At Avanade, we're at the forefront of the Data and AI revolution — helping organizations move beyond experimentation into enterprise-scale, value-driving solutions. As an Associate Director, Data & AI, you'll be a senior, highly visible leader shaping and delivering our most ambitious AI transformations across Canada — combining deep architecture expertise with the ability to deliver complex, multi-agent AI solutions end-to-end.

What you'll do

As an Associate Director, you'll own and deliver complex Data & AI engagements — bringing together architecture leadership, technical depth, and delivery excellence. You'll partner with clients, sales, and Microsoft to design and scale solutions that move organizations from pilots to production.

Key responsibilities

• Participate in all aspects of the sales cycle, including leading solution architecture for complex Data & AI engagements — including modern data platforms, advanced analytics, and machine learning

• Architect Generative AI and Agentic AI solutions — including multi-agent systems, Copilot extensions, RAG architectures, and AI orchestration platforms

• Deliver large-scale GenAI and Agentic AI programs end-to-end — from architecture and design through implementation, deployment, scaling, and value realization

• Engage executive and C-suite stakeholders through workshops, value-based presentations, and architecture reviews

• Embed Responsible AI principles — governance, security, evaluation, and risk management — across every engagement

• Partner with Microsoft and ecosystem partners to co-innovate, co-deliver, and stay ahead of the AI frontier

Come join us
There’s one in every group—the person who sees what’s possible and goes after it. If you are a consultative deal hunter who gets energized by opening doors, shaping bold Microsoft-powered solutions, and closing transformational work, you’ll thrive at Avanade.

We’re hiring in Canada within our sales organization. You’ll be a player-coach—winning business directly while elevating the team around you—backed by one of the most deeply Microsoft-aligned consultancies in the market. Together, we do what matters.

Key Responsibilities

• Hunt, shape, and win opportunities—owning the end-to-end sales cycle from first outreach through negotiation and close, with VP/C-level buyers.

• Build pipeline and deliver revenue through multiple motions: new logo acquisition and land & expand growth across your assigned territory and accounts.

• Lead co-sell motions with Microsoft and collaborate with channel partners—aligning plans, shaping pursuits, and winning together.

• Lead complex pursuits and orchestrate the team to deliver outcome-led proposals—progressing opportunities through statements of work, commercial approvals, and contracting.

• Earn executive trust—map stakeholders, open doors, create referrals, and keep Avanade positioned as a long-term partner.

• Grow business across priority sectors: Financial Services, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Retail & Consumer Goods, plus Resources (Energy, Oil & Gas), Communications, Media & Technology (CMT), and Products (including Manufacturing).

At Avanade, cybersecurity consultants are innovators, and challengers of the status quo. If you’re an experienced Digital Identity Specialist, who can help our clients solve complex challenges, this might be the perfect opportunity for you.   

In a client-facing consulting role, you will work on exciting projects that transform our client’s solutions with a focus on the Microsoft Digital Identity capabilities as well as other leading market vendors (e.g. Saviynt & One Identity). As a member of our security practice, you will work for both Avanade and Accenture clients, ranging from medium to large global enterprise clients. 

Join a curious and diverse team that’s passionate about next-gen tech and establish yourself as a Leader in the Digital Identity space. Together, let’s transform cybersecurity.   

Chargeable individuals who design and implement solutions to ensure people have the appropriate access. Including Authentication, Authorization, Administration & Auditing, Identity Lifecyle Management, RBAC, External Identities (B2B and CIAM), Privileged Access Management (PAM) and implement Zero Trust Principles.

Key Accountabilities:

• Develop and implement modern authentication solutions (OAuth, SAML, token-based authentication, claims transformations).
• Manage identities and authentication services using Microsoft Entra ID, including SSO, Conditional Access, MFA, PIM, and authentication methods.
• Enhance and secure Active Directory environments, including AD tiered models, GPOs, DNS, PKI/Certification Authority, and AD recovery.
• Manage IAM lifecycle processes (provisioning, deprovisioning, JML, IGA).
• Configure and maintain Entra ID Hybrid Sync and application provisioning (SCIM, custom attributes).
• Develop and implement External Identity solutions including Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM)
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex IAM issues across AD, Entra ID, and authentication flows.
• Lead or contribute to solution design and delivery for identity projects.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders in an agile environment.
• Support privileged access management and secrets management initiatives.