Managing Principal - AI Strategy
3Cloud
| Company | 3Cloud |
| Category | Data & Analytics |
| Location | Remote - US |
| Remote | Remote |
| Employment | Not stated |
| Level | Lead |
| Salary | Not stated by the employer |
| Posted | 30 Jul 2026 |
| Last verified | 9 Aug 2026 |
| Source | Employer ATS (greenhouse) |
Description
Are you looking for a role that motivates and challenges you? Are you ready for an opportunity for growth? Do you want to work on teams where people roll up their sleeves to take on tough problems together, and regularly blow the doors off our clients with their outstanding teamwork? If you answered yes to those questions, 3Cloud might just be for you!
At 3Cloud, we hire people who aren’t afraid to experiment or fail. We hire people who are willing to give direct and candid feedback to their managers, leaders, and team members. We hire people who jump at those opportunities because they care about our collective growth and success. We hire people who challenge and hold each other accountable for living 3Cloud’s core values because they know that it will result in amazing experiences and solutions for our clients and each other.
Managing Principal - AI Strategy
The Managing Principal, AI Strategy is one of the highest-level individual contributor roles at 3Cloud, combining deep technical authority, executive advisory capability, commercial leadership, and enterprise influence.
Reporting to the 3Cloud Chief AI Officer, the Managing Principal will also serve as Deputy Chief AI Officer and lead 3Cloud’s cross-service-line AI Center of Excellence. The role is jointly aligned to the Advisory and Data & AI service lines, connecting business-led AI strategy with architecture, engineering, delivery, governance, adoption, and measurable client outcomes.
The Managing Principal will help define 3Cloud's enterprise AI direction, advise clients on their most complex AI transformations, shape differentiated offerings, establish reusable technical capabilities, and accelerate AI-related bookings and downstream delivery pull-through. The initial emphasis is standing up the Center of Excellence and supporting strategic pursuits, with client commitments taking precedence when priorities conflict. Success comes through expertise and influence rather than traditional people-management authority.
Responsibilities
Deputy Chief AI Officer & AI Center of Excellence Leadership
· Partner with the Chief AI Officer to define and execute 3Cloud's enterprise AI strategy, operating model, investment priorities, and governance.
· Lead the cross-service-line AI Center of Excellence, establishing standards, reusable assets, reference architectures, accelerators, and best practices.
· Drive enterprise adoption of AI across client delivery, internal operations, practitioner enablement, and innovation.
· Align 3Cloud's AI strategy with Microsoft and Cognizant while preserving 3Cloud's Azure-focused differentiation.
· Measure and continuously improve the impact of the AI Center of Excellence through adoption, asset reuse, delivery quality, and business value.
Executive Advisory & Technical Leadership
· Serve as a trusted advisor to executive clients on enterprise AI strategy, governance, operating models, and large-scale AI transformation.
· Bridge business strategy with AI architecture, engineering, data platforms, agentic systems, and production delivery.
· Establish technical direction, architectural principles, and reference patterns for enterprise AI solutions.
· Provide guidance on the organization's most complex AI opportunities, architectures, delivery approaches, and technology decisions.
· Mentor senior architects, consultants, and technical leaders across the organization.
Offer Development & Commercial Growth
· Develop and evolve 3Cloud's AI portfolio across strategy, governance, engineering, agentic AI, platforms, industry solutions, and managed services.
· Shape strategic pursuits, executive presentations, solution development, and complex proposals.
· Convert executive AI strategy engagements into implementation, managed services, and long-term client relationships.
· Drive pipeline growth, solution differentiation, and cross-servi