Senior Lead/project manager Artificial Intelligence Solutions Consultant

AI Engineering Lead/PM
Contract C2C or W2 - Charlotte priority, Phoenix , AZ alternate. 
Hybrid - 3 days onsite

Company Overview:
Req ID: 371588
NTT DATA strives to hire exceptional, innovative and passionate individuals who want to grow with us. If you want to be part of an inclusive, adaptable, and forward-thinking organization, apply now.
We are currently seeking a Senior Lead Artificial Intelligence Solutions Consultant to join our team in Charlotte, North Carolina (US-NC), United States (US).

Job Description:
Job Duties: Lead the design and delivery of enterprise‐scale Artificial Intelligence and Generative AI solutions for complex business problems. Act as a client‐facing solution lead, translating business requirements into scalable AI architectures across data, models, and platforms. Provide hands‐on technical leadership across GenAI use cases including Retrieval‐Augmented Generation (RAG), agentic workflows, model orchestration, and AI platform integration. Partner with stakeholders, architects, and engineering teams to ensure secure, high‐performance, and production‐ready AI solutions aligned to enterprise and regulatory standards. Minimum Skills Required: Required Qualifications: • 4+ years of Artificial Intelligence experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education • 3+ years across product/solution management, program delivery, or technical product ownership for AI/ML platforms, or cloud-native solutions. • 3+ years hands-on with cloud technologies (Google Cloud Platform, or Azure) and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes/OpenShift). Desired Qualifications • 5+ years across the AI/ML lifecycle: data management, feature engineering, model development, deployment, monitoring/observability, and model risk/governance. • Experience in large enterprise environments (regulated industries preferred) and building platforms at scale. • Hands-on with GenAI and agentic AI (LLMs, diffusion models, RAG, tool use/agents); familiarity with OpenAI Azure, Hugging Face, LangChain/LangGraph, ADK, vector databases. • Experience with MLOps/LLMOps tooling and practices (model registry, CI/CD, feature store, prompt/chain/versioning, evaluation, guardrails, monitoring). • Strong communication skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and simplify complex technical topics • Working knowledge of platform components and services such as Vertex AI, BigQuery, OpenShift, IBM CP4D, and large-scale distributed model execution platforms. • Proven ability to create and implement executive-level roadmaps and dashboards demonstrating business impact and risk posture. • Excellent technical depth with the ability to dive into APIs, SDKs, security controls, data contracts, and performance profiles. • Strong negotiation, stakeholder engagement, and cross-functional leadership skills.

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Where required by law, NTT DATA provides a reasonable range of compensation for specific roles. The starting hourly range for this remote role is ($90 - 95 /hourly ). This range reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation for the position across all US locations. Actual compensation will depend on several factors, including the candidate''s actual work location, relevant experience, technical skills, and other qualifications.

This position is eligible for company benefits that will depend on the nature of the role offered. Company benefits may include medical, dental, and vision insurance, flexible spending or health savings account, life, and AD&D insurance, short-and long-term disability coverage, paid time off, employee assistance, participation in a 401k program with company match, and additional voluntary or legally required benefits.