Senior AI Architecture Lead - Trust & Control

EY; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 160,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

Pension and 401(k)

Flexible vacation policy

Paid holidays

Job summary

EY is seeking a Senior Manager Architect to lead the design and implementation of enterprise-wide AI architecture, spanning Knowledge, Trust, and Control/Harness blocks. This role balances hands-on delivery with strategic alignment, ensuring robust governance and compliance across foundation model management, safety, agentic design, and NLP/vision systems.

You will work across the Foundation Model program, partner with vendor tools for monitoring and security, and engage EY teams to drive

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, Llama, Gemini, Claude, OpenAI, Mistral, Deepseek etc.
• 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 the 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.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional communication

Strategic thinking

AI governance

Stakeholder management

Hands-on delivery

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s or PhD (preferred)

Tools

NVIDIA AI platforms

Microsoft AI tools

Crew governance tools

Job description

EY is seeking a Senior Manager Architect to lead the design and implementation of enterprise-wide AI architecture, spanning Knowledge, Trust, and Control/Harness blocks. This role balances hands-on delivery with strategic alignment, ensuring robust governance and compliance across foundation model management, safety, agentic design, and NLP/vision systems.

You will work across the Foundation Model program, partner with vendor tools for monitoring and security, and engage EY teams to drive