AI Architect

Publicis Groupe Holdings B.V; Toronto; On-site; CAD 172,126 - 283,176; Full time

Job summary

Publicis Groupe Holdings B.V is seeking an AI/ML Architect in Toronto, Ontario, to shape the AI strategy and lead architecture for multimodal AI. Responsibilities include defining an AI architecture roadmap and ensuring compliance with data privacy and safety guidelines.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience in AI/ML, cloud architectures, and media processing, with a salary range of $124,000-$204,000 based on experience and qualifications.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in AI/ML with at least 3+ years architecting enterprise systems.

Responsibilities

• Define long-term AI architecture roadmap across various AI domains.
• Architect scalable ingestion pipelines for high-volume media.
• Oversee integrations of media management and cloud applications.

Skills

Deep expertise in multimodal AI

Mastery of LLMs and ecosystem

Expert-level cloud architecture

Strong experience in MLOps

Deep exposure to media processing

Education

Master’s/Ph.D.

Job description

Company description

Publicis Groupe is the largest Communications Group worldwide and the leader in Digital and Interactive Communications. Publicis has activities spanning 108 countries on five continents and employs approximately 72,000 professionals worldwide. Publicis Groupe offers local and international clients a complete range of communication services through the nearly 1,400 agencies across our four global networks, including: Publicis Re:Sources.

Re:Sources is the shared services provider of Publicis Groupe, delivering a suite of multi-tenant managed and professional services to Publicis Groupe agencies worldwide, in support of key Groupe business operations. Those operations include: Information Technology & Technology Solutions, Finance, Legal, Procurement, Real Estate, Insurance and other services to our business units.

Overview

The AI/ML Architect shapes the AI strategy and leads enterprise-level architecture for multimodal AI in the media organization. This includes building capabilities across media understanding, LLM workflows, multimodal RAG, real-time metadata enrichment, content intelligence, personalization, and scalable AI platform infrastructure.

Responsibilities

Enterprise Architecture & Strategy

• Define long-term AI architecture roadmap across:
  • NLP, CV, ASR, video AI
  • Multimodal LLMs
  • Recommendation systems
  • Content moderation & compliance
  • RAG & knowledge systems
  • Agentic automation
• Architect scalable ingestion pipelines for high-volume media (10K+ hours of video).
• Define standards for model lifecycle, governance, auditability, and lineage.

Platform & Infrastructure

• Architect GPU clusters, distributed compute, and cloud AI platforms.
• Oversee integrations of:
  • Media Asset Management (MAM)
  • Content Management Systems (CMS)
  • Datalake / lakehouse
  • Vector databases
  • Observability platforms

Governance & Compliance

• Ensure compliance with:
  • Content safety guidelines
  • Copyright/IP protection
  • Data privacy laws
  • Responsible AI standards (NISTAIRMF)

Innovation & Leadership

• Evaluate emerging multimodal and generative AI technologies.
• Drive adoption of LLMOps practices and agentic AI frameworks.
• Present architecture strategy to C-level stakeholders.

Must-Have Skills

• Deep expertise in multimodal AI (text–image–audio–video).
• Mastery of LLMs and the ecosystem (fine-tuning, adapters, vector search).
• Expert-level cloud architecture (Azure/AWS/GCP).
• Strong experience in enterprise-scale MLOps+LLMOps.
• Deep exposure to media processing at scale.

Preferred Skills

• Knowledge of video generation, audio synthesis, and generative media workflows.
• Experience in building AI CoEs or platform teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in AI/ML with at least 3+ years architecting enterprise systems.
• Master’s/Ph.D.

Additional Information

Work Schedule

• Core work hours are Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM-5:00 PM. Must also be flexible and be available to work non-standard business hours upon request or as needed.
• Must be available via cell phone for VIP support.

Travel

• Local travel between sites may be required.
• Occasional travel to sites outside the local area may be required.

Salary Range

Transparency matters to us. The salary range for this position is $124,000-$204,000 per year. Actual compensation within this range will be based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and applicable certifications. This range reflects what we reasonably expect to offer based on current market data.

Legal statements

Job description only reflects management’s assignment of essential functions. Management reserves the right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) currently in this position. Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.

Re:Sources USA is an Equal Opportunity / Affiant. All qualified applicants to Re:Sources USA will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.