AI Factory Architecture Lead

ABB; Bologna; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

ABB è un leader globale che supporta l'industria nel trasformarsi digitalmente, creando valore attraverso l'AI e l'innovazione. In questa posizione di Operational Excellence Manager sarai responsabile di guidare l'architettura AI e orchestrare le attività tra team, garantendo soluzioni scalabili, sicure e future-ready all'interno dell'Energy Industries.

Il ruolo richiede leadership tecnica, capacità di definire direzione e priorità, e di collaborare con funzioni interne ed esterne per mantenere

Qualifications

• Laurea in campo rilevante e comprovata esperienza in architettura e leadership tecnica.
• Esperienza nel guidare attività di architettura multi-squadra e trasformazione digitale.
• Conoscenza di AI, analytics, ML o piattaforme digitali in contesti enterprise.

Responsibilities

• Guidare e orchestrare l'architettura AI all'interno della AI Factory, definendo direzione tecnica e priorità.
• Revisionare e approvare architetture di soluzione AI all'interno del governance framework.
• Garantire capacità e competenza per soddisfare le esigenze del portfolio e ridurre debiti tecnologici.
• Guidare la comunità di architettura e promuovere riuso di riferimenti, pattern e guardrails.

Skills

Leadership

Architecture leadership

AI/ML knowledge

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Comunicazione efficace

Education

Laurea in un campo rilevante

Job description

Operational Excellence Manager

Noi di ABB aiuta le industrie a operare in modo più snello e pulito, e ogni persona qui contribuisce a rendere possibile tutto questo. Avrai la possibilità di assumere un ruolo di leadership, sarai supportato nella tua crescita e sarai orgoglioso dell'impatto che creeremo insieme. Unisciti a noi per contribuire a far funzionare ciò che fa funzionare il mondo.

Your Role And Responsibilities

• Energy Industries is establishing an AI Factory as the AI Transformation Engine for the division. The AI Factory enables, accelerates and scales AI transformation across functions by providing governance, expertise, delivery capabilities, reusable assets and capability development.
• As AI Factory Architecture Lead, you will serve as the divisional AI Technical Authority within the AI Factory, leading and orchestrating architecture activities across the AI Factory ecosystem.
• You will be accountable for ensuring that the right architecture is developed, reviewed and approved to deliver scalable, sustainable, secure and future-ready AI capabilities. You will set technical direction, prioritize and coordinate architecture activities across delivery teams, and ensure that the appropriate competence and capacity are available to meet portfolio needs.
• This is a technical leadership and design authority role. You will lead the architecture capability and enable architects and technical experts across delivery organizations to create coherent, reusable and future-ready solutions.

Global Opportunity – Open to Candidates Worldwide

While this job posting may display only a limited number of locations, we welcome applications from qualified candidates globally. If you believe your skills and experience are matching this role, we encourage you to apply regardless of your current location.

This position does not require relocation. The successful candidate will be employed and hosted through their current ABB location or the nearest suitable ABB office.

You Will Be Mainly Accountable For

• Lead and orchestrate AI architecture across the AI Factory portfolio, setting technical direction, priorities and sequencing of architecture work.
• Provide technical and design authority, reviewing and approving AI solution architectures within the defined governance framework.
• Ensure the right architecture competence and capacity are available to meet portfolio needs, working with delivery teams and AI Factory Operations to address gaps.
• Drive common architecture, standards and reuse, ensuring that reference architectures, reusable patterns and technical guardrails are developed, maintained and adopted.
• Lead the AI architecture community, connecting architects and technical experts across delivery organizations to share knowledge, challenge approaches and shape technical direction.
• Anticipate the rapid evolution of AI, leading assessment of emerging technologies and ensuring the technology roadmap remains relevant and avoids unnecessary technical debt or early obsolescence.
• Lead technical alignment with Functions, IS, Data organizations, delivery teams and external technology partners, including technical evaluation of delivery approaches and vendors.
• Resolve and govern key architecture decisions, balancing innovation, speed, security, sustainability and long-term maintainability, and escalating significant cross-domain decisions through AI Factory governance where required.

Our team dynamics

• You will lead and orchestrate the AI architecture capability across Energy Industries, coordinating architects and technical experts embedded across multiple delivery teams and organizations.
• You will be accountable for technical direction, prioritization of architecture work, appropriate architecture competence and capacity, and approval of AI solution architectures within the defined governance framework.
• The role leads primarily through technical authority, functional leadership and influence rather than direct line management. The approved role already positions this function as the principal AI technical authority influencing architects, engineers, delivery teams and external partners.

Qualifications For The Role

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• At least 8 years of experience in architecture, engineering, solution design or technology leadership.
• Strong technical background with the credibility to lead senior architects and technical specialists.
• Experience leading architecture or technical work across multiple teams and complex initiatives.
• Experience delivering AI, analytics, machine learning or digital platforms in complex enterprise environments.
• Strong knowledge of the AI technology ecosystem and emerging trends.
• Ability to translate business priorities into technical direction and make sound decisions balancing speed, quality, reuse and sustainability.
• Strong stakeholder leadership and communication skills.

Preferred Background

• Experience in industrial digitalization or engineering-led environments.
• Experience in technical authority, lead engineering, architecture leadership or comparable functional leadership roles.
• Experience in consulting, scale-up or high-growth technology environments.
• Experience leading technical communities and working across internal and external delivery organizations.

Your application will get our interest if you

• Are a technical leader and orchestrator with the depth and credibility to challenge experienced architects and make sound technical decisions.
• Enjoy enabling talented specialists and creating clarity when priorities compete for limited capacity.
• Bring a builder mentality, technical curiosity and a practical approach to execution.
• Are comfortable making decisions in a rapidly changing technology landscape.
• Influence effectively across organizational boundaries and challenge established thinking constructively.
• Balance innovation with reuse, maintainability and minimizing technical debt.
• This opportunity is open to candidates in multiple countries, with the final work location determined based on the selected candidate. As compensation may vary by location, we are committed to being transparent throughout the hiring process and will share details of the salary range, variable compensation and benefits package with candidates who progress to the first interview stage for a location in the European Union, covered by the EU Pay Transparency Directive.

The final offer will be tailored based on your role location, experience, skills and qualifications, internal market positioning and alignment with ABB internal standards.

Costruire un futuro più pulito e intelligente richiede ogni tipo di mente: i curiosi, i coraggiosi e i creativi. Per questo accogliamo persone da ogni percorso e con ogni esperienza.

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