## Director - Data & AI Architecture
**Location:** Singapore
**Employment Type:** Full-Time
**Salary:** Up to SGD 285,000 Base 60-120% Performance Bonus Additional Annual SEA Allowance
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The Opportunity
Our client is a leading global consulting organisation seeking a **Director - Data & AI Architecture** to drive strategic growth, lead executive-level client relationships, and oversee complex technology transformation programmes across Southeast Asia.
This is a senior leadership position focused on helping large enterprises define and execute technology, data and AI strategies while building trusted relationships with C-suite stakeholders and leading high-performing consulting teams.
## The Role
The Director will serve as a strategic advisor to senior executives while providing leadership across multiple client engagements and practice growth initiatives.
Key responsibilities include:
- Advising CEOs, CIOs, CTOs, CDOs and executive leadership teams on technology and AI strategy.
- Leading large-scale enterprise transformation engagements across multiple clients.
- Defining enterprise architecture, data and AI roadmaps for complex organisations.
- Supporting organisations through cloud transformation and technology modernisation programmes.
- Building and maintaining executive-level client relationships.
- Leading engagement delivery quality, governance and commercial outcomes.
- Identifying and developing new consulting opportunities within existing and prospective clients.
- Contributing to practice growth, thought leadership and market expansion.
- Developing and mentoring senior consulting leaders.
## Required Experience
- Extensive experience within management consulting, technology consulting, advisory or enterprise transformation environments.
- Proven track record leading large-scale technology, data or AI transformation programmes.
- Strong commercial leadership and business development experience.
- Experience managing senior client stakeholders and executive steering committees.
- Demonstrated success leading multiple consulting engagements simultaneously.
Deep expertise in one or more of:
- Data & AI Strategy
- Enterprise Architecture
- Technology Strategy
- Cloud Transformation
- Digital Transformation
- Legacy Modernisation
- Data Platforms & Analytics
## Preferred Industry Experience
Experience working with large enterprises across:
- Banking & Financial Services
- Insurance
- Telecommunications
- Energy & Utilities
- Industrial & Manufacturing
## Leadership Profile
The ideal candidate will be:
- A recognised consulting leader with strong market credibility.
- Highly effective in executive and board-level environments.
- Comfortable shaping strategic business and technology decisions.
- Commercially driven with the ability to originate and expand client engagements.
- Technically credible across modern architecture, data and AI domains.
- Experienced leading large consulting teams and complex stakeholder environments.
## What's on Offer
- Base salary up to **SGD 285,000**.
- Performance bonus ranging from **60-120%**.
- Additional annual regional payment.
- Significant exposure to C-suite and board-level stakeholders.
- Opportunity to lead major Data & AI transformation programmes across Southeast Asia.
- Key leadership position with substantial influence on practice growth and market strategy.
## Ideal Target Candidates
- Consulting Directors
- Associate Partners
- Partners within boutique consultancies
- Technology Advisory Directors
- Enterprise Architecture Leaders
- Data & AI Practice Leaders
- Digital Transformation Directors
- Senior Principals seeking a Director-level step