We’re hiring a Head of AI Product & Architecture Consulting!
Employment Type: Full-Time/Direct Hire
Location: Richmond, VA, Atlanta, GA, Washington, DC, New York City & Charlotte, NC Metro Areas
Location Type: Hybrid - 1-2 days onsite per week - Home Office/Local Ippon officeÂ
About Ippon:
The Ippon story started in 2002 in Paris, France - cue in the accordion. Our founder and CEO Stéphane Nomis used his unique experience as an international Judo champion to create a culture based on the sports values of ambition and excellence. Our USA Headquarters office is located in Richmond, VA, with additional offices in New York, NY, Washington DC, and Atlanta, GA. We are a technology consulting firm that specializes in helping accelerate our client’s digital roadmap in the areas of Product Management, Cloud, DevOps, Data, AI, and Software Engineering. Expanding partnerships is the top priority in our strategy, and we are proud to be a Premier Snowflake Partner and an Advanced AWS Partner. Ippon stands out through its financial services industry expertise, technical excellence, and a distinctive coaching mindset.
About the position:
The Practice Head of AI Product & Architecture will lead Ippon's APA practice, combining deep expertise in software development, product engineering, agile delivery, architecture, and applied AI. This role is responsible for growing a high-performing consulting team, shaping the practice's methods and offerings, and ensuring delivery excellence across complex client engagements.
The ideal candidate is a proven leader with strong consulting instincts and a track record of delivering meaningful technology outcomes. They bring deep grounding in modern engineering practices and software craft, alongside hands-on AI experience — applied practically across product development, software delivery, customer experiences, and enterprise operations.
5+ years of consulting experience
5+ years of experience leading software engineering, product engineering, architecture, or technology consulting teams.
5+ years of experience building, managing, coaching, and growing high-performing technical teams.
7+ years of experience and deep understanding of modern software development practices, including software architecture, software craft, DevOps, CI/CD, testing strategies, and cloud-native delivery.
7+ years of experience with product development and product-oriented ways of working.
Strong working knowledge of agile delivery practices, with the judgment to adapt methods to fit client context rather than applying process mechanically.
Hands-on experience with AI tools, AI-enabled software development, intelligent applications, or applied enterprise AI use cases.
7+ years of experience in financial services, banking, insurance, capital markets, or related regulated industries
Excellent organizational skills, including the ability to manage people, priorities, offerings, delivery quality, and practice operations simultaneously.
Strong client-facing communication skills, including the ability to engage credibly with executives, product leaders, engineering leaders, architects, and delivery teams.
Experience supporting business development, proposal creation, solution design, or account growth in a consulting environment.
Ability to travel up to 20% of the time
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field
Experience leading a consulting practice, capability, center of excellence, or large technology delivery organization.
Experience using DORA metrics, SPACE, flow metrics, or other engineering effectiveness frameworks to improve delivery performance.
Experience with AI-assisted development tools, agentic workflows, LLM-enabled applications, or enterprise AI governance.
Familiarity with AWS, Snowflake, modern data platforms, and cloud-native architecture.
Experience with modernization programs, legacy system transformation, platform engineering, or large-scale digital product delivery.
Experience creating market-facing offerings, white papers, executive presentations, workshops, and assessment frameworks.
Understanding of regulatory requirements and compliance standards (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA) within the Financial Services and Insurance industries.
Knowledge of IT strategy and management
Demonstrated experience of presenting talks at conferences, publishing white papers, and public speaking.
Salary range listed is base salary.
We value the diversity and different perspectives each of our employees bring to Ippon Technologies.
Ippon Technologies is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, veteran, or disability status.
Visit us on LinkedIn or at https://ipponusa.com/ to learn more.
So, do YOU speak Ippon?