Strategic Director, AI & Technology Delivery

Allata, LLC; Dallas, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Allata seeks a Director to lead delivery across AI & Technology Service Line, acting as a strategic commercial partner for Sales and as a solution architect. You will ensure high-quality, on-time delivery with strong financial control while driving growth and client satisfaction across global accounts.

Collaborate with Sales and Client Partners to design proposals, optimize delivery models, and scale strategic service offerings.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading client delivery teams, building strong client relationships, identifying growth opportunities within existing accounts, and consistently delivering on commitments.

Responsibilities

• Plan, estimate, and operationally execute projects across the portfolio; define methodologies tailored to client needs (agile, hybrid, traditional).
• Act as Executive Solution Architect: partner with Sales pre-sale to design compelling technical proposals, translate complex requirements into clear value narratives for client stakeholders.
• Present and influence directly with clients (executives, IT leaders, decision-makers): demonstrate deep understanding of their business outcomes and articulate how our Cloud, AI, DevOps, and integration solutions solve their specific pain points.
• Identify and surface expansion opportunities within active projects: discover additional needs (modernization, AI/ML, automation, managed services) during delivery and report to Sales with technical feasibility and ROI analysis.
• Manage client relationships and expectations; act as escalation point for delivery issues; drive continuous satisfaction and referenceable outcomes.
• Collaborate with Sales Executives on account strategy: co-define service roadmaps, participate in executive business reviews, influence client investment decisions.
• Oversee project financials: budgeting, forecasting, margin analysis by project and account; optimize for both delivery excellence and profitability.
• Develop and manage Service Line teams with commercial awareness: build teams that understand opportunity, speak client language, and actively support account expansion.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to align delivery offerings with market demand; support the design and scaling of new strategic service offerings.

Skills

Client delivery leadership

Executive communication

Growth opportunities

Delivery quality & margin management

Business acumen ROI

Cloud Native (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Containers & serverless

DevOps & IaC (Azure DevOps)

ML/AI (GenAI & RAG)

Microsoft ecosystem tools

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Bicep

Terraform

Azure Service Bus

Job description

Allata seeks a Director to lead delivery across AI & Technology Service Line, acting as a strategic commercial partner for Sales and as a solution architect. You will ensure high-quality, on-time delivery with strong financial control while driving growth and client satisfaction across global accounts.

Collaborate with Sales and Client Partners to design proposals, optimize delivery models, and scale strategic service offerings.