Director - AI

What you’ll be doing
Are you a driven Consultant passionate about delivering meaningful business transformation through AI? Join our growing consulting team and help organisations turn AI ambition into measurable outcomes.

As a Director, you will advise senior leaders on AI strategy, operating models, governance, and adoption, guiding clients from ideation through to implementation and value realisation. Working at the intersection of business and technology, you will lead complex engagements, build trusted client relationships, develop teams, and contribute to practice growth.

This is a strategic consulting role focused on client value, delivery leadership, and AI-enabled transformation. It is not a hands-on engineering or data science position.

Key Responsibilities

•    Lead AI strategy and transformation engagements, aligning AI initiatives with business objectives and organisational priorities.
•    Advise clients on AI operating models, governance, responsible AI practices, workflow redesign, and adoption strategies.
•    Shape and prioritise AI use cases, develop business cases and value frameworks, and guide investment decisions based on value, feasibility, and risk.
•    Partner with clients to define AI-ready foundations across data, architecture, technology, integration, and governance.
•    Lead workshops, executive briefings, and board-level presentations, translating complex concepts into actionable recommendations.
•    Oversee delivery of large or complex engagements, ensuring quality outcomes, effective resourcing, risk management, and client satisfaction.
•    Drive AI adoption, capability uplift, and change management to embed sustainable business outcomes.
•    Build and maintain executive-level client relationships, identify new opportunities, contribute to business development, and support cross-functional growth initiatives.
•    Develop and mentor consulting teams, contribute to recruitment, knowledge sharing, and the continual enhancement of AI methodologies and offerings.
•    Stay current with AI developments, including generative AI, copilots, agents, and automation technologies, applying practical insights to client engagements.

Working Conditions
•    [Employment Type] – Permanent Full Time
•    [Work Arrangement] – Hybrid
•    [Office Location] – Sydney, Melbourne (preferred), Brisbane, Canberra, Adelaide
•    [Travel Opportunities] – Occasional Interstate business travel

What will make you successful in this role? 
Essential
•    10+ years' consulting, transformation, or related experience in complex organisational environments.
•    Demonstrated experience leading large-scale or multiple concurrent consulting engagements, including delivery, quality, commercial management, and stakeholder engagement.
•    Strong background in strategy, digital, business, or organisational transformation.
•    Experience advising senior executives and influencing decision-making at C-suite and board level.
•    Proven ability to develop business cases, value frameworks, and measurable transformation outcomes.
•    Experience shaping and delivering AI, digital, or emerging technology initiatives from strategy through adoption.
•    Practical knowledge of generative AI, copilots, agents, automation technologies, and the business applications of AI.
•    Understanding of AI governance, responsible AI, privacy, risk, and regulatory considerations.
•    Strong leadership, communication, facilitation, and people development skills.
•    Demonstrated success in building client relationships, generating follow-on work, and contributing to practice growth.

Desirable
•    Tertiary qualification in Business, Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
•    Experience in government, defence, education, health, financial services, utilities, or other regulated industries.
•    Familiarity with AI, cloud, automation, and modern data platforms, including Microsoft, AWS, Google Cloud, Databricks, Snowflake, or similar ecosystems.
•    Relevant certifications in AI, cloud, architecture, project delivery, or change management (e.g. Azure AI, AWS, TOGAF, PMP, Prosci, SAFe).
•    Understanding of recognised AI governance and risk frameworks

Why is this an exciting opportunity?

Atturra is one of the fastest growing ASX-listed advisory and IT solutions companies in Australia, giving you a strong foundation to fulfil your career ambitions. 

We currently have 1300+ professionals working across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong and USA who are using innovation to lead the way. 

Business Transformation Services (BTS) is Atturra's transformation team that engages clients early, when they are deciding what to transform rather than just what to buy, and we stay accountable for the outcome from discovery through to benefits realisation. Working across our Discover, Design, Govern, Transform and Realise framework, BTS acts as the translation layer between the business outcomes clients want and the specialist delivery that makes them real. Enterprise architecture and AI-enabled transformation sit at the core of what we do.

This is your chance to make an impact. Come and join our talented and creative team of change makers to redefine the future through technology. 

What our people say: 
“We are working towards a very bright future.”
“It's a company with vision and a promising future.”

Why you’ll love working here 

Culture of possibility 
At Atturra we embrace innovation within our teams, fostering an environment of possibility and growth. We believe in creating a supportive and welcoming culture, where everyone is encouraged to achieve success through collaboration, continuous learning, and smart work practices. 

A strong set of company values 
Our culture is reflected by our employees who demonstrate camaraderie, innovation, dedication, respect and excellence in everything they do. These traits have become integral to the way we do business and are the values we strive for. 

Valuable employee benefits 
•    Employee benefits, recognition, and wellbeing platform
•    Career growth via succession planning, internal promotions, and mentorship opportunities
•    Ongoing investment in professional development through industry and technology certifications, and study assistance
•    Mental health support through our Employee Assistance Program
•    Support for family and caring responsibilities, including paid parental leave
•    Employee referral program, with monetary incentives offered  

Commitment to supporting Australia’s veterans  
Atturra is proud to be recognised as a Veteran Friendly Employer by the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Veteran Employment Commitment (VEC) and is committed to supporting Australia’s veteran community. We aim to enhance the employment experience for veterans by improving recruitment, support, retention, and leadership opportunities to ensure they have a meaningful and impactful career with us. 

What our people say: 
“Atturra has a great working environment and management are very supportive of their staff. We celebrate success and have fun while working hard.”

How to apply 

Careers | Atturra
https://atturra.com/au-en/careers

Recruitment Agencies/Headhunters:
We got this covered. Our Talent Acquisition team is working on our hiring demands and will reach out should we need extra support. Atturra only accepts referrals from agencies on our official supplier list via Agency Portal. Agencies are required to go through our procurement process, have an approved fee agreement, and be invited to participate in hiring for a job opening by the Atturra Talent Acquisition team. Any profiles or referrals submitted outside of this process will be deemed invalid. We request that you do not contact Atturra employees outside of the Talent Acquisition team for any hiring-related queries. To become an official supplier, send an expression of interest via talentacquisition@atturra.com.  

Atturra is committed to addressing the digital skills gap and advocating for diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from all individuals, regardless of Veteran or service status, gender, LGBTQI+ identity, ethnicity, religion, physical ability, or age.

This document is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. It is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all responsibilities, key accountabilities, and skills of persons so classified.  Management reserves the right to add or change the job and relevant percentage of accountabilities as required, in its sole discretion.