Managing Director — Platform & AI Architecture

Spotlight Partners; Grand Rapids (MI); Hybrid; USD 210,000 - 290,000; Full time

Job summary

Spotlight Partners is seeking a senior technology leader to define the platform and AI strategy for large client programs. You will own the architecture direction, ensuring integration, data, and AI are unified across the BAIP platform.

This is a hands-on, leadership-heavy role that goes beyond slides to real delivery. You will lead Beacon's technical offerings and establish governance, scale teams, and maintain client relationships where architecture is pivotal.

Qualifications

• 10+ years enterprise technology delivery, including 3+ years hands-on with SAP BTP or BAIP.
• Architecture leadership with standards and trade-offs.
• Experience shipping software as a product with versioning and release management.

Responsibilities

• Set platform and AI architecture direction for client programs and Spotlight references.
• Architect BAIP extensibility with CAP and RAP; decide on S/4HANA extensibility as appropriate.
• Own integration architecture: SAP Integration Suite, iFlows, API Management, Event Mesh, and data stack connections.
• Design the data layer with SAP Business Data Cloud, Datasphere, HANA Cloud, and data product modeling.
• Build AI capability that can survive audits: Generative AI Hub, Joule Studio, Knowledge Graph, and robust retrieval patterns.

Job description

Spotlight Partners is seeking a senior technology leader to define the platform and AI strategy for large client programs. You will own the architecture direction, ensuring integration, data, and AI are unified across the BAIP platform.

This is a hands-on, leadership-heavy role that goes beyond slides to real delivery. You will lead Beacon's technical offerings and establish governance, scale teams, and maintain client relationships where architecture is pivotal.