AI Architect - Strategic AI Solutions & Thought Leadership || Remote

Overview

Remote
Depends on Experience
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - W2
Contract - Independent
Contract - 12 Month(s)
No Travel Required

Skills

Agile
Algorithms
Amazon Web Services
AI Architect
Strategic AI Solutions
Thought Leadership

Job Details

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.
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