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Job Title: AI Architect Strategic AI Solutions & Thought Leadership
Location: NJ/SFO/Boston/Remote
Department: AI Practice
Experience Level: 10+ years (with 3-5 years in AI/ML leadership roles)
Job Summary:
We are seeking a visionary AI Architect to lead the design, development, and evangelism of cutting-edge AI solutions. This role blends technical depth with client-facing leadership, driving AI strategy, pre-sales efforts, PoCs, and AI innovation initiatives. The ideal candidate is a seasoned AI professional who combines architectural expertise, thought leadership, and the ability to translate complex AI capabilities into real- world business impact for clients.
Key Responsibilities:
AI Strategy & Thought Leadership
- Act as a thought leader in AI/ML representing the organization at industry forums, client workshops, and strategic events.
- Collaborate with leadership to shape the AI vision and roadmap aligned to business and market needs.
- Stay ahead of emerging AI trends (GenAI, LLMs, Computer Vision, NLP, MLOps) and bring innovative ideas to the table.
Client Engagement & Advisory
- Serve as a trusted advisor to C-level clients, understanding their business challenges and recommending AI-powered solutions.
- Lead client workshops, discovery sessions, and strategy engagements to articulate AI value propositions.
- Build strategic relationships with key enterprise clients and influence AI adoption across business lines.
AI Solution Architecture
- Architect scalable and production-grade AI solutions across supervised/unsupervised learning, NLP, CV, and Generative AI.
- Design end-to-end AI solution architectures data ingestion, model development, MLOps, deployment, and monitoring.
- Define solution blueprints, technology stack, and reference architectures tailored to client needs.
Pre-Sales & Solutioning
- Partner with sales and delivery teams to craft compelling AI proposals and presentations.
- Lead technical solutioning, estimation, and responses for RFPs/RFIs and client bids.
- Translate business problems into technical solutions, articulating ROI and competitive differentiation.
PoC Development & Innovation
- Drive rapid development of AI Proof-of-Concepts and pilot solutions to demonstrate feasibility and business impact.
- Lead agile cross-functional teams (data scientists, engineers, SMEs) to deliver high-quality prototypes.
- Enable reuse of AI components and accelerators across engagements.
Mentorship & Collaboration
- Mentor internal teams (data scientists, engineers) on AI best practices and career growth.
- Collaborate with product, engineering, and domain teams to scale AI across platforms and services.
Required Skills & Experience:
Technical Expertise
- Strong foundation in AI/ML algorithms, deep learning, NLP, computer vision, and LLMs (e.g., GPT, BERT, T5).
- Experience in deploying models using cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Proficiency in Python, TensorFlow/PyTorch, Scikit-learn, LangChain, Hugging Face, or equivalent frameworks.
- Understanding of MLOps, CI/CD for ML, model monitoring, and governance.
Strategic & Client-Facing Skills
- Proven experience in client consulting, pre-sales, or solutioning roles in AI services or platforms.
- Excellent communication and storytelling skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at various levels.
- Experience working across verticals such as Healthcare, BFSI, Retail, Manufacturing, or Life Sciences is a plus.