ETIC, AI Architect - Director level

Director (D) For AI & Intelligent Automation

The Director (D) for AI & Intelligent Automation will define and execute the enterprise strategy for Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Automation across business domains. This role blends technical excellence, strategic leadership, and commercial acumen, combining deep expertise in Python, .NET, and cloud-native architectures to deliver scalable, secure, and value-generating intelligent systems – leveraging the latest in thinking in the future agentic web.

The MD/D will partner with C-suite executives, technology leaders, and global delivery teams to embed AI capabilities at scale—accelerating innovation, enhancing decision-making, and transforming enterprise operations.

Strategic Vision & Governance

• Define the global AI & Intelligent Automation strategy, ensuring alignment with enterprise digital transformation and innovation objectives.
• Establish technical governance frameworks for AI ethics, model transparency, and Responsible AI implementation. Serve as the senior executive sponsor for AI architecture, operating model, and adoption roadmap.
• Experience delivering solutions leveraging frameworks such as Semantic Kernel, Lang Graph, CrewAI, Lang Chain, Auto Gen and Llama Index, with a strong focus on orchestration, multi-agent collaboration, and scalable AI-driven architectures.
• Drive responsible integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) from multiple providers including deployment via Azure OpenAI Service, Amazon Bedrock or Vertex AI.
• Implement retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) architectures and manage vector databases

Data Platform & Engineering Excellence

• Lead the evolution of the enterprise data estate, leveraging modern data platforms such as Databricks, Snowflake, Azure Synapse, AWS Glue/Redshift and Big Query.
• Oversee data engineering using Apache Airflow, dbt, and Prefect, ensuring data pipelines are performant, governed, and aligned with enterprise metadata standards (Collibra, Alation, Microsoft Purview).
• Ensure high-quality, compliant data foundations for machine learning and analytics workloads.

Cloud, Infrastructure & MLOps

• Champion multi-cloud architecture and engineering excellence across Azure, AWS, and GCP.
• Lead enterprise MLOps initiatives using Azure ML, Sage Maker, Vertex AI, MLflow, and Kubeflow

Intelligent Automation & Cognitive Services

• Drive end-to-end intelligent automation using Power Automate, Blue Prism, and Automation Anywhere.
• Integrate cognitive services including Azure Cognitive Services, AWS Comprehend, Form Recognizer, and Speech/Translation APIs to augment digital workflows.
• Lead enterprise process mining and optimization initiatives via Celonis, Power BI Process Mining, and Process Gold.

Security, Compliance & Responsible AI

• Ensure alignment with enterprise security standards and frameworks (SOC2, ISO
  27001, NIST).
• Oversee identity and access management through Azure AD, OAuth2, OpenID Connect, and integration with enterprise IAM systems.
• Champion ethical AI, bias detection, and explainability through Azure Responsible AI Dashboard and equivalent frameworks.

Leadership, Talent & Innovation

• Build and lead high-performing global teams in data science, engineering, and automation disciplines.
• Cultivate a culture of innovation, continuous learning, and responsible experimentation.
• Engage with the external AI ecosystem—academic institutions, hyperscalers, and startups—to identify strategic partnerships and emerging opportunities.

• Scaled demonstration of experience of delivery or consulting leadership with significant experience delivering enterprise AI, data, and automation transformations.
• Proven record integrating Python-based AI  enterprise systems.
• Deep expertise across multi-cloud environments, data governance, and enterprise Dev Sec Ops .
• Demonstrated ability to deliver large-scale transformation programs and measurable ROI.
• Strong executive presence, communication, and client/stakeholder management skills.