AI Technical Project Lead/Engineer - SFL Scientific

Our Deloitte Strategy & Transactions team helps guide clients through their most critical moments and transformational initiatives.

From strategy to execution, this team delivers integrated, end-to-end support and advisory services covering valuation modeling, cost optimization, restructuring, business design and transformation, infrastructure and real estate, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and sustainability.

Work alongside clients every step of the way, helping them navigate new challenges, avoid financial pitfalls, and provide practical solutions at every stage of their journey-before, during, and after any major transformational projects or transactions.

SFL Scientific, a Deloitte Business, is a U.S.

based, data science consulting firm specializing in building mission-specific, artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to support and transform our partners and clients.

Our scientists and engineers' partner with Deloitte to deliver custom AI capabilities.

We are hiring an experienced AI Technical Project Lead to drive the day-to-day execution of AI and consulting initiatives-from project strategy and data gathering, to sprint delivery and resolution of technical roadblocks, through executive-ready storytelling and leadership presentations.

Recruiting for this role ends on 8/31/2026.

Work you'll do

You'll operate at the intersection of delivery, technical coordination, and executive communication, ensuring AI workstreams progress predictably while stakeholders have the visibility and decisions they need.

In this role, you will translate business priorities into well-scoped work, manage delivery across cross-functional technical teams, and provide clear, concise status and recommendations to clients and internal leaders.

You will lead strategic planning and coordination, which may include development of comprehensive data strategies, data and AI governance frameworks, support testing and organizational change management plans, and the establishment of data science environments that allow technical teams to deliver novel products, tools, and services.


* Technical Program Management & Coordination



* Collaborate with technical leaders on end-to-end delivery for AI/GenAI and data workstreams across one or more client engagements, managing scope, timeline, dependencies, budget and quality


* Responsible for overall coordination, status reporting, and stability of project-orientated work efforts within a program


* Translate business requirements into user stories, technical tasks and drive backlog hygiene (acceptance criteria, prioritization, sizing, and definition of done)


* Run standups, plan sprints and demos if required, retros to ensure teams are unblocked and delivering commitments


* Partner with architects, engineers, MLOps, and data science teams to validate feasibility, sequencing, and integration dependencies (e.g., LLM integration, RAG, evaluation, model deployment)


* Proactively manage RAID (risk...