Head of AI Product & Architecture Consulting

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      "content": "<div>\n<h3 style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 14pt; margin-bottom: 4pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-weight: 400;\">Practice Leadership &amp; Team Development</span></h3>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">Lead and grow the practice across people, offerings, delivery standards, and market positioning.</span></p>\n</li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">Continuously improve consulting methods, delivery playbooks, technical standards, and ways of working in collaboration with Customer Success and Senior Leadership.</span></p>\n</li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.2; 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