AI Tech Lead: Sourcing & Procurement Architecture

Smith Nephew; Northampton; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus and pension

Share options

Hybrid working

Private health

Dental plans

Employee discounts

Job summary

Smith+Neb is accelerating its AI-enabled sourcing and procurement capabilities in the UK. You will lead end-to-end solution architecture, including autonomous sourcing, category intelligence, and payables.

Translate business challenges into scalable designs, create delivery roadmaps, and set patterns for data, security and integration across procurement platforms. You will mentor product, engineering and data teams, partner with stakeholders, and drive governance, security and responsible AI

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in solution architecture, enterprise applications, digital procurement or related disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end solution architecture for AI-enabled sourcing and procurement capabilities.
• Translate business challenges into scalable architecture designs and delivery roadmaps.
• Define architecture patterns covering integration, data, and security across procurement platforms.

Skills

Solution architecture

Enterprise applications

Procurement tech

AI governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT / related field

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

SAP Ariba

Microsoft Copilot

Azure AI Services

Job description

Smith+Neb is accelerating its AI-enabled sourcing and procurement capabilities in the UK. You will lead end-to-end solution architecture, including autonomous sourcing, category intelligence, and payables.

Translate business challenges into scalable designs, create delivery roadmaps, and set patterns for data, security and integration across procurement platforms. You will mentor product, engineering and data teams, partner with stakeholders, and drive governance, security and responsible AI