AI Platform Architect - Enterprise GenAI & ML Platform Lead

Philip Morris International; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Philip Morris International (London, United Kingdom) seeks an AI Platform Architect to shape PMI's enterprise AI platform, enabling teams globally to build, deploy, and govern AI solutions at scale. Hybrid work pattern with 3 days on-site per week, within the Data Platform Architecture team.

You will define reusable platform capabilities across ML, generative AI, and agentic AI while aligning with PMI’s data, security, and governance strategies.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of data and AI experience, incl. 5+ years in architecture roles.
• Proven track record designing enterprise AI or ML platforms.
• Strong expertise in cloud-native architecture, APIs, containers, and Kubernetes.
• Experience with MLOps and AI lifecycle management.
• Knowledge of generative AI, embeddings, vector search, and agentic AI concepts.
• Understanding of security, privacy, identity management, and responsible AI.
• Experience developing architecture standards, reference architectures, and governance frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve architecture for AI, generative AI, and agentic AI platforms.
• Design reusable services including AI gateways, guardrails, workflows, and governance controls.
• Partner with engineering teams to deliver scalable, enterprise‑ready platform capabilities.
• Establish integration patterns across applications, APIs, data platforms, and AI agents.
• Lead architecture reviews, technology evaluations, and proof‑of‑concept initiatives.
• Collaborate with security, risk, legal, and product teams to ensure responsible AI adoption.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to architects, engineers, and senior stakeholders.

Skills

AI architecture

Enterprise AI platforms

Cloud-native architecture

MLOps

Security & privacy

Governance frameworks

Leadership

Tools

Kubernetes

APIs

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

DevSecOps

Databricks

Vector databases

Job description

Philip Morris International (London, United Kingdom) seeks an AI Platform Architect to shape PMI's enterprise AI platform, enabling teams globally to build, deploy, and govern AI solutions at scale. Hybrid work pattern with 3 days on-site per week, within the Data Platform Architecture team.

You will define reusable platform capabilities across ML, generative AI, and agentic AI while aligning with PMI’s data, security, and governance strategies.