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Fujitsu · 17 hours ago

Associate Partner

Fujitsu is a leading information and communication technology (ICT) company, and they are seeking an Associate Partner for their Wayfinders consulting firm focused on AI and data. This role involves owning client relationships, driving account growth, and ensuring delivery excellence across multiple engagements in the AI and data domain.

Cloud ComputingCloud InfrastructureCyber SecurityEnterprise SoftwareInformation and Communications Technology (ICT)Information TechnologyIT InfrastructureSoftware
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H1B Sponsor Likelynote
Hiring Manager
Karen Sarappo
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Responsibilities

Own senior executive relationships across business, data, and technology leadership
Serve as a trusted advisor on AI, data, and technology-enabled transformation
Translate client strategy into multi-year AI and data roadmaps with measurable outcomes
Maintain accountability for overall client satisfaction, outcomes, and long-term value
Drive account growth through opportunity identification, deal shaping, and closing
Lead or support proposal development, pricing strategy, and commercial negotiations
Manage revenue, margin, and delivery health across engagements
Provide senior technical oversight across multiple AI and data engagements
Validate architectural approaches spanning data platforms, ML, LLMs, agents, and orchestration layers
Ensure AI solutions are production-grade, scalable, secure, and aligned with enterprise standards
Guide teams on tradeoffs between rules-based systems, ML, LLMs, and hybrid approaches
Act as a senior escalation point for complex technical, architectural, or Responsible AI decisions
Ensure delivery teams apply strong engineering discipline, MLOps practices, and lifecycle management
Oversee integration of AI systems into enterprise workflows and operating models
Ensure adherence to data governance, security, privacy, and Responsible AI principles
Lead, mentor, and develop Engagement Managers, Managing Consultants, and senior technical leaders
Build and sustain high-performing teams aligned to Wayfinders’ technical and delivery standards
Contribute to talent strategy, including hiring profiles and technical capability development
Represent Wayfinders externally in executive, architectural, and technical forums
Shape and communicate points of view on AI architectures, agentic systems, and enterprise transformation
Contribute to development of reusable architectures, accelerators, and technical IP

Qualification

AI architecturesCloud-native data platformsML systemsExecutive communicationData governanceCommercial acumenPeople leadershipCoachingTechnical decision-makingOperating in ambiguity

Required

12+ years of experience in consulting or equivalent senior industry leadership roles
Proven ownership of large, complex AI or data transformation programs
Bachelor's degree required
Strong understanding of modern data and AI architectures, including cloud-native data platforms and pipelines
Strong understanding of ML and advanced analytics systems
Strong understanding of LLM-based solutions (prompting, RAG, agents)
Strong understanding of orchestration, monitoring, and lifecycle management
Ability to evaluate architecture, platform, and tooling decisions (e.g., data platforms, AI frameworks, cloud services)
Experience overseeing production AI systems and understanding operational risks (performance, drift, reliability, security)
Fluency in Responsible AI, governance, and enterprise risk considerations
Executive-level communication and influencing skills
Strong commercial acumen with revenue and margin accountability
Proven people leadership and coaching at senior levels
Ability to connect technical decisions to business outcomes and financial impact
Comfort operating in ambiguity while driving alignment and execution

Preferred

advanced degree strongly preferred

Benefits

Health
401K
Other benefits

Company

Fujitsu is a information & communications technology equipment and services firm providing IT & IT infrastructure and other services.

H1B Sponsorship

Fujitsu has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2022 (67)
2021 (118)
2020 (331)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
unknown
1949-05-16IPO

Leadership Team

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Peter Grassi
Chief Executive Officer, Oceania
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Ian Bradbury
CTO - Financial Services
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