AI Solution Architect (Associate Director level)

Bristlecone; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Bristlecone is seeking a visionary AI Solution Architect to lead the digital transformation of enterprise supply chains using AI, GenAI, and Agentic AI. You will blend deep AI engineering expertise with a consulting mindset, identify high-value opportunities, and translate them into production-ready enterprise AI solutions.

The role blends strategic architecture, hands-on prototyping, and stakeholder management, with travel within the United States as needed.

Responsibilities

• Identify high-value AI, GenAI, and Agentic AI opportunities across Plan, Source, Make, Deliver, and logistics processes.
• Design AI solutions translating business requirements into agents, workflows, ML models, and decision intelligence capabilities.
• Rapidly develop PoCs and prototypes using modern AI frameworks to validate value and technical feasibility.
• Define end-to-end solution architecture covering AI models, data pipelines, integrations, APIs, orchestration, security, and deployment.
• Evaluate AI technologies, LLMs, ML techniques, vector databases, orchestration frameworks, and cloud platforms for each use case.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to prepare detailed functional and technical solution specifications for production implementation.
• Build reusable AI assets, accelerators, reference architectures, and Agent catalogs for reuse across engagements.
• Support customer workshops, discovery sessions, and presales by presenting AI concepts, prototypes, architecture, and business value.
• Stay current with emerging AI technologies, Agentic AI frameworks, enterprise platforms, and supply chain innovations to continuously enhance offerings.
• Act as a trusted AI advisor by combining business process knowledge with AI engineering to deliver scalable, production-ready enterprise AI solutions.

Job description

Bristlecone is a supply chain and business analytics advisor, serving customers across a wide range of industries. Rated by Gartner as among the top ten system integrators in the supply chain space, we are uniquely positioned to solve contemporary business problems, with supply chain and analytics focus as our advantage. We have been a trusted partner and advisor to many leading, globally recognized companies such as Applied Materials, Exxon Mobil, Flextronics, LSI Logic, Mahindra, Motorola, Nestle, Palm, Qatar Petroleum, Ranbaxy, Unilever and Whirlpool and many others

We are seeking a visionary AI Solution Architect to lead the digital transformation of enterprise supply chains using next-generation AI. In this role, you will combine deep technical expertise in AI engineering with a strong consulting mindset. You will act as a trusted advisor, identifying high-value AI, GenAI, and Agentic AI opportunities and translating them into robust, production-ready enterprise solutions.

This role is a unique blend of strategic architecture, hands-on prototyping, and stakeholder management.

Travel on needed basis within US

• Opportunity Identification: Partner with Supply Chain process and functional experts to identify high-value AI, GenAI, and Agentic AI opportunities across Plan, Source, Make, Deliver, Warehouse, Logistics, and Aftermarket processes.
• Solution Design: Translate business requirements into AI solution designs, including agents, workflows, ML models, and decision intelligence capabilities.
• Rapid Prototyping: Rapidly develop Proof of Concepts (PoCs) and prototypes using modern AI frameworks to validate business value and technical feasibility.
• End-to-End Architecture: Define end-to-end solution architecture covering AI models, data pipelines, integrations, APIs, orchestration, security, and enterprise deployment.
• Tech Stack Evaluation: Evaluate and recommend the most appropriate AI technologies, LLMs, ML techniques, vector databases, orchestration frameworks, and cloud platforms for each use case.
• Engineering Collaboration: Collaborate with engineering teams to prepare detailed functional and technical solution specifications for production implementation.
• Asset Creation: Build reusable AI assets, accelerators, reference architectures, and Agent catalogs that can be leveraged across multiple customer engagements.
• Presales & Workshops: Support customer workshops, discovery sessions, and presales activities by presenting AI concepts, prototypes, architecture, and business value.
• Continuous Innovation: Stay current with emerging AI technologies, Agentic AI frameworks, enterprise AI platforms, and supply chain innovations to continuously enhance solution offerings.
• Trusted Advisory: Act as a trusted AI advisor by combining business process knowledge with strong AI engineering expertise to deliver innovative, scalable, and production-ready enterprise AI solutions.