Senior AI Architecture & Strategy Lead

EY; Jericho (NY); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 374,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

Pension plan

401(k) plans

Paid time off

Job summary

EY is seeking a Senior Manager Architect to lead enterprise-scale AI architecture spanning Knowledge, Trust, and Control/Harness blocks. The role covers foundation model management, safety, agentic design, and NLP/vision systems, balancing hands-on delivery with cross-functional coordination.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in enterprise architecture or governance, strong leadership, and a track record delivering large-scale platforms.

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 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 an expert across Knowledge, Trust, and Control/Harness AI systems and applications to opportunities and platform development.
• Member of the Enterprise Architecture council guiding initiatives to success.
• Maintain knowledge of AI trends, model architectures, trust frameworks, and control/harness patterns for timely adoption.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional communication

Strategic thinking

Innovation

AI governance

Enterprise architecture

Data governance

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

Hybrid work

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field

Masters or PhD degree (beneficial)

Tools

Observability tools

Governance tooling

AI platforms (NVIDIA, MSFT, Crew)

Job description

EY is seeking a Senior Manager Architect to lead enterprise-scale AI architecture spanning Knowledge, Trust, and Control/Harness blocks. The role covers foundation model management, safety, agentic design, and NLP/vision systems, balancing hands-on delivery with cross-functional coordination.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in enterprise architecture or governance, strong leadership, and a track record delivering large-scale platforms.