Senior AI Architecture & Governance Lead

Ernst & Young Oman; Akron (OH); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 359,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

Pension and 401(k)

Flexible vacation policy

Job summary

EY is seeking a Senior Manager Architect to lead AI architecture across Knowledge, Trust, and Control/Harness blocks. You will oversee foundation model management, safety, agentic design, AI application integration, and future NLP/ VLM directions.

The role balances hands-on delivery with cross-functional coordination, ensuring enterprise AI adoption through robust governance, monitoring, and integration practices. Hybrid work expected.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, governance, or compliance technology.
• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field.
• Knowledge of AI Foundation Model frameworks (e.g., Llama, Gemini, Claude, OpenAI, Mistral, Deepseek).
• Experience with observability, safety and governance tooling.
• Familiar with Agentic AI platforms (Nvidia, MSFT, Crew).
• Proven track record in building and delivering large-scale enterprise platforms.

Responsibilities

• Oversee design and implementation of AI agentic systems and frameworks 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 a player-coach, contributing to technical delivery while coordinating firmwide AI adoption.
• Be a true expert across Knowledge, Trust, and Control/Harness AI systems and their applications to customer opportunities and internal horizontal platform development.
• Member of the Enterprise Architecture council guiding initiatives to success.
• Maintain current knowledge of AI trends, model architectures, trust frameworks, and control/harness patterns for timely adoption.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional communication

Governance knowledge

Strategic thinking

Hybrid/work-domain collaboration

AI adoption & integration

Problem solving

Data-driven decision making

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s/PhD (preferred)

Job description

EY is seeking a Senior Manager Architect to lead AI architecture across Knowledge, Trust, and Control/Harness blocks. You will oversee foundation model management, safety, agentic design, AI application integration, and future NLP/ VLM directions.

The role balances hands-on delivery with cross-functional coordination, ensuring enterprise AI adoption through robust governance, monitoring, and integration practices. Hybrid work expected.