AI Architect – Digital & AI – Manager

Job available in these locations:

New York NY

Chicago IL

Charlotte NC

Houston TX

Our Digital & AI practice is looking for an experienced Manager to join the team.

This is a unique opportunity to shape and lead cutting-edge AI engagements. You will define strategy deliver complex AI programs and contribute to the growth of our AI consulting footprint. As a key member of our team you will help shape and drive a range of exciting technology-focused initiatives across all our US industry market sectors (Financial Services Products & Services Energy & Resources and Telecom & Media).

Our practice focuses on partnering with our clients to solve their most complex data and AI challenges. We leverage deep expertise across all facets of technology driven transformation encompassing digital innovation data analytics AI capabilities and technology platforms to design solutions uniquely tailored to each clients needs.

What you will be doing

As part of the Digital & AI team youll work closely with senior stakeholders to shape AI strategies define delivery roadmaps and oversee the implementation of scalable production-grade AI systems. You will be responsible for aligning AI solutions with our clients business goals developing technically robust solutions and maintaining ethical integrity. You will also be responsible for creating value for our clients by leading AI visioning sessions facilitating strategy workshops and overseeing the design and architecture documents and managing the downstream addition you will also support the development of our internal capabilities and provide mentorship to junior staff members enabling them to thrive in a fast-paced innovation driven environment.

Typical engagements include:

• Leading end-to-end delivery of AI/ML projects: Managing all phases of the project lifecycle from discovery and design to deployment monitoring and optimization while ensuring sustainable and impactful outcomes.
• Developing AI Solutions: Overseeing and building AI solutions through the infrastructure to the application layers. Rigorously testing the capabilities of the LLMs and fine tuning to suit the needs of our clients.
• Translating business requirements: Converting complex functional and non-functional needs into practical solutions that align with the organizations strategy policies and certain instances you may assist clients in establishing new policies principles and standards around AI.
• Advising on AI operating models and governance: Guiding clients to establish effective AI operating frameworks governance models and responsible AI practices to address ethical considerations and regulatory compliance.
• Scaling AI capabilities: Supporting clients in enhancing AI scalability through MLOps automation cloud infrastructure modernization and ensuring data readiness. This includes helping clients transition from on-premises systems to modern cloud-based infrastructures such as AWS Azure and GCP.
• Driving stakeholder engagement: Building consensus among technical and business stakeholders ensuring that delivery is aligned with business priorities and value creation.
• Participate in AI visioning and strategy workshops: Supporting clients by providing a framework of an ideal future state and providing them the necessary tools to make it into reality.

Your skills and experience

Our Manager position requires 6 years of experience in a consulting or industry role with a strong background in Data & AI initiatives.

We are looking for people who can both advise our clients and actively participate in technical delivery bringing solutions to life. Below are some of the key skills and qualifications we are seeking:

• Strategic Innovation: Developing tailored and innovative strategies for transformation and growth through AI coupled with the ability to lead the end-to-end delivery of AI/ML projects from discovery and design through to deployment monitoring and ongoing optimization.
• Identifying and Enabling AI Use Cases: Proactively identifying AI opportunities and crafting robust business cases to promote AI adoption ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Client Advisory and Upskilling: Advising clients on AI/ML operating models governance frameworks and responsible AI/ML practices while fostering their understanding and capabilities in AI/ML methodologies.
• Business-to-AI Translation: Translating business requirements both functional and non-functional into actionable technical solutions. This involves maintaining compliance with organizational strategies policies and standards while helping clients define new policies principles and standards when necessary.
• AI solution Design and build: Must have familiarity with the overarching AI stack layers (infrastructure data model development model deployment and application) and related Frameworks (such as TensorFlow and PyTorch) and programming languages (such as Python and/or R)
• AI readiness advisory: Lead clients through the discovery process conduct gap assessments across current technology stacks assess current operating models for AI enhancement conduct talent density analysis to enable AI adoption tagging analysis review current infrastructure for AI supplementation.
• Leadership in AI Delivery Planning: Converting business objectives into comprehensive AI/ML delivery plans managing cross-functional teams to execute ambitious goals effectively.
• Scaling AI/ML Capabilities: Supporting clients in scaling AI/ML processes through robust infra high quality data management MLOps cloud infrastructure and data readiness. Additionally facilitating transitions from legacy on-premises systems to modern cloud-based infrastructures such as AWS Azure and GCP.
• End-to-End AI Systems Delivery: Overseeing all stages of AI/ML project delivery from discovery to deployment and monitoring ensuring technical rigor and business impact.
• Stakeholder Engagement and Alignment: Driving effective engagement with stakeholders to ensure alignment between technical delivery and measurable business value creation.

What a career at Baringa will give you

PuttingPeopleFirst.

Baringa is a People First company and wellbeing is at the forefront of our culture. We recognize the importance of work-life balance and flexible working and provide our staff amazing benefits. Some of these benefits include:

• Salary range: $154000 - $185000
• Medical dental and vision insurance at no cost for employee-only coverage. These benefitsutilize comprehensive networks to offer coverage throughout the United States
• Company-paid group term life short-term disability long-term disability and travel insurance
• Participation in our 401k retirement plan; we contribute 3% of your annual base salary and match up to an additional 2% if you contribute to the plan
• Ability to set aside pre-tax dollars toward commuter benefits Health Savings Account Flexible Spending Account and Dep-care FSA
• Baringa People Fund an opportunity for every employee to manage their wellbeing through an activity of their choice outside of work
• Paid Parental leave of 16 weeks for primary caregivers
• Opportunities to grow your skills and knowledge through a range of learning courses and resources
• Five weeks annual leave with an additional two-week recharge after five years

Diversity and Inclusion

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging is central to our culture and that diversity is paramount to driving creativity innovation and value for our clients and for our people.

An award-winning workplace

You can be a part of our Great Place to Work with our commitment to women and well-being in the workplace for all.Click hereto see some of our recent awards and how weve achieved this.

Using business as a force for good.

We maintain high standards of environmental performance and transparency which can be seen through our commitment to Net Zero with our SBTI-verified Scope 1 2 and 3 emissions reduction targets and our support of the Better Business Act. We report our progress publicly and ensure that we are also externally assessed and scored through organizations like CDP and EcoVadis - helping us to continually identify where we can improve.

We have a long legacy of supporting the communities in which we work and offer a variety of ways to contribute by putting people first and creating impact that lasts. Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) agenda is about giving back to the communities in which we live and work by sharing our skills talent and essence we aim to empower and encourage everyone in the firm to contribute to the things we care about and support registered charities and organizations with a clear social or environmental purpose to increase the positive impact they can have.