Attain Partners is an innovative consulting firm dedicated to disrupting the status quo to change the world and improve the lives of those we touch. From strategy to technology and everywhere in between, our experts use their unique skills to advance the important missions of education, nonprofit, healthcare, and state and local government clients.
People are at the center of all we do, and that’s why we empower career growth, provide industry-leading benefits packages, encourage a flexible work environment, and foster a culture of inclusion to support the needs of our team. We share a collective passion for our mission and our people. Guided by our seven core values, The Attain Way, our vision is the foundation of our culture—to be and attain the best.
Job Description
Attain Partners is seeking a Director of AI to lead the firm’s enterprise-wide adoption of artificial intelligence across how we work, how we deliver, and how we serve clients.
This role is not an innovation lab or R&D position. It is a firm-level leadership role accountable for translating advances in AI into measurable improvements in consulting delivery, client outcomes, and competitive differentiation.
The Director of AI will define and drive Attain’s AI strategy, partner deeply with practice leaders, and ensure AI is embedded into standard delivery models, offerings, and ways of working. Success in this role means AI becomes a core capability of Attain, not a side initiative.
This leader will operate as a trusted advisor to executive leadership, a catalyst for practice transformation, and a market-facing voice for Attain’s applied AI capabilities.
Key Responsibilities
Firmwide AI Strategy & Adoption
- Define and lead Attain’s enterprise AI strategy, focused on practical, responsible adoption that improves delivery efficiency, quality, and scalability.
- Drive firmwide AI adoption, ensuring AI tools and methods are embedded into everyday consulting workflows—not isolated pilots.
- Establish clear priorities for AI investment aligned to business outcomes, client demand, and practice needs.
Consulting Delivery Transformation
- Partner with practice leaders to redesign delivery models, methodologies, and accelerators using AI.
- Identify high-impact opportunities where AI can materially reduce delivery time, cost, risk, or effort across Attain’s services.
- Ensure AI capabilities are repeatable, scalable, and integrated into standard project execution.
Client Impact & Market Leadership
- Serve as a market-facing AI leader, supporting executive client discussions, solution shaping, and go-to-market differentiation.
- Help clients move from AI ambition to execution by modeling Attain’s own applied AI approach.
- Contribute to thought leadership, offerings, and messaging that position Attain as a trusted advisor in applied and responsible AI.
Operating Model, Enablement & Governance
- Establish governance, guardrails, and standards for responsible AI use across the firm.
- Guide enablement efforts (training, playbooks, tooling) to upskill consultants and leaders on effective AI usage.
- Partner with Technology, Security, Legal, and Risk leaders to ensure AI adoption is secure, compliant, and ethical.
Leadership & Influence
- Act as a connector across practices, functions, and leadership—driving alignment without relying on direct authority.
- Translate complex AI concepts into clear business value narratives for executives, clients, and delivery teams.
- Influence change in a matrixed consulting environment through credibility, clarity, and outcomes.
Required Qualifications
- 15+ years of experience in consulting or professional services, with deep exposure to large-scale transformation.
- Proven experience driving enterprise adoption of AI, analytics, automation, or digital capabilities.
- Strong understanding of how AI can be applied to knowledge work, delivery operations, and client services.
- Demonstrated success influencing senior leaders and driving change across multiple practices or business units.
- Experience operating in ambiguous, fast-evolving environments and turning vision into execution.
- Excellent executive communication skills; able to engage credibly with C-suite clients and internal leadership.
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior leadership role focused on AI, data, analytics, or digital transformation within a consulting firm.
- Experience building AI-enabled offerings, delivery accelerators, or playbooks.
- Market-facing experience including executive client engagement, sales support, or thought leadership.
- Familiarity with modern AI platforms, LLMs, automation tools, and AI governance approaches.
- Clear point of view on responsible, scalable, and practical AI adoption.
What Success Looks Like
- AI is embedded into Attain’s standard delivery approaches.
- Practices measurably improve speed, quality, and margin through AI-enabled delivery.
- Clients see Attain as a trusted partner for applied AI, not experimentation.
- Consultants at all levels actively and responsibly use AI to do better work.
- Attain’s AI strategy drives real business outcomes, not just innovation activity.
Additional Information
Attain Partners values your mental, emotional, and physical health and wellbeing. Our comprehensive benefits package starts on your first day of employment and includes benefits such as:
- Competitive health, dental, and vision coverage, HSA and FSA accounts, life and disability insurance, fertility and family planning benefits, and employee assistance and discount programs
- 11 paid federal holidays and flexible unlimited time off (UTO)
- Generous 401(k) matching with immediate vesting
- Flexible career paths – our career tracks provide advancement, mobility, and flexibility as you continue to grow with us
- A healthy environment where we value unique experiences, and care about everything that makes you, you.
Attain Partners is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The individual base salary for this position is unique to each candidate and will be commensurate with experience, education, and skills. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus.
Interested in this position but the compensation isn’t quite right? Let us know your expectations, and we’ll see if we can make it happen based on your qualifications.
Attain Partners is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws. For more Information visit EEO, EEO Poster Supplement, Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA).
If you are unable to complete this application due to a disability, contact this employer to ask for an accommodation or an alternative application process.
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