Director, AI Architecture B2C

Bank of Montreal; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Assurance santé

Remboursement des frais de scolarité

Assurance accident et assurance vie

Régimes d’épargne-retraite

Job summary

Bank of Montreal recherche un Architecte IA de niveau directeur pour diriger les architectures IA, les plateformes intelligentes et les initiatives GenAI à l’échelle de l’entreprise. Vous collaborerez avec les directions métier et les équipes IT pour garantir une intégration fluide des capacités IA, des systèmes sécurisés et conformes, tout en pilotant l’adoption technologique et l’innovation.

Vous serez responsable de l’élaboration de stratégies IA, de la gestion des risques et du développement

Qualifications

• Expérience avancée en sécurité IA et conformité (SOC, HIPAA, GDPR).
• Expertise en architectures cloud et plateformes IA.
• Connaissances pratiques en architecture LLM et déploiement.
• Compétences en gestion d’équipes et leadership.

Responsibilities

• Concevoir et architecturer des systèmes IA intégrés aux processus business.
• Diriger la planification et l'optimisation des capacités IA.
• Assurer une architecture IA cohérente entre systèmes et environnements.
• Créer et gérer les actifs d'architecture IA: blueprints, governance.
• Fournir des recommandations de conception alignées sur les standards.
• Identifier risques et conformité liés aux solutions IA.
• Garder l’actualité technologique et les tendances industrielles.
• Promouvoir les pratiques Responsible AI.
• Attirer et guider les talents en IA architecture.
• Diriger les initiatives d’architecture IA à l’échelle enterprise.

Skills

LLM security

Prompt injection mitigation

Data privacy

Responsible AI

RBAC implementation

Compliance frameworks

Education

Post-secondary degree in related field

Tools

AWS SageMaker

Amazon Bedrock

Azure OpenAI Service

Azure AI Search

Azure Machine Learning

Kendra

Azure Bot Service

IAM

KMS

Secrets Manager

Key Vault

Defender for Cloud

Purview

Azure Policy

Job description

Date limite pour présenter sa candidature : 11/26/2026 Adresse : 320 S Canal Street Groupe de famille d'emploi : Technologie

BMO is investing heavily in AI-powered customer experiences, personalization, digital banking, employee copilots, and intelligent decisioning. The B2C space allows you to influence how customers discover products, receive advice, interact with digital channels, and manage their finances. As an AI Architecture leader, your work isn't an experimental lab project. It directly affects customer acquisition, engagement, servicing, and retention. Unlike many organizations that are still piloting AI, BMO has established enterprise-wide AI capabilities and recently created the BMO Institute for Applied Artificial Intelligence & Quantum to accelerate innovation while maintaining governance. This role offers the chance to:

• Define AI reference architectures
• Build reusable AI platforms
• Drive GenAI adoption across business units
• Influence long-term technology strategy

AI has become a board-level and CEO-level priority across banking. BMO has publicly highlighted AI as a strategic differentiator and has invested significantly in AI talent and innovation. A Director AI Architecture role provides visibility with:

• Technology executives
• Business executives
• Risk and compliance leaders
• Enterprise architecture leadership

KEY Job Responsibilities

Designs and architects AI IT Systems that integrate business processes, customer experiences, applications, data, machine learning models, generative AI capabilities, and technology platforms, ensuring alignment with business objectives, responsible AI principles, regulatory requirements, and enterprise technology standards.

Leads the planning, evaluation, and optimization of AI-enabled capabilities, including Generative AI, Agentic AI, and intelligent automation.

Ensures an integrated AI architecture across interdependent technology systems, data platforms, cloud and on-premises environments, and customer-facing digital channels.

Creates and manages key AI architecture assets - blueprints, standards, reference architecture, governance frameworks etc. for the designated portfolio and business scope.

Creates technical design recommendations aligned to standards for development and integration of AI (machine learning, generative AI, intelligent automation, AI platform capabilities (connectors/MCP etc.)) into new or existing products, services, and applications.

Identifies risks or issues with AI solutions, model performance, ethical AI considerations, security vulnerabilities, compliance requirements, and solution design that may impact realization of project benefits; guides and supports stakeholders to make decisions that proactively resolve or mitigate potential project risks/delays.

Stays abreast of industry technical and business trends through participation in professional associations, practice communities, and individual learning, with emphasis on AI, cloud technologies, analytics, and regulatory developments.

Establishes and promotes Responsible AI practices including fairness, transparency, explainability, privacy, security guardrails, observability, Evals, model governance, and regulatory compliance.

Attracts, retains, and enables the career development of top talent in AI architecture.

Improves team performance, recognizes and rewards performance, coaches employees, supports their development, and manages poor performance.

Directs the delivery of AI architecture and transformation strategies across multiple business units.

KEY Skills and Experience

Expertise with AI Security Skills: LLM security Prompt injection mitigation Data privacy Responsible AI controls RBAC implementation Compliance frameworks (SOC, HIPAA, GDPR)

Expertise with Cloud architecture: AWS AI Services: Amazon SageMaker Amazon Bedrock Agent Core Amazon Lex Amazon Transcribe Amazon Translate Kendra Knowledge Search Azure AI Services: Azure AI Foundry Azure OpenAI Service Azure AI Search Azure AI Vision Azure AI Document Intelligence Azure AI Language Azure AI Speech Azure Machine Learning Azure Bot Service

Expertise with Security architecture : AWS: IAM KMS Secrets Manager Azure: Microsoft Entra ID Key Vault Microsoft Defender for Cloud Purview Azure Policy

Expertise with Technical architecture: LLM architecture and deployment Prompt engineering RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) Vector databases AI orchestration frameworks Agentic AI design patterns Multi-agent architecture Fine-tuning and model customization Evals

Expertise with Infrastructure development AWS: CloudFormation AWS CDK Terraform Azure: ARM Templates Bicep Terraform

Experience with managing teams/people.

Additional Information related to the duties and skills of the role

Performs planning, problem-solving, and advising technical teams to optimize AI-enabled solutions that are strategic, operational, secure and economical

Participates in the system specification review process to ensure system requirements can be translated into valid AI, data, and software architecture designs that are scalable, explainable, secure, and operationally sustainable.

Identifies and researches relevant technologies, performs proofs of concept / prototypes, and recommends the applications of such technologies for future AI and digital product architecture, including foundation models, LLM platforms, AI agents, AI tools and LLMOps/AIFinOps capabilities.

Delivers innovative AI-powered solutions tailored to the specific needs of the organization, driving customer experience, personalization, engagement, and operational efficiency.

Provides input into the preparation of business case by providing key architectural insights on feasibility, risks, and alignment with enterprise strategy, including AI value realization, guardrails, Evals and Observability requirements, scalability considerations, and responsible AI implications.

Leads enterprise-wide initiatives that integrate data, analytics, AI platforms, machine learning capabilities, and customer-facing technologies and support long-term business objectives.

Balances high-level strategy with execution, ensuring AI architectural coherence organization wide.

Fosters a culture aligned to BMO purpose, values and strategy and role models BMO values and behaviors in all that they do. Ensures alignment between values and behavior that fosters diversity and inclusion. Regularly connects work to BMO’s purpose, sets inspirational goals, defines clear expected outcomes, and ensures clear accountability for follow-through.

Builds interdependent teams that collaborate across functional and operating groups to create the highest value for all stakeholders, including product management, AI engineering, risk, compliance, legal, and customer experience teams.

Operates at a group/enterprise-wide level and serves as a senior AI architect, and strategic advisor across BMO. Influences how teams/groups work together to accelerate adoption of trusted, scalable AI capabilities Applies expertise and think creatively to address unique or ambiguous situations and to find solutions to multiple, interdependent, complex problems involving AI, data, analytics, customer experience, and enterprise technology transformation.

Communicates complex AI concepts, business value, technical trade-offs, model risks, and governance requirements in simple terms.

Fosters strong internal and external networks and works with and across multiple teams to achieve business objectives, including partnerships with AI vendors and cloud providers.

Anticipates trends and responds by implementing appropriate changes, leveraging emerging AI technologies and evolving customer expectations to drive innovation and competitive advantage. Broader work or accountabilities may be assigned as needed.

Take measured risks while protecting the bank by applying our Risk Management Framework in the execution of your role, in line with our Risk Culture and within our approved Risk Appetite, making sound and risk informed decisions that align to business strategy, protect assets, and adhere to applicable policy documents, laws and regulations, including AI governance standards, model risk management requirements, privacy regulations, cybersecurity controls, and Responsible AI principles.

Qualifications

Advanced level of proficiency: Adaptability Banking operations Expert level of proficiency: Critical thinking Building and managing relationships Risk assessment Regulatory compliance management Cloud architectures Security architecture design Technical architecture Infrastructure development Information technology strategies Typically 9+ years of relevant experience and post-secondary degree in related field of study or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Seasoned expert with extensive industry knowledge. Technical leader viewed as a thought leader for innovation.

Salaire

Salaire : $130,000.00 - $270,000.00 Type de rémunération : Salaire Ce qui précède représente la fourchette et le type de rémunération de BMO Groupe financier. Les salaires varieront en fonction de facteurs comme l’emplacement, les compétences, l’expérience, les études et les qualifications pour le poste et pourront inclure une structure de commissions. Les salaires pour les postes à temps partiel seront calculés au prorata du nombre d’heures travaillées régulièrement. Pour les rôles à commission, le salaire susmentionné représente la cible de BMO Groupe financier pour la première année au poste. La rémunération totale offerte par BMO variera selon le type de rémunération associé au poste et peut comprendre des primes de rendement, des primes discrétionnaires ainsi que d’autres avantages et récompenses.

BMO offre également une assurance santé, le remboursement des frais de scolarité, une assurance accident et une assurance vie, ainsi que des régimes d’épargne-retraite. Pour en savoir plus sur nos avantages sociaux, consultez le site : https://jobs.bmo.com/ca/fr/R%C3%A9mun%C3%A9ration-globale

À propos de nous

À BMO, nous sommes animés par une raison d’être commune : Avoir le cran de faire une différence dans la vie, comme en affaires. Cette raison d’être nous invite à entraîner des changements positifs et durables pour nos clients, nos collectivités et nos employés. En travaillant ensemble, en innovant et en repoussant les limites, nous transformons des vies et des entreprises et favorisons la croissance économique partout dans le monde. En tant que membre de l’équipe de BMO, vous êtes valorisé, respecté et entendu, et vous avez plus de moyens pour progresser et obtenir des résultats. Nous nous efforçons de vous aider à obtenir des résultats dès le premier jour, pour vous-même et nos clients. Nous vous offrirons les outils et les ressources dont vous avez besoin pour franchir de nouvelles étapes, car vous aidez nos clients à franchir les leurs. Au moyen d’une formation et d’un coaching approfondis, de pair avec le soutien de la direction et des occasions de réseautage, nous vous aiderons à acquérir une expérience enrichissante et à élargir votre groupe de compétences. Pour en savoir plus, visitez-nous à l’adresse http://jobs.bmo.com/us/en

BMO est fier d’être un employeur qui favorise l’égalité d’accès à l’emploi. Nous évaluons les demandeurs sans tenir compte de la race, de la religion, de la couleur, de l’origine nationale, du sexe (y compris la grossesse, les naissances ou les problèmes de santé connexes), de l’orientation sexuelle, de l’identité de genre, de l’expression de genre, du statut d’ancien combattant protégé, du statut d’une personne handicapée ou de toute autre caractéristique légalement protégée. Nous tenons également compte des demandeurs qui ont des antécédents criminels, conformément aux lois fédérales, étatiques et locales applicables. BMO s’engage à travailler avec les personnes handicapées et à leur offrir des mesures d’adaptation raisonnables. Si vous avez besoin d’une mesure d’adaptation raisonnable en raison d’une invalidité dans le cadre d’une partie du processus d’emploi, veuillez envoyer un courriel à l’adresse [e-mail] et nous informer de la nature de votre demande et de vos coordonnées.