Principal AI Strategist – Solution Architect

AI Technology Partners

. Act as a trusted advisor and senior engagement leader across client engagements, driving AI strategy, requirements analysis, and solution architecture.

Posted 4/21/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud Platform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Act as a trusted advisor and senior engagement leader across client engagements, driving AI strategy, requirements analysis, and solution architecture.
Partner closely with executive stakeholders to identify high-impact opportunities, design enterprise-grade AI solutions, and guide successful implementation and adoption.
Serve as a senior, client-facing leader and trusted advisor to C-level and senior stakeholders.
Translate business objectives into clear AI strategies, roadmaps, and solution approaches.
Lead executive workshops, discovery sessions, and requirements analysis to define high-value use cases.
Build deep, long-term client relationships grounded in trust, value, and measurable outcomes.
Lead end-to-end solutioning efforts across pre-sales and early delivery phases.
Drive structured requirements analysis, translating business needs into scalable technical architectures.
Design and architect tailored, enterprise-grade AI solutions aligned to client goals, industry context, and constraints.
Partner on proposals, statements of work, and solution positioning.
Lead demos, proofs of concept (PoCs), and technical deep dives to accelerate decision-making.
Identify expansion opportunities and help shape new offerings and go-to-market strategies.
Own the architecture vision across client engagements, ensuring alignment from concept through implementation.
Design enterprise-grade generative AI solutions across cloud platforms.
Build and prototype solutions leveraging tools such as OpenAI, Gemini, Claude, Cohere, Copilot, and emerging frameworks.
Lead architecture across LLM orchestration, RAG pipelines, vector databases, APIs, and AI gateways.
Ensure solutions meet enterprise standards for security, scalability, governance, and compliance.
Provide hands-on technical guidance and architectural oversight to engineering teams.
Act as the engagement lead, ensuring alignment across client stakeholders, delivery teams, and leadership.
Guide delivery teams through implementation while maintaining architectural integrity and business alignment.
Establish high-level governance, milestones, and success metrics.
Support successful operationalization, adoption, and value realization.
Ensure client outcomes are achieved without owning day-to-day delivery execution.
Stay at the forefront of the rapidly evolving AI landscape and bring forward new capabilities.
Contribute to internal IP, frameworks, and repeatable solutions.
Mentor and elevate internal teams on AI strategy, architecture, and delivery best practices.
Represent AITP as a thought leader in client engagements and industry conversations.

Requirements

What you’ll need

10–15+ years of experience in enterprise technology, consulting, or solution architecture roles
Expert-level usage of generative AI tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, and others.
Proven experience designing and building AI solutions, including PoCs, MVPs, and production systems
Strong background in enterprise architecture, including cloud (Azure, AWS, GCP), security, networking, and integration patterns
Demonstrated success in client-facing roles with ownership of both pre-sales and delivery
Experience translating complex business requirements into scalable technical solutions
Experience with RAG architectures, vector databases, prompt engineering, and LLMOps/MLOps practices
Exceptional communication skills with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Benefits

Comp & perks

A highly collaborative, low-bureaucracy environment
Opportunity to shape the future of enterprise AI adoption
Meaningful, high-impact client work
A culture grounded in learning, growth, and innovation

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Hard Skills & Tools

AI strategysolution architecturerequirements analysisenterprise architecturegenerative AI solutionsRAG architecturesvector databasesprompt engineeringLLMOpsMLOps

Soft Skills

client engagementstakeholder managementcommunicationleadershipmentoringrelationship buildingstrategic thinkingproblem solvingcollaborationgovernance