Engagement Lead Architect- Data & Agentic AI

Function

Were Hitachi Digital Services a global digital solutions and transformation business with a bold vision of our worlds potential. Were people-centric and here to power good. Every day we future-proof urban spaces conserve natural resources protect rainforests and save lives. This is a world where innovation technology and deep expertise come together to take our company and customers from whats now to whats next. We make it happen through the power of acceleration.

Imagine the sheer breadth of talent it takes to bring a better tomorrow closer to today. We dont expect you to fit every requirement your life experience character perspective and passion for achieving great things in the world are equally as important to us.

You will lead client engagements that take enterprises from AI ambition to agents in production. You own the client relationship the architecture direction and the business outcome and you lead a small senior team of architects engineers and consultants. Engagements start in consulting mode assess shape prototype and move to delivery once the use case is proven.

What you will do:

Discover and shape

Align executive sponsors on goals success measures scope and decision rights.

Assess the clients data analytics and AI landscape: platforms data readiness semantics governance and operating model.

Shape a portfolio of agent use cases by value data readiness and risk; recommend where to start.

Steer a working prototype and make the build-vs-buy calls across hyperscaler lakehouse open-source and partner options.

Present a clear go / no-go with scope team plan and value case for delivery.

Deliver

Act as design authority for the data context and agent architecture.

Run delivery governance: plan RAID status steering committees and change control.

Own the value case: baseline KPIs and the readout of results against baseline.

Ensure security identity entitlements evaluations and human approval are in place before agents act on business systems.

Coach the team and grow the relationship through evidence-based next steps.

Mandatory Experience and Skills to bring:

15 years in data analytics and AI including 5 years leading client-facing programs for large enterprises.

Hands-on architecture depth on Databricks or similar (Unity Catalog Genie Mosaic AI / Agent Bricks MLflow) and at least one hyperscaler (AWS Azure or Google Cloud).

At least one GenAI or agent solution taken into production with evaluation guardrails and access controls.

Strong grasp of semantic layers business glossaries ontologies and knowledge graphs and how agents use them through tools and MCP.

Executive presence: you frame choices for senior leaders and get decisions made.

Commercial judgment in scoping estimation and change control.

Nice to have experience & skills:

Manufacturing automotive or supply-chain industry experience.

Databricks or cloud professional certifications.

Experience with agent observability AI FinOps agent registries or gateways.

Prior consulting or professional-services leadership.

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Were a global team of innovators. Together we harness engineering excellence and passion to co-create meaningful solutions to complex challenges. We turn organizations into data-driven leaders that can make a positive impact on their industries and society. If you believe that innovation can bring a better tomorrow closer to today this is the place for you.

Hitachi is a global company operating across a wide range of industries and regions. One of the things that sets Hitachi apart is the diversity of our business and people which drives our innovation and growth.

We are committed to building an inclusive culture based on mutual respect and merit-based systems. We believe that when people feel valued heard and safe to express themselves they do their best work.

We help take care of your today and tomorrow with industry-leading benefits support and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing. Were also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent). Were always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best which leads to unexpected ideas. So here youll experience a sense of belonging and discover autonomy freedom and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with.

Were proud to say were an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race colour religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin veteran age disability status or any other protected characteristic. Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.