Data & AI Architecture Leader — Ops & Finance

BioSpace; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

You will define operating models, guide investment decisions, and build a high-performing leadership bench of senior architects, establishing patterns for scalable, reusable AI-enabled business applications while maintaining strong governance and compliance.

Qualifications

• Experience defining roadmaps and modernization investment strategies.
• Experience leading architecture teams and scaling practices.
• Deep expertise in cloud-native, lakehouse, event-driven and API-first architectures.

Responsibilities

• Own the Data & AI architecture vision, strategy, and multi-year roadmap aligned with enterprise standards.
• Define target operating model for Data & AI architecture across Operations and Finance with governance and clear accountability.
• Lead and develop senior architects and build a scalable architecture community of practice.
• Guide tooling and partner strategy for data & AI; evaluate vendors and oversee due diligence.
• Define architecture patterns for consuming data products, semantic services, and retrieval services for AI-enabled apps.
• Contribute to financial stewardship for the architecture portfolio and investment plans.
• Establish architecture standards for Data & AI platform, MLOps, governance, and security.

Skills

Data & AI architecture

Leadership

Cloud-native architectures

GenAI patterns

Governance & standards

Education

Advanced degree in CS or related field

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

Job description

You will define operating models, guide investment decisions, and build a high-performing leadership bench of senior architects, establishing patterns for scalable, reusable AI-enabled business applications while maintaining strong governance and compliance.