Strategic Data & AI Architecture Leader

Leadout Capital; Ciudad de México; Hybrid; MXN 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Leadout Capital is seeking a Principal Strategic Customer Architect to lead data foundation, integration, and AI initiatives at the enterprise level, engaging CIOs, CDOs, and IT leaders with strategic architecture decisions.

In this role you will design target-state architectures, establish governance patterns, and translate complex technical concepts into visual roadmaps and narratives that drive executive sponsorship and measurable business impact.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in data architecture, integration, or enterprise platforms.
• 3-5 years in enterprise architecture or strategic consulting roles.
• Proven track record leading conversations with CIOs, CDOs, or VPs of IT.
• Deep understanding of integration (API-led, event-driven), data management (MDM, quality, governance), and AI/ML architecture fundamentals.
• Ability to connect technical decisions to business impact, ROI, and risk.

Responsibilities

• Be the technical point of reference for CIOs, CDOs, and IT leaders, guiding data and AI architecture decisions at the C-level.
• Design and present target-state architecture visions (data foundation, integration, data governance, AI) aligned to the business, not just the technology.
• Lead architecture workshops, technical discovery, and "future state" sessions with cross-functional client teams.
• Hold technical conversations (integration, data, AI, security) and translate them into visual, value-driven narratives architecture diagrams, capability maps, roadmaps, that a CIO or a board can understand and sponsor in minutes.
• Use diagrams as an executive language: turn complex architectures into simple visuals that connect technology investment to business outcomes.

Skills

Data architecture

Enterprise integration

AI/ML architecture

Executive engagement

Job description

Leadout Capital is seeking a Principal Strategic Customer Architect to lead data foundation, integration, and AI initiatives at the enterprise level, engaging CIOs, CDOs, and IT leaders with strategic architecture decisions.

In this role you will design target-state architectures, establish governance patterns, and translate complex technical concepts into visual roadmaps and narratives that drive executive sponsorship and measurable business impact.