skillventory - A Leading Talent Research Firm

SVP, Head of AI Architecture

skillventory - A Leading Talent Research Firm

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Boston • Massachusetts, North Carolina, Texas • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $185,000 - $400,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

AWSCloud

About the role

  • Define the strategic vision and roadmap for AI architecture practice across the enterprise, identifying high-impact opportunities for AI adoption
  • Lead the design and development of robust, scalable, and secure AI architectures, and integration with existing IT infrastructure
  • Serve as the top technical leader for AI architecture, guiding the selection of appropriate platforms, frameworks, and cloud technologies
  • Build, lead, and mentor a multidisciplinary team of Architects fostering a culture of innovation and best practices
  • Collaborate with architects from various functional domains, executive leadership, engineers, security specialists, and business stakeholders to provide direction for AI solutions and articulate complex technical concepts effectively to non-technical audiences
  • Stay abreast of emerging AI advancements, such as Generative AI, agentic workflows, and drive innovation through prototyping and validating new technologies.

Requirements

  • A Master's or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, or a related STEM field is required
  • 15 + years of general experience and 10+ years of experience in AI/ML, data science, or software architecture, with proven experience in deploying enterprise-grade AI solutions into production environments
  • Deep understanding of AI/ML concepts, algorithms, frameworks, and programming languages
  • Experience with cloud computing and MLOps tools is essential
  • Proven expertise in LLMs (OpenAI, LLaMA, Claude, Gemini), RAG, agent frameworks (LangChain, LangGraph), fine-tuning (LoRA, QLoRA, PEFT), and prompt management
  • Strong understanding of security implications related to AI/ML systems (e.g., data privacy, model poisoning, adversarial attacks)
  • Familiarity with various Hyperscaler tools and services is a plus
  • Ability to drive organizational change by embedding AI/ML architecture practices directly into core technology delivery teams
  • Experience with major cloud platforms such as Snowflake and AWS (or other public cloud)
  • Strong executive communication & leadership presence, engaging with executive leadership (C-Suite) are required to frequently participate in core initiatives and has broad exposure to executive leadership
  • Consistent record of operations collaboration and delivery with the ability to build key relationships and influence partners on enterprise objectives
  • Ability to challenge the status quo and facilitate the exchange and creation of ideas to address business challenges and improve performance
  • Excellent talent skills and agile operating model experience with ability to develop impactful teams by setting clear goals and holding self and others accountable to standards of excellence.
Benefits
  • Comprehensive health care coverage and emotional well-being support
  • Market-leading retirement
  • Generous paid time off and parental leave
  • Charitable giving employee match program
  • Educational assistance including student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, and learning resources to develop your career

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
AI architectureAI/MLdata sciencesoftware architectureLLMsMLOpscloud computingfine-tuningprompt managementsecurity implications
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationmentoringcollaborationinnovationorganizational changerelationship buildinginfluenceproblem-solvingaccountability
Certifications
Master's degreePh.D.