Lead Forward-Deployed AI Engineer – Sourcing & Procurement

Accenture PLC; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 133,000 - 338,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) plan

Paid holidays & time off

Job summary

Accenture PLC is seeking Forward Deployed AI Engineers to embed with client teams and make AI platforms work in real-world enterprise environments. You will own outcomes such as time-to-value, adoption, reliability, and scalability, across multi-stakeholder settings, with a focus on procurement and Sourcing & Procurement transformations.

The role requires leading AI deployments, building scalable architectures, and guiding executives on AI-enabled procurement strategies, across industries

Qualifications

• 8+ years of engineering experience with cloud-native systems, APIs, microservices, containers, and serverless
• 1 year of experience designing and deploying agentic solutions (agents, orchestration, context engineering, RAG, workflows) in production
• 3+ years of deep expertise with AI platforms (OpenAI, Claude, Vertex AI, or open-source models)
• 8+ years of engineering leadership, directing delivery and mentoring teams

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise AI platform deployments across complex client environments and owning the full programme from architecture through adoption
• Own programme-level delivery outcomes: time-to-value, reliability, adoption velocity, scalability
• Lead rapid experimentation to turn business problems into production-ready AI solutions
• Architect and govern enterprise AI solutions across identity, data, security, and governance
• Shape AI reinvention strategy for client executive teams and build multi-year adoption roadmaps
• Define and publish reusable reinvention blueprints and accelerators for multiple engagements

Skills

AI platforms

Cloud-native

Leadership

Agentic solutions

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Anthropic

OpenAI

Vertex AI

SAP Ariba

Job description

Accenture PLC is seeking Forward Deployed AI Engineers to embed with client teams and make AI platforms work in real-world enterprise environments. You will own outcomes such as time-to-value, adoption, reliability, and scalability, across multi-stakeholder settings, with a focus on procurement and Sourcing & Procurement transformations.

The role requires leading AI deployments, building scalable architectures, and guiding executives on AI-enabled procurement strategies, across industries