Manager, AI Architect, Strategy, Governance & Architecture, SAMA, Consulting

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Job description

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Do you want to be at the heart of some of the biggest and most ambitious AI & Data projects? Strategy, Analytics and M&A How do you make intelligent, future-proof decisions in a world where change is the one constant? That's exactly what you'll help our clients to do. You'll build trusted relationships with business stakeholders - and use the most exciting new technologies available - to create data-driven programmes that transform their organisations. Your advice will help clients position their organisations to succeed in an ever evolving marketplace.

Connect to your career at Deloitte

Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, that covers audit, risk advisory, and consulting services across tax, legal, business, technology and corporate finance, we help our clients become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

What brings us all together at Deloitte? It's how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most.

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Take your career to the next level by joining one of the world's best and most recognised professional services firms.

We are seeking to hire experienced AI Architects in the Data & AI Architecture team of Deloitte's AI & Data service offering.

You will have the opportunity to work with a huge variety of interesting, international, and world-leading clients who are navigating an evolving marketplace where Generative AI is taking artificial intelligence to a new level. This technology has the potential to transform businesses by creating higher-order opportunities such as new services, business models, and improved productivity across the value chain.

As an AI Architect, you will solve our clients' most challenging business problems by applying Generative AI and other ML techniques to design, implement and operate robust and cutting-edge solutions.

By joining Deloitte, you will have access to the best training and learning opportunities, allowing you to develop new skills and hone existing ones. You will be working in fast-paced teams with other highly talented, fun and motivated colleagues. We also encourage consideration of flexible ways of working, both formal and informal arrangements that allow for the best outcomes for our people and our clients. If this opportunity is of interest to you, please do discuss with us.

Strategy, Analytics and M&A

How do you make intelligent, future-proof decisions in a world where change is the one constant? That's exactly what you'll help our clients to do. You'll build trusted relationships with business stakeholders - and use the most exciting new technologies available - to create data-driven programmes that transform their organisations. Your advice will help clients position their organisations to succeed in an ever-evolving marketplace.

Your Role

As an AI Architect, your role will be to develop the AI architecture strategy, supporting our clients to design, implement and operate scalable architectures that support the effective deployment of AI models.You will play a critical role in designing and delivering innovative architectures that seamlessly integrate AI solutions with existing enterprise systems.

You are an exceptional communicator, able to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders with ease. You have a strong ability to collaborate and work effectively in a team environment, leveraging the strengths of others to achieve common goals. You are outcome focussed and have a desire to be pragmatic in your approach to designing and delivering high-quality solutions that meet or exceed client expectations.

Responsibilities include:

• Translate the vision of senior client stakeholders and senior Deloitte architects into the AI/ML/GenAI architectural strategy and implementation roadmap, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and digital transformation efforts.
• Collaborate with Enterprise, Application, Data & DevOps Architects, Data scientists, MLOps & GenAI Engineers, and Business teams to pilot use cases and discuss architectural design.
• Select appropriate technologies from a pool of open-source and commercial offerings, considering deployment models and integration with existing tools.
• Support the successful execution and operational improvement of AI-powered applications using agile methodology.
• Work closely with security and risk leaders to foresee and mitigate risks, ensuring ethical AI implementation and compliance with upcoming regulations.
• Assist project teams with technical review boards and design authority approvals, ensuring compliance with data privacy, security and regulatory requirements in AI solution design and implementation.
• Develop and maintain contact with client stakeholders and contribute to proposal development.
• Manage diverse teams within an inclusive team culture where people are recognised for their contribution.
• Develop the capability of junior team members through 'on the job' training and formal development programmes.

At Deloitte we believe the best impact is the value we add, not the hours we sit at our desk. We carefully consider agile ways of working, both formal and informal, that allow for the best impact for our people and our clients. Please speak to your recruiter about the working pattern that works best for you.

Connect to your skills and professional experience

We are looking for candidates who are able to demonstrate skills and experience in some of the following.

Essential

• Experience in architecture related disciplines.
• Background in data science with good understanding of concepts relevant to AI/ML.
• Experience in implementing cloud-based AI/ML workloads across one or more CSPs or third-party vendor technologies, including Google PaLM and Vertex AI, Azure OpenAI Services and AzureML, AWS Bedrock and Sagemaker, Dataiku, Databricks, Snowflake SnowPark and Snowflake Cortex, Data Robot.
• Experience in architecting scalable, performant & cost optimized AI/ML solutions leveraging; serverless technologies, container / Kubernetes based deployments, GPU compute infrastructure.
• Working knowledge of generative AI and hands on experience in deploying and hosting Large Foundational Models.
• Experience with LLM architecture (e.g., Transformer, GANs, VAEs), Fine-tuning, Retrieval Augmented Generation techniques and Context embedding, Vector database technologies and Semantic Search techniques & tools.
• Experience in writing robust and efficient code in Python.
• Experience in using tools related to deep learning like PyTorch, TensorFlow, LangChain.
• Experience in designing & implementing key MLOps capabilities & frameworks in delivering robust train, test, monitor and improve lifecycles for AI/ML model deployments.
• Knowledge in developing and integrating APIs especially related to serve ML models.
• Knowledge on building solutions that are integrated with the enterprise to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Experience in working within an architecture function and presenting architectural designs to a variety of stakeholders (incl. Technical Design Authorities or Architecture Boards).
• Ability to demonstrate senior stakeholder management skills and collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to bring teams together and leading technical programmes to drive success through applying coaching, facilitation, stakeholder management and expectation management capabilities.
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities, with the capability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Ability to contribute to 'go-to-market' activities such as responding to RFI / RFPs and developing high-quality proposal materials.

Desirable

• Advanced degrees in Computer Science or Data Science or equivalent.
• Professional certifications in AI/ML technologies and Cloud platforms.

Connect to your business - Consulting

Distinctive thinking, deep expertise, and collaborative working. That's what connects us. That's what makes us Deloitte. If you want to help solve some of the biggest challenges around, join us. Together, we'll make an impact that matters.

Personal independence

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.

Connect with your colleagues

"The great culture, flexibility, and range of experiences that Deloitte offers is what sets this firm apart. In Human Capital, Deloitte is far ahead of any of our immediate competitors."

-Sophia, Consulting

Our hybrid working policy

You'll be based in London, Manchester or Reading with hybrid working. Our hybrid model enables our people to collaborate, connect and innovate in both a virtual and physical capacity. As well as remote working, you'll attend your local office, virtual collaboration spaces and client sites, depending on the requirements of the role.

At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That's why we'll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you'll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You'll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.

Our commitment to you

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it's why we're here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.

We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we're nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we'll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it's only when you're comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.

Your expertise is our capability, so we'll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it's from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you'll learn every day. Through world-class development, you'll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you'll learn how to lead.

Connect to your next step

A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you'll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You'll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you'll never stop growing, whatever your level.

Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careers

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