AI Architecture Senior Manager📣 Job Ad

Role Summary

Accenture Saudi Arabia is seeking an AI Architecture Senior Manager to join its team in Riyadh. This full-time position involves leading the strategy, design, and implementation of enterprise-scale AI platforms and architectures. The role focuses on enabling the adoption of advanced AI technologies, including Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), and multi-modal models.

The successful candidate will define target-state AI architecture, drive technology decisions, and establish scalable, secure, and governed AI foundations to accelerate business innovation and enterprise-wide AI adoption.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and evolve enterprise AI architecture strategies, frameworks, and reference architectures, including Generative AI, LLMs, and multi-modal AI solutions.
• Assess emerging AI technologies, platforms, and architectural patterns, providing leadership on technology selection and adoption.
• Develop and execute AI transformation roadmaps that establish enterprise AI foundations and long-term scalability.
• Design and operationalize end-to-end AI platforms supporting model development, deployment, monitoring, governance, and lifecycle management.
• Lead the integration of AI/ML technologies across data platforms, model ecosystems, MLOps, cloud infrastructure, security, and governance frameworks.
• Architect and build custom AI platform components to address complex business and technical requirements.
• Optimize compute infrastructure, model-serving environments, and distributed AI workloads for scalability, performance, reliability, and cost efficiency.
• Establish enterprise AI operational standards, including observability, monitoring, performance management, and platform resilience.
• Implement Responsible AI, security, privacy, risk management, and compliance controls across AI solutions and platforms.
• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to define AI governance models, architecture standards, and best practices.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to architecture, engineering, and data teams throughout AI initiatives.

Basic Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in AI Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, Data Platforms, Cloud Architecture, or related technology leadership roles.
• Proven experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale AI/ML platforms and advanced AI solutions.
• Deep understanding of Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), multi-modal models, and AI ecosystem technologies.
• Strong experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud and their AI/ML services.
• Expertise in MLOps, AI platform engineering, model deployment, monitoring, and operationalization.
• Experience implementing AI security, governance, compliance, and Responsible AI frameworks.
• Strong architecture leadership experience with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and technology strategy.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience establishing Enterprise AI Foundations, AI Centers of Excellence (CoE), or AI Transformation programs.
• Knowledge of vector databases, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), AI agents, orchestration frameworks, and advanced AI architecture patterns.
• Experience with Kubernetes, containerization, distributed computing, and high-performance AI infrastructure.
• Expertise in AI observability, model performance optimization, platform reliability, and cost management.
• Strong consulting, stakeholder management, and executive communication skills.
• Relevant certifications in Cloud Architecture, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or Enterprise Architecture are preferred.

Work Type and Location

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Application Information

Candidates who meet the qualifications are encouraged to apply.