Senior AI Architecture & Governance Lead

EY; Tallahassee (FL); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 329,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Flexible vacation policy

Job summary

EY is seeking a Senior Manager Architect to lead the design and implementation of enterprise-wide AI architecture covering Knowledge, Trust and Control/Harness blocks. The role spans Foundation Model management, Safety, Agentic design, and NLP/SLM system integration, balancing hands-on delivery with cross-functional coordination.

The successful candidate will drive enterprise AI adoption with robust compliance, monitoring, integration, and governance across business, technical, and product

Qualifications

• 10+ years in enterprise architecture, governance, or compliance technology.
• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field.
• Knowledge of AI Foundation Model frameworks and major platforms.
• 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 AI agentic systems design and implementation across foundation models, LLMs, and SLMs.
• 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 an expert across Knowledge, Trust, and Control/Harness AI systems and their applications to customer opportunities.
• Member of Enterprise Architecture council guiding initiatives to success.
• Maintain knowledge of AI trends, model architectures, trust frameworks, and control/harness patterns.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional communication

Governance

Strategic thinking

AI knowledge

Problem solving

Stakeholder influence

Hybrid collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Masters/PhD (preferred)

Tools

Foundation models frameworks

Llama

Gemini

Claude

OpenAI

Mistral

Deepseek

Observability tooling

AI platforms (Nvidia, MSFT, Crew)

Job description

EY is seeking a Senior Manager Architect to lead the design and implementation of enterprise-wide AI architecture covering Knowledge, Trust and Control/Harness blocks. The role spans Foundation Model management, Safety, Agentic design, and NLP/SLM system integration, balancing hands-on delivery with cross-functional coordination.

The successful candidate will drive enterprise AI adoption with robust compliance, monitoring, integration, and governance across business, technical, and product