Associate Director, AI Engagement Lead, SAP Design & Innovation, Technology and Transformation

As an Associate Director in our SAP+ Design & Innovation team, you will lead client engagements and drive the strategy, design, and delivery of intelligent AI solutions that create lasting impact across complex SAP transformation programmes. We are looking for commercially astute, technically credible leaders with a deep understanding of AI and its practical application in enterprise consulting - people who can shape client agendas, grow the practice, and inspire the teams around them.

As an Associate Director in SAP+ Design & Innovation, you will play a pivotal role in shaping how organisations harness the power of AI to transform their SAP environments. You will lead engagements from initial shaping through to delivery and client sign-off, holding accountability for outcomes, client satisfaction, and commercial performance.

This role puts you at the interface of strategy and delivery. You will advise senior client stakeholders on AI capabilities and opportunity, challenge conventional thinking, and help organisations make bold, well-informed decisions about their technology futures. At the same time, you will ensure your engagement teams have the direction, support, and conditions they need to deliver with excellence.

What makes the opportunity compelling is the breadth of influence. You will shape propositions, lead responses to complex opportunities, contribute to Deloitte's AI thought leadership, and help grow a team that is defining what AI-powered SAP consulting looks like. You will build enduring client relationships and act as a trusted adviser - not just for the duration of a project, but across the lifecycle of a client's transformation.

Above all, you will be supported to grow as a leader. Whether that's broadening your commercial expertise, deepening your AI knowledge, or progressing towards Director and Partner, you will have the backing, visibility, and development opportunities to shape your career in a way that works for you, while making a visible impact for clients and for Deloitte.

Connect to your skills and professional experience

We are looking for people who combine consulting leadership with a genuine understanding of AI and its application in enterprise contexts. You do not need to be a hands-on developer, but you must be technically credible - able to have informed conversations with AI engineers, architects, and client technology leaders, and to make sound judgements about AI solution design and feasibility.

To succeed in this role, you will bring strong consulting leadership experience, commercial acumen, and a substantive understanding of AI capabilities. Specifically:

• Proven track record of leading technology consulting engagements, with experience owning client relationships and delivery accountability at a senior level.
• Strong knowledge of AI technologies - including large language models (LLMs), AI agent frameworks, retrieval augmented generation (RAG), and agentic workflow design - and the ability to translate these into practical client solutions.
• Experience shaping and winning technology consulting opportunities, including contributing to proposals, presentations, and commercial negotiations.
• Ability to engage credibly with senior client stakeholders - including C-suite and technology leadership - on AI strategy, capability, and investment decisions.
• Understanding of the SAP ecosystem and how AI can augment or transform SAP implementations, either directly or through integration with AI-native tooling.
• Experience leading and developing multi-disciplinary teams, including coaching Senior Managers, Managers, and Consultants to deliver with quality and grow their careers.
• Familiarity with AI governance, responsible AI principles, and how to navigate client risk and compliance considerations in AI deployments.
• Experience working with AI-powered development tools and platforms such as Cursor IDE, Claude Code, or GitHub Copilot is advantageous, as is familiarity with LLM APIs (Anthropic Claude, OpenAI GPT, Google Gemini).

Soft skills

• You lead with vision and confidence. You bring clarity to complex and ambiguous situations, set a compelling direction for your teams and clients, and earn trust through consistent judgement, honesty, and delivery.
• You build relationships that last. Whether you're advising a CIO, facilitating a senior workshop, or mentoring a junior consultant, you listen carefully, communicate with impact, and invest in the long-term success of the people and organisations around you.
• You are commercially driven and growth minded. You spot opportunities, contribute to business development with energy and conviction, and take ownership of outcomes - both for clients and for the firm.
• You champion quality and inclusion. You set high standards, create an environment where people can do their best work, and actively contribute to a culture where diverse perspectives are valued and everyone is supported to thrive.
• You champion quality and inclusion. You set high standards, create an environment where people can do their best work, and actively contribute to a culture where diverse perspectives are valued and everyone is supported to thrive.

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