Strategic Enterprise AI Architect — Scale & Govern AI

Alvarez & Marsal; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Alvarez & Marsal is seeking an Enterprise AI Architect to lead the design of scalable AI solutions across data, cloud, applications and security. You will translate business problems into practical AI use cases, define target-state architectures, and establish governance and MLOps practices to enable production-ready AI across complex environments.

Collaborating with cloud, data, engineering, and security teams, you will guide stakeholders through technical trade-offs, risk, and investment

Qualifications

• Experience across enterprise architecture and solution architecture with exposure to cloud, data, or AI delivery in large organizations.
• Strong understanding of how AI solutions are designed, integrated, governed, and deployed at enterprise scale, including security and compliance considerations.
• Hands-on familiarity with modern cloud and data platforms (AWS, Azure), and ecosystem tools (Snowflake, Databricks).
• Knowledge of GenAI, machine learning, orchestration and automation, data pipelines, APIs, integration patterns, and enterprise security controls.
• Ability to define pragmatic technical architectures without being limited to a single platform or vendor; experience evaluating build/buy/partner options.
• Proven track record moving AI use cases beyond pilots into resilient, observable, and cost-effective enterprise solutions.
• Comfortable operating from strategic target-state design through delivery detail, including patterns, reference architectures, and implementation guidance.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, able to explain complex topics clearly to business and technology leaders.
• Experience in regulated, data-heavy, or complex enterprise environments is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise AI architecture spanning data, cloud, applications, integration, and security across diverse technology estates.
• Design scalable AI solutions using modern AI, machine learning, and GenAI technologies, aligned to business outcomes and value cases.
• Translate business problems into practical AI use cases, solution designs, and delivery roadmaps with clear benefits, risks, and dependencies.
• Assess current-state platforms and identify data, platform, and integration changes needed to enable AI at scale.
• Establish architecture patterns, guardrails, and governance standards for responsible AI adoption, including security, privacy, and model risk controls.
• Partner with cloud, data, engineering, security, and business teams to progress AI use cases from prototype to production with robust MLOps/LMMOps practices.
• Lead technical decision-making across platforms, vendors, operating models, and delivery approaches, balancing speed, risk, and total cost of ownership.
• Advise senior stakeholders on technical trade-offs, risks, interdependencies, and investment choices to inform portfolio and roadmap decisions.
• Drive measurable outcomes through automation, productivity improvements, cost reduction, and better use of enterprise data assets.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Solution Architecture

Cloud Platforms

Data Platforms

GenAI / AI Delivery

Security & Compliance

Stakeholder Management

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

AWS

Azure

Job description

Alvarez & Marsal is seeking an Enterprise AI Architect to lead the design of scalable AI solutions across data, cloud, applications and security. You will translate business problems into practical AI use cases, define target-state architectures, and establish governance and MLOps practices to enable production-ready AI across complex environments.

Collaborating with cloud, data, engineering, and security teams, you will guide stakeholders through technical trade-offs, risk, and investment