Head of AI Product & Architecture Consulting

We’re hiring a Head of AI Product & Architecture Consulting!

Employment Type: Full-Time/Direct Hire

Location: Richmond, VA, Atlanta, GA, Washington, DC, New York City & Charlotte, NC Metro Areas

Location Type: Hybrid - 1-2 days onsite per week - Home Office/Local Ippon office

About Ippon:

The Ippon story started in 2002 in Paris, France - cue in the accordion. Our founder and CEO Stéphane Nomis used his unique experience as an international Judo champion to create a culture based on the sports values of ambition and excellence. Our USA Headquarters office is located in Richmond, VA, with additional offices in New York, NY,  Washington DC, Charlotte NC, and Atlanta, GA. We are a technology consulting firm that specializes in helping accelerate our client’s digital roadmap in the areas of AI, Product Management, Cloud, DevOps, Data, and Software Engineering. We are proud to be a Premier Snowflake Partner,an Advanced AWS Partner, and a Select Anthropic Partner. Ippon stands out through its financial services industry expertise, technical excellence, and a distinctive coaching mindset.

About the position:

Ippon is seeking a Head of Practice for AI Product & Architecture (APA) to lead and advance the continued evolution of our product and software engineering practice into an AI-native product engineering organization.  The Practice Head will lead Ippon's APA practice, combining deep expertise in software development, product engineering, agile delivery, architecture, and applied AI. This role is responsible for growing a high-performing consulting team, shaping the practice's methods and offerings, and ensuring delivery excellence across complex client engagements. 

The ideal candidate combines proven engineering and consulting leadership with a passion for and practical AI experience and a commitment to software craft.  Working with the CTO and leadership team, they will advance Ippon’s consulting toward broader ownership of customer problems, including Forward Deployed Engineering, building on APA’s engineering heritage and strong partnership with the cloud and data teams.