Engagement Lead Architect
Hitachi, Ltd.1 day ago
Dallas, TX, USAStaff+
Responsibilities
- Align executive sponsors on goals, success measures, scope, and decision rights.
- Assess client data, analytics, AI platforms, data readiness, semantics, governance, and operating model.
- Shape agent use-case portfolios and recommend priorities based on value, data readiness, and risk.
- Steer working prototypes and make build-versus-buy decisions across hyperscaler, lakehouse, open-source, and partner options.
- Present go/no-go recommendations with scope, team, plan, and value case for delivery.
- Act as design authority for data, context, and agent architecture.
- Run delivery governance, including planning, RAID, status reporting, steering committees, and change control.
- Own value cases, KPIs, baselines, and results readouts.
- Ensure security, identity, entitlements, evaluations, and human approval are implemented before agents act on business systems.
- Coach architects, engineers, and consultants while growing client relationships through evidence-based next steps.
Requirements
- 15+ years of experience in data, analytics, and AI.
- 5+ years leading client-facing programs for large enterprises.
- Hands-on architecture depth with Databricks or similar, including Unity Catalog, Genie, Mosaic AI or Agent Bricks, and MLflow.
- Experience with at least one hyperscaler: AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
- At least one GenAI or agent solution taken into production with evaluation, guardrails, and access controls.
- Strong understanding of semantic layers, business glossaries, ontologies, knowledge graphs, tools, and MCP.
- Executive presence and the ability to frame choices for senior leaders and secure decisions.
- Commercial judgment in scoping, estimation, and change control.
- Preferred experience in manufacturing, automotive, or supply-chain industries.
- Databricks or cloud professional certifications are preferred.
- Preferred experience with agent observability, AI FinOps, agent registries, or gateways.
- Prior consulting or professional-services leadership is preferred.
Benefits
- Industry-leading benefits, support, and services focused on holistic health and wellbeing.
- Flexible work arrangements depending on the role and location.
- An inclusive culture with autonomy, freedom, ownership, and opportunities to work alongside and learn from talented colleagues.
Categories
AI ApplicationsSolutions Engineering
About Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd. builds industrial, energy, rail, and digital systems for governments and enterprises, combining operational technology with IT, cloud, and data infrastructure services. Its portfolio spans power grids, factory automation, data centers, rail systems, and consulting delivered through units such as Hitachi Vantara, Hitachi Rail, and Hitachi Energy. Founded in 1910 and headquartered in Tokyo, it is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and operates globally across critical infrastructure markets.