Brillio

Associate Director, Analytics - Construction, California

Brillio  •  Edison, NJ (Onsite)  •  16 hours ago
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Job Description

Role Brief:

We are seeking a highly versatile and client-facingAssociate Director, Analytics to drive AI and analytics transformation initiatives for strategic clients in the construction and built-environment domain. This role blends the responsibilities of a product owner, analytics consultant, solution architect, and hands-on technology leader.

The ideal candidate is someone who began their career as a strong hands-on engineer/coder and has evolved into a consulting-led leadership role capable of owning business outcomes, shaping AI products, engaging senior stakeholders, and leading cross-functional delivery teams.

This individual will work at the intersection of AI/ML and analytics strategy, construction domain workflows and operational intelligence, product ownership and stakeholder management, data engineering and application architecture and full-stack AI solution delivery.

The role requires both strategic thinking and technical depth, with the ability to translate ambiguous business problems into scalable AI-enabled products and platforms.

Responsibilities:

  • Act as the primary AI/Analytics Product Owner for client engagements within the construction domain.
  • Partner with client business stakeholders to identify high-value AI, analytics, automation, and optimization opportunities.
  • Define product vision, roadmap, KPIs, feature prioritization, and release planning for AI-enabled platforms and solutions.
  • Drive discovery workshops, problem framing sessions, and use-case prioritization exercises.
  • Translate business problems into scalable data, analytics, and AI solution architectures.
  • Own stakeholder communication, executive reporting, and strategic advisory discussions.
  • Lead development of AI/ML-driven solutions involving Computer Vision, OCR/document intelligence, LLM and GenAI applications, Predictive analytics, Operational optimization, Recommendation systems
  • Define AI solution strategy, experimentation approach, evaluation metrics, and product ionization plans.
  • Guide teams on model selection, data strategy, feature engineering, and deployment approaches.
  • Establish scalable AI governance, monitoring, and feedback-loop mechanisms.
  • Provide technical leadership across: Data Engineering, Backend/API development, Full-stack application architecture, Cloud-native analytics platforms, BI and visualization ecosystems
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to design scalable architectures and integration patterns.
  • Review technical designs, APIs, pipelines, and engineering implementation approaches.
  • Ensure alignment between product vision and technical execution.
  • Act as a trusted advisor to client leadership teams.
  • Lead requirement discussions, solution walkthroughs, demos, and steering committee updates.
  • Drive cross-functional collaboration across business, data science, engineering, and UX teams.
  • Manage delivery governance, prioritization, risks, dependencies, and execution tracking.
  • Mentor teams and foster a strong engineering and innovation culture.

Requirements:

  • 10–15+ years of experience across analytics, AI/ML, data engineering, and enterprise application delivery.
  • Prior experience in consulting, analytics advisory, or client-facing transformation programs.
  • Strong experience acting as AI Product Owner, Analytics Lead, Solution Architect, Technical Program Lead.
  • Early career experience as a hands-on software engineer/developer is mandatory.
  • Experience working with construction, engineering, manufacturing, industrial, or built-environment clients is strongly preferred.
  • Knowledge of Analytics & AI.
  • Strong understanding of Machine Learning, Deep Learning, GenAI/LLM ecosystems, NLP and Computer Vision, Predictive analytics, Statistical modelling.
  • Experience with AI product lifecycle management and production AI systems.
  • Strong knowledge of Data pipelines and ETL/ELT, Data warehousing/Lakehouse architectures, Streaming and batch processing, SQL and distributed data processing
  • Experience with modern cloud data ecosystems.
  • Strong backend engineering foundation with experience inPython / Node.js / Java, REST APIs and microservices, Event-driven systems
  • Understanding of modern frontend and full-stack application architecture.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with UX/UI and product engineering teams.
  • Experience with enterprise BI and reporting ecosystems.
  • Ability to drive executive dashboards, KPI frameworks, and operational analytics solutions.
  • Familiarity with Azure/ preferably GCP ecosystems.
  • Understanding of CI/CD, MLOps, containerization, and deployment strategies.

Desired Candidate Profile:

  • Combines consulting mindset with strong technical depth.
  • Can move seamlessly between business discussions and technical architecture conversations.
  • Has strong ownership, entrepreneurial mindset, and product thinking.
  • Is comfortable working in ambiguity and building 0-to-1 AI solutions.
  • Can challenge assumptions and influence executive stakeholders.
  • Has credibility with both engineering teams and business leaders.
  • Is hands-on enough to review code/designs while operating at leadership level.
  • Demonstrates strong communication, storytelling, and workshop facilitation skills.

Preferred Background:

  • Construction technology (ConTech)
  • Blueprint/document intelligence
  • Estimation or procurement analytics
  • BIM/CAD data workflows
  • AI-powered operational platforms
  • Industrial AI or field operations analytics
  • Digital transformation consulting

Education:

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Analytics, or related field.
  • MBA or equivalent consulting/product management exposure is a plus.

Benefits:

Brillio offers a comprehensive benefits program for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance with multiple plan options
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with Brillio employer contributions and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Company-paid Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) coverage
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability coverage
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Flexible Paid Time Off (Flexi-PTO) and paid company holidays
• Paid Parental Leave including maternity, parental bonding, adoption, and surrogacy benefits
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and wellness resources
• Learning and Development programs including training and certification support
• Student Loan Contribution Program for eligible employees
• Employee discount and wellness programs including fitness, lifestyle, and family support benefits
• Backup care support for children, elder care, and pets
• Additional voluntary benefits including legal services, accident coverage, critical illness coverage, and pet insurance

Brillio

About Brillio

Brillio is one of the fastest growing digital technology service providers and a partner of choice for many Fortune 1000 companies seeking to turn disruption into a competitive advantage through innovative digital adoption. Founded in 2014 as a digitally native full-service digital transformation services and consulting firm, we apply our expertise in customer experience transformation, data analytics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), platform and product engineering, cloud infrastructure, and security to help clients quickly innovate for growth, create digital products, build service platforms, and drive smarter, data-driven performance.

Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, we are powered by a diverse global team of world-class professionals across the U.S., the UK, Romania, Canada, Mexico and India, and are certified a Great Place to Work®. We help clients harness the transformative potential of the four superpowers of technology: cloud computing, Internet of Things (IoT), AI, and mobility. We bring deep expertise across the full spectrum of digital capabilities:

• Accelerating customer experience transformation to drive growth, customer advocacy, and superior customer experience

• Powering intelligent enterprises by harnessing the potential of data, analytics, and AI

• Crafting products of relevance with a product mindset and high-performance engineering

• Enabling enterprise agility with resilient cloud infrastructure and security

To learn more, please visit https://www.brillio.com/ and follow us here or @brillioglobal.

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