Senior Agentic AI Architect & Strategy Leader

EY; Cincinnati (OH); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 329,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Medical and dental coverage

Pension and 401(k) plans

Paid time off options

Job summary

EY is seeking a Senior Manager Architect to lead design and implementation of advanced knowledge AI systems across EY businesses. You will balance hands-on delivery with cross-functional coordination, ensuring compliant, scalable adoption.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in enterprise architecture or governance, strong leadership, and experience with foundation models and AI platforms. The role supports a hybrid work model and global collaboration.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of enterprise architecture, governance, or compliance technology experience.
• Bachelor’s Degree in related field required.
• Knowledge of AI Foundation Model frameworks, Llama, Gemini, Claude, OpenAI, Mistral, Deepseek etc.
• Experience with observability, safety and governance tooling.
• Familiar with Agentic AI platforms (Nvidia, MSFT, Crew).
• Familiarity with Agentic Patterns & Frameworks: Orchestration, Loop Engineering, Memory system integration.
• Familiarity with AI native development.
• Proven track record delivering large-scale enterprise platforms.

Responsibilities

• Oversee design and implementation of AI agentic systems based on foundation models, LLM, and SLM.
• Integrate external vendor tools for model monitoring, security, and compliance.
• Collaborate with EY teams to align AI initiatives.
• Serve as player-coach, contributing to technical delivery while coordinating firmwide AI adoption.
• Be expert in knowledge AI systems and their applications to customer opportunities and internal platform development.
• Member of the Enterprise Architecture council guiding initiatives to success.
• Maintain current knowledge of knowledge AI trends and model architectures.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional communication

Governance translation

Strategic mindset

Innovation

Hybrid work

Analytical rigor

Complex problem solving

Data-driven decisions

AI expertise authority

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s or PhD

Tools

Observability tooling

Safety tooling

Governance tooling

Nvidia Agentic Platform

Microsoft Azure

Crew Platform

Job description

EY is seeking a Senior Manager Architect to lead design and implementation of advanced knowledge AI systems across EY businesses. You will balance hands-on delivery with cross-functional coordination, ensuring compliant, scalable adoption.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in enterprise architecture or governance, strong leadership, and experience with foundation models and AI platforms. The role supports a hybrid work model and global collaboration.