About Highspring Highspring is a next-generation consulting and professional services firm.

We deliver modern, agile, and forward-thinking solutions to our clients across North America.

We work with some of the most innovative organizations across industries to help them drive transformation, accelerate innovation, and unlock business value through technology.

At Highspring, we believe in empowering our people, fostering leadership, and delivering measurable impact.

The Opportunity Highspring is seeking a Head of Data & AI Platform to lead the strategy, evolution, and operational excellence of a global enterprise Data & AI Platform.

This is a senior leadership role responsible for defining the long-term vision, driving enterprise-wide adoption of data and AI capabilities, and building the technical foundation required to support advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, and next-generation digital initiatives.

As the leader of a multi-level organization of managers and technical experts, you will oversee platform strategy, capability roadmaps, service delivery, and business outcomes while partnering closely with executive stakeholders to align platform investments with organizational priorities.

What Youll Do Define, communicate, and execute the enterprise strategy for a global Data & AI Platform while ensuring alignment with executive technology priorities.

Lead and develop a multi-level organization consisting of managers, architects, engineers, and technical specialists.

Establish and manage platform roadmaps, portfolio priorities, service evolution, KPIs, and measurable business outcomes.

Drive enterprise-wide adoption of data and AI capabilities through strategic partnerships with business and technology stakeholders.

Build the foundational capabilities required to enable agentic AI, advanced analytics, machine learning, and future AI innovations.

Ensure the platform remains secure, scalable, reliable, and integrated across global operations.

Influence enterprise-level technology decisions and align cross-functional teams around platform investments and priorities.

Develop and maintain strategic relationships with cloud providers, technology vendors, and industry partners.

Represent the organization externally through industry events, executive presentations, and strategic partner engagements.

Monitor emerging technologies and industry trends to guide long-term platform evolution and innovation.

Resolve complex issues, balance competing priorities, and ensure delivery remains aligned with strategic objectives.

Champion operational excellence, service reliability, continuous improvement, and innovation across the platform ecosystem.

What You Bring to the Table 10+ years of experience in data, analytics, artificial intelligence, platform engineering, or related technology disciplines. 5+ years of experience leading managers and multidisciplinary technical teams.

Proven experience building, scaling, and operating enterprise technology platforms.

Demonstrated success leading enterprise digital transformation and AI adoption initiatives across large, complex organizations.

Strong executive presence with the ability to influence senior business and technology leaders.

Exceptional leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and organizational development skills.

Experience managing complex technology portfolios, investments, and strategic initiatives.

Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to navigate ambiguity and drive decisions.

Core Skills Required Deep expertise in modern Data & AI architectures.

Strong understanding of cloud platforms, data lakehouses, streaming technologies, and distributed systems.

Experience with MLOps, AI/ML platform capabilities, and emerging agentic AI frameworks.

Knowledge of enterprise security, governance, compliance, privacy, and risk management practices.

Ability to translate business objectives into scalable technical capabilities and operating models.

Experience driving platform performance, reliability, scalability, and cost optimization.

Expertise in organizational change management and technology adoption.

Strong vendor management and strategic partnership experience.

Ability to align technology strategy with measurable business outcomes.

Our Stack The environment may include technologies and platforms such as: Cloud Platforms (Azure, AWS, and/or Google Cloud) Data Lakehouse Architectures Streaming and Event-Driven Data Platforms Machine Learning and MLOps Tooling Enterprise Data Governance Frameworks AI and Generative AI Platforms API and Integration Technologies Modern Analytics and Business Intelligence Solutions Why Join Highspring? Lead enterprise-scale Data & AI transformation initiatives.

Influence strategic technology decisions at the executive level.

Work alongside talented consultants, architects, and technology leaders.

Drive innovation in one of the fastest-growing areas of enterprise technology.

Access continuous learning, leadership development,



and skilled growth opportunities.

Contribute to high-impact programs that shape the future of data and AI adoption. propos de Highspring Highspring est une firme de consultation et de services professionnels de nouvelle gnration.

Nous accompagnons nos clients avec des solutions modernes, agiles et innovantes partout en Amrique du Nord.

Nous collaborons avec des organisations de premier plan afin dacclrer leur transformation numrique, de stimuler linnovation et de gnrer une valeur daffaires durable grce la technologie.

Chez Highspring, nous misons sur lautonomie de nos talents, le leadership et lobtention de rsultats concrets.

Lopportunit Highspring est la recherche dun(e) Directeur(trice), Plateforme Donnes et IA pour diriger la stratgie, lvolution et lexcellence oprationnelle dune plateforme mondiale de donnes et dintelligence artificielle.

Dans ce rle stratgique de haut niveau, vous serez responsable de dfinir une vision long terme, de favoriser ladoption grande chelle des capacits de donnes et dIA et dtablir les fondations technologiques permettant de soutenir les initiatives avances danalytique, dintelligence artificielle et dinnovation numrique.

Vous dirigerez une organisation compose de gestionnaires et dexperts techniques et serez responsable de la stratgie de plateforme, des feuilles de route, des services, des indicateurs de performance et des rsultats daffaires.

Ce que vous ferez Dfinir, communiquer et excuter la stratgie dune plateforme mondiale de Donnes et IA en alignement avec les priorits technologiques de lorganisation.

Diriger, encadrer et dvelopper une quipe multidisciplinaire compose de gestionnaires, architectes, ingnieurs et spcialistes.

Assurer la gestion du portefeuille de services, des feuilles de route, des indicateurs de performance et des rsultats daffaires associs la plateforme.

Favoriser ladoption lchelle de lentreprise des capacits de donnes et dintelligence artificielle.

Mettre en place les fondations technologiques ncessaires limplantation de lIA agentique, de lapprentissage automatique et des technologies mergentes.

Garantir la scurit, la fiabilit, lvolutivit et lintgration de la plateforme dans un environnement mondial.

Influencer les dcisions technologiques stratgiques et mobiliser les parties prenantes autour des priorits de la plateforme.

Dvelopper des partenariats stratgiques avec les fournisseurs de technologies, les partenaires infonuagiques et les leaders de lindustrie.

Agir comme ambassadeur de la vision Donnes et IA lors dvnements, de confrences et dchanges avec les partenaires.

Assurer une veille continue des technologies mergentes et des tendances du march.

Rsoudre des enjeux complexes, grer les arbitrages stratgiques et assurer lalignement des initiatives avec les objectifs daffaires.

Promouvoir une culture dexcellence oprationnelle, dinnovation et damlioration continue.

Ce que vous apportez Plus de 10 annes dexprience en donnes, analytique, intelligence artificielle, ingnierie de plateformes ou domaines connexes.

Plus de 5 annes dexprience dans la gestion de gestionnaires et dquipes techniques multidisciplinaires.

Exprience dmontre dans la conception, le dploiement et la croissance de plateformes technologiques dentreprise.

Succs reconnu dans des initiatives de transformation numrique ou dadoption de lIA grande chelle.

Solide capacit influencer des dirigeants daffaires et des leaders technologiques.

Excellentes aptitudes en leadership, communication et gestion des parties prenantes.

Exprience dans la gestion de portefeuilles technologiques stratgiques et dinvestissements importants.

Capacit voluer dans des environnements complexes et prendre des dcisions stratgiques.

Comptences cls requises Expertise approfondie des architectures modernes de donnes et dintelligence artificielle.

Connaissance avance des plateformes infonuagiques, des architectures lakehouse, du traitement de donnes en continu et des systmes distribus.

Exprience des pratiques MLOps et des plateformes dintelligence artificielle et dapprentissage automatique.

Comprhension approfondie de la scurit, de la gouvernance, de la conformit et de la gestion des risques.

Capacit transformer les besoins daffaires en capacits technologiques volutives.

Expertise en performance, fiabilit, optimisation des cots et exploitation de plateformes.

Solides comptences en gestion du changement et en adoption organisationnelle de nouvelles technologies.

Exprience dans la gestion de fournisseurs et de partenariats stratgiques.

Capacit aligner la stratgie technologique avec les objectifs daffaires.

Notre environnement technologique Lenvironnement peut comprendre notamment:



Plateformes infonuagiques (Azure, AWS et/ou Google Cloud) Architectures de type Data Lakehouse Plateformes de streaming et dvnements en temps rel Outils de Machine Learning et de MLOps Solutions de gouvernance des donnes Plateformes dIA gnrative et dIA avance Technologies dintgration et API Solutions modernes danalytique et dintelligence daffaires Pourquoi joindre Highspring? Diriger des initiatives stratgiques de transformation en Donnes et IA lchelle de lentreprise.

Influencer les dcisions technologiques auprs de dirigeants de haut niveau.

Collaborer avec des experts reconnus en consultation et en technologie.

Participer des projets innovants ayant un impact concret sur les organisations.

Profiter dopportunits continues de dveloppement professionnel et de leadership.

Contribuer faonner lavenir des plateformes de donnes et de lintelligence artificielle.

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