Vice President Director, Technology - AI Strategy & Solutions

Publicis Groupe•Boston, MA

About The Position

Digitas is seeking a Vice President Director, Technology - AI Strategy & Solutions to help enhance agency operations by applying generative AI and data to digital marketing operations. You'll join a team that's building and maturing our ever-accelerating bespoke AI platform in service of the rest of the agency. The team creates, deploys, and supports custom-made AI agents that increase the efficiency and productivity of our internal teams, while keeping them on the cutting edge of serving our clients. In this pivotal role, you will partner closely with internal stakeholder teams and practices to analyze their processes, uncover pain points, map out opportunities, apply a technical strategy lens, and deliver solutions for AI transformation. While generative AI will be a core focus, your toolbox will also include automation technologies and process/workflow optimization. Why Join Us? You'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of digital experiences and AI-powered solutions for teams serving Fortune 500 clients, leveraging cutting-edge technology in a collaborative, agency environment. Who You Are: A leader and a doer. You'll manage projects and people and be hands-on in architecting and delivering solutions. Expect to lead meetings with key internal stakeholders, document requirements, assess technical feasibility, consult and collaborate with SMEs, create technical documentation including technical diagrams, strategy manifestoes, user flows, system prompts, and data flows. In addition, you will develop and coach junior staff The owner of technical expertise and a deft interpersonal touch. You can go deep on MCP servers with an architect on Monday and the next day talk brand safety and creative concepting with a brand creative lead An expert at balancing blue-sky ideation with real-world solutioning—and you know when to emphasize one versus the other A top-notch presenter Flexible, adaptable, and fluid A subject matter expert in prompt engineering and generative AI best practices, offering hands-on guidance and training to clients to maximize the value of the platform Bonus points if you have experience in media planning and buying, and/or media automation - enough to know the jargon and have a baseline understanding of their processes

Requirements

9+ years in a Product Manager, Product Owner, or Business Analyst role, with significant digital/technology project experience
5+ years consulting or working in a digital agency environment
Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Business or Technology related field preferred
Robust expertise in Artificial Intelligence and Generative AI, with hands-on experience in designing, deploying, and optimizing solutions
Proven capability in system/business analysis and driving product development from ideation to launch
Proficient in modern AI platforms, tools, and the digital/software development lifecycle
Excellent analytical, creative problem-solving, and critical thinking skills
Exceptional communication, presentation, and interpersonal abilities
Demonstrated leadership in managing multidisciplinary teams and fostering innovation
Adaptability to handle risk, change, and feedback while maintaining composure under pressure

Nice To Haves

Bonus points if you have experience in media planning and buying, and/or media automation - enough to know the jargon and have a baseline understanding of their processes

Responsibilities

Be a key representative of the Digitas AI team to our internal partners and stakeholders throughout the agency
Partner with internal teams and SMEs to deliver AI solutions for agency teams such as Strategy, Data and Analysis, Media, Experience Design, Project Management, Social and our cross-capability client solution streams (Total Commerce, CRM, Creative Experience)
Drive the end-to-end discovery, strategy, and delivery of AI-powered projects using our generative AI platform
Architect, prototype, and implement innovative solutions across diverse use cases
Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams—including designers, developers, and strategists—to ideate, develop, and launch new agents and experiences
Identify opportunities to expand and enhance the core platform and work with platform development team to define use cases, feature requirements, and acceptance criteria
Help to define intake, planning, and delivery processes that make work mature, scalable, sustainable, and impactful
Build and execute rollout, training, support, and maintenance processes and practices
Present complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences with clarity and confidence
Report to the Vice President Group Director, Technology, Agency and Media Solutions
Partner with peers like the AI Program Director, AI Media Solutions Digital Product Manager, and AI leaders within our agency disciplines