Senior AI Architecture & Trust Leader — Hybrid Work

EY; Salem (OR); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 374,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

Pension and 401(k) plans

Paid time off

Flexible vacation policy

Hybrid work environment

Job summary

EY is seeking a Senior Manager Architect to lead the design and implementation of enterprise AI architecture across foundation model management, safety, agentic design, and NLP/ VLM applications. This role balances hands-on delivery with cross-functional coordination.

You will oversee knowledge, trust, and control/harness blocks, collaborate with EY teams, and contribute as a player-coach while staying current with AI trends and governance tooling.

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).
• Experience with observability, safety and governance tooling.
• Familiar with Agentic AI platforms (Nvidia, MSFT, Crew).
• Proven track record 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.
• 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 the timely adoption of emerging AI technology.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional communication

Strategic thinking

Problem solving

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field

Masters or PhD (Ideal)

Tools

AI governance tools

Observability tools

Agentic AI platforms (Nvidia, MSFT, Crew)

Job description

EY is seeking a Senior Manager Architect to lead the design and implementation of enterprise AI architecture across foundation model management, safety, agentic design, and NLP/ VLM applications. This role balances hands-on delivery with cross-functional coordination.

You will oversee knowledge, trust, and control/harness blocks, collaborate with EY teams, and contribute as a player-coach while staying current with AI trends and governance tooling.