Principal, Digital Transformation - Insurance AI Lead

Location: USA, Illinois, Chicago — 800 W Fulton

Company

Baker Tilly is a U.S.-based advisory, tax, assurance, and business consulting firm serving clients through digital transformation and related professional services.

What you will do

• Build and scale the Insurance-focused Digital Transformation practice across AI, automation, application development, and data analytics.
• Grow the business through networking, alliance sales, professional sales support, client acquisition, and revenue development.
• Lead Baker Tilly and client teams through business process and technology transformation projects.
• Develop technology strategies, transformation roadmaps, delivery capabilities, and large-scale solution programs.
• Advise clients and collaborate with CIO, CDO, CXO, firm leadership, technology vendors, startups, and industry experts.
• Mentor and coach associates while supporting their technical and professional development.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a business field required; a master’s or advanced degree is desirable.
• Twenty years of senior leadership experience within complex technology or digital/product organizations; five or more years of supervisory, mentoring, and counseling experience is desired.
• Previous Partner, Principal, or Managing Director experience in a professional services organization, with proven success building and growing a consulting practice.
• Executive-level fluency in strategic planning, information system design and implementation, and program management for large, complex transformation projects.
• Experience with application integration, digital solutions focused on advanced analytics and intelligent automation, innovation, ambidextrous operating models, and emerging trends.
• Ability to decompose scope into detailed activities and deliverables and hand off work packages to Baker Tilly, client, and third-party delivery resources.
• Full-lifecycle application development experience, including requirements gathering, use case development, system analysis and design, integration, testing, and deployment.
• Strong management, analytical, organizational, interpersonal, project management, and communication skills, with the ability to lead and supervise others and provide exceptional client service.
• Ability to work outside core business hours for client engagements and travel nationally as needed.

Nice to have

• Extensive business development experience within a professional services firm.
• Experience with Agile software delivery management tools and techniques, including Scrum, JIRA, and Confluence.

Culture & Benefits

• Entrepreneurial, fast-growing digital consulting practice focused on innovation and client impact.
• Collaborative work with firm leadership, associates, clients, vendors, startups, and industry experts.
• Firm-wide learning and development programs and ongoing professional development opportunities.
• Work requires flexibility outside core business hours and national travel for client engagements.