Senior Sourcing & Procurement AI Deployment Lead

Accenture PLC; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Forward Deployed AI Engineer within our Sourcing & Procurement practice. This production engineer embeds with client teams to make AI platforms work in real-world environments, focusing on time-to-value, adoption, reliability, and scalability.

You will lead enterprise AI deployments across complex environments, managing architecture, adoption, and measurable business value, including AI-driven spend analytics and supplier risk. Travel up to 75%.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of engineering experience
• Experience designing and deploying agentic solutions in production
• Deep expertise with AI platforms (OpenAI, Claude, Vertex AI)
• Leadership of software engineering teams and delivery oversight

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise AI platform deployments across complex client environments from architecture through adoption.
• Own programme-level delivery outcomes: time-to-value, reliability, adoption velocity, scalability.
• Architect and govern enterprise AI solutions across the technology stack: identity, data, security, governance, platform layer.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Cloud-native systems

AI platforms

Agentic solutions

Microservices

Serverless

Software architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Accenture is seeking a Forward Deployed AI Engineer within our Sourcing & Procurement practice. This production engineer embeds with client teams to make AI platforms work in real-world environments, focusing on time-to-value, adoption, reliability, and scalability.

You will lead enterprise AI deployments across complex environments, managing architecture, adoption, and measurable business value, including AI-driven spend analytics and supplier risk. Travel up to 75%.