AI Architect (Salary)

Sherwood Bedding Group; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, and life保险

Paid time off

401(k) retirement plan

Job summary

Sherwood Bedding Group is seeking an AI Architect to design, govern, and scale an enterprise AI ecosystem in a demanding manufacturing setting in Orlando. You will own the AI operating model, define standards for security and lifecycle management, and lead the deployment of production-grade agents across multiple plants.

The role requires hands-on leadership in the Microsoft enterprise stack (Copilot, Power Platform, Azure AI) and experience integrating AI with core systems.

Qualifications

• Design, govern, and scale enterprise AI ecosystem.

Responsibilities

• Own enterprise AI operating model, roadmap, and architecture with standards for design, security, compliance, and lifecycle management.
• Advise leadership on AI capabilities, ROI, and platform investment decisions.
• Design, build, and deploy production AI agents, copilots, and intelligent workflows across operations, finance, supply chain, and commercial functions.
• Engineer prompt frameworks, orchestration logic, multi-agent handoffs, and reusable component library.
• Architect and administer Microsoft stack solutions (Power Platform, Azure AI, Dataverse, Copilot Studio, Fabric).
• Define tenant-level standards for agent deployment, identity, permissions, DLP, data residency, and governance.
• Design API-driven integrations between AI solutions and ERP, HRIS, quality, maintenance, and other core systems.
• Apply interoperability patterns REST, GraphQL, event-driven, MCP, and RAG for secure data access.
• Establish governance for AI agents, models, and automations—covering intake, approval, versioning, evaluation, decommissioning.
• Monitor production AI for quality, drift, cost, and business outcomes; implement auditability and responsible-AI controls.
• Partner with plant and executive leaders to identify high-value AI opportunities and drive adoption.

Skills

AI architecture & leadership

Production AI agents

Enterprise AI governance

Platform integration

Tools

Microsoft 365 Copilot

Copilot Studio

Power Platform

Azure AI

Fabric

Dataverse

SharePoint

Teams

OpenAI / Anthropic / AWS / GCP

Job description

AI Architect

Manufacturing Operations | Enterprise AI & Automation | Orlando, Florida | On-Site

About The Role

We are seeking an experienced AI Architect to design, govern, and scale our enterprise AI ecosystem. This is a senior, hands-on role for a builder-leader who can define the AI operating model, architect the platform, ship production-grade agents, and drive measurable business outcomes across a multi-plant manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities

AI Strategy & Operating Model Ownership

• Own the enterprise AI operating model, roadmap, and architecture - setting standards for design, security, compliance, and lifecycle management.
• Serve as the primary advisor to leadership on AI capabilities, risks, ROI, and platform investment decisions.

Agent Development & AI Solutions

• Design, build, and deploy production AI agents, copilots, and intelligent workflows across operations, finance, supply chain, and commercial functions.
• Engineer prompt frameworks, orchestration logic, multi-agent handoffs, and a reusable component library that accelerates future deployments.

Enterprise Microsoft AI Platform Leadership

• Architect and administer solutions across Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, Power Platform, Fabric, and Dataverse.
• Define tenant-level standards for agent deployment, identity, permissions, DLP, data residency, and governance.

Integration, APIs & Interoperability

• Design and implement API-driven integrations between AI solutions and ERP, HRIS, quality, maintenance, and other core business systems.
• Apply modern interoperability patterns - REST, GraphQL, event-driven, MCP, and RAG - to connect AI securely to enterprise data.

AI Governance, Evaluation & Production Monitoring

• Establish governance for AI agents, models, and automations - covering intake, approval, versioning, evaluation, and decommissioning.
• Monitor production AI for quality, drift, cost, and business outcomes; implement auditability and responsible-AI controls.

Operational Improvement & Change Leadership

• Partner with plant, functional, and executive leaders to identify and prioritize high-value AI opportunities.
• Drive cross-functional adoption tied to measurable outcomes - productivity, quality, throughput, and decision-making.

Qualifications

Required

• Demonstrated experience designing, building, and operating AI agents, copilots, or generative AI applications in production - not just chatbots, pilots or demos.
• Deep, hands-on expertise with the Microsoft enterprise stack: Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, Power Platform, Azure AI services, Fabric, Dataverse, SharePoint, and Teams.
• Meaningful working experience with at least one non-Microsoft AI platform (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, AWS, or open-source LLM ecosystems).
• Strong experience with API integrations, custom connectors, authentication, and data pipelines across enterprise systems.
• Practical understanding of AI governance, evaluation, security, and production monitoring.
• Ability to communicate clearly with executives, technical teams, and front-line employees, and to translate business problems into AI solutions.

Preferred

• Experience with agent frameworks and interoperability standards (e.g., MCP, LangChain, Semantic Kernel, AutoGen).
• Experience with retrieval systems, vector databases, and enterprise knowledge grounding.
• Experience integrating AI with ERP, or shop-floor systems in a manufacturing or supply-chain environment.
• Experience defining enterprise AI architectures spanning multiple vendors, models, and data platforms.
• Manufacturing, distribution, or multi-site operations experience.

Location & Work Arrangement

Location: Orlando, Florida. This is an on-site role in a manufacturing environment.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary range: commensurate with experience and the scope of enterprise ownership.

Benefits May Include

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance options
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• 401(k) retirement plan

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.