Required Skills & Experience

Experience leading or mentoring technical teams (direct or matrixed)

Ability to operate at a high-level across teams (30+), ensuring alignment and quality

Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

Comfortable working directly with VP/C-suite leadership

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

Background in consulting environments (BCG, Big 4, similar)

Experience in regulated or asset-heavy industries (manufacturing, energy, etc.)

Job Description

Our technical manufacturing client is seeking a hands-on AI Technical Lead with a strong builder mindset to help drive enterprise AI initiatives. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys architecting and building solutions, while also mentoring teams and ensuring the technical quality and scalability of AI deployments.

This is not a pure management role; the focus is on technical leadership, solution design, and hands-on contribution, with some team oversight. This is a 6-month contract to hire opportunity, 1-2 days a week onsite in Wilmington, DE. The pay range is $105-$112/hr.

Responsibilities:

Lead the design and development of enterprise AI solutions, including integrations across internal platforms

Act as a technical leader and mentor for a team of ~30 AI engineers, providing guidance on architecture, best practices, and delivery quality

Collaborate with a broader group of ~10 strategy/advisory resources to align technical execution with business goals

Drive the integration of AI tools (including Copilot/agents) across systems such as:

Microsoft ecosystem / Azure

SAP / ERP platforms

Workday, finance systems, and enterprise applications

Help deploy and scale AI agents in a production enterprise environment

Partner with C-suite and senior stakeholders to shape AI strategy and roadmap

Pay: Up to $110/hr. on W2