow managers and consultants, and help hire them.
• Originate follow-on work and contribute to business development targets.
• Set the quality bar for deliverables and handover.

Qualifications

Required

• 8–12 years of relevant experience in AI & engineering, including multi-workstream or programme leadership.
• Track record of client ownership and commercial responsibility (scope, budget, margin).
• Experience developing and managing teams.
• Excellent executive communication and judgement.
• Eligible to work in the United States.

Preferred (nice to have, not required)

• Experience in one or more of our industries: aerospace & defense, consumer, education, energy, financial services, government & public services, health care, insurance, sports, technology, media & telecom, and utilities & renewables.
• Consulting background combined with time in industry running the work.
• Relevant professional certifications for the service line.

How We Work

• Senior-led delivery — no bench, no handoff between the team that wins the work and the team that runs it.
• Named scope and named exclusions, agreed before work starts.
• Handover after adoption, to named owners, with a follow-up review we schedule ourselves.
• Independence from vendors: no referral fees, reseller margins or commissions.

Engagement & Compensation

This role is contract-to-hire. You join Taidou as an independent contractor for an initial onboarding period (typically 90 days), during which we agree your goals together. Once the conversion criteria set out in your offer are met, you convert to a full-time position with benefits.

Compensation is competitive and set according to experience and scope. Full details are confirmed in your offer letter.

Compensation. Competitive

Equal opportunity. Taidou LLC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. We will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities throughout the application and interview process — email [e-mail] to request one.