Director of AI Solutions

# **About Cadre AI** Cadre AI is an AI strategy and integration firm that partners deeply with organizations to transform workflows, streamline operations, and deliver measurable business outcomes. We operate at the intersection of strategy, engineering, and adoption—ensuring AI delivers real, lasting impact for the B2B companies we serve. # **The Role** The Director of AI Solutions is a senior, AI-first leader who owns end-to-end AI transformation for a portfolio of 5–10 clients. You serve as their fractional Director of AI Solutions—embedded in their organizations as their most senior AI voice—while leading a cross-functional pod of approximately five AI strategists, engineers, and automation specialists. This is a leadership role with real P&L accountability. You manage the financial performance of your pod, drive client retention and expansion, lead new sales cycles within existing accounts, and ensure your team delivers exceptional results. You need to speak fluently with C-suite executives, translate business problems into technical solutions, and drive measurable impact across complex environments. There is no hand-off between strategy and execution here. You own both. # **What You’ll Do** ### **Lead AI Strategy and Transformation** - Serve as fractional Director of AI Strategy for 5–10 clients, acting as their senior AI leader and strategic advisor - Define and execute AI roadmaps aligned to business goals, operational realities, competitive dynamics, and measurable ROI - Lead strategic discovery and planning sessions to identify, prioritize, and scope high-impact AI and automation opportunities across client organizations - Drive AI transformation across complex organizations, navigating change management, stakeholder alignment, and cross-functional complexity - Translate complex business problems into technical solutions, bridging the gap between executive vision and engineering execution - Stay at the forefront of AI innovation—LLMs, agentic AI, automation platforms—to continuously elevate your strategy and recommendations ### **Own Client Relationships and Account Growth** - Own the full client relationship as the primary senior point of contact and trusted advisor, building deep executive relationships with C-suite and senior leadership - Drive client satisfaction, retention, and long-term value creation through consistent delivery of business impact and strategic guidance - Run client meetings with confidence and precision—executive business reviews, strategy sessions, stakeholder alignment—clearly communicating AI strategy, progress, risks, and outcomes - Identify and lead expansion opportunities within existing accounts, uncovering new use cases, additional business units, and strategic initiatives that can benefit from AI - Own the discovery, scoping, proposal, and closing process for expansion opportunities within your portfolio ### **Lead and Develop Your Pod** - Lead and develop a cross-functional pod of approximately 5 professionals including AI strategists, engineers, and automation specialists - Build a high-performing, collaborative team culture focused on excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement - Manage team performance, coaching, and professional development—providing clear feedback, mentorship, and growth opportunities - Allocate resources strategically across your client portfolio to maximize utilization, impact, and team satisfaction - Set clear priorities, expectations, and deliverables for your team across multiple concurrent client engagements ### **Drive Delivery and Execution** - Oversee end-to-end AI project delivery from discovery and design through implementation, adoption, and optimization - Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and to the highest quality standards—proactively managing risks and dependencies - Lead solution design and prototyping, working closely with engineering teams to ensure AI solutions are practical, scalable, and aligned to client need…