Accenture

Enterprise AI Architecture Director

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3 days ago
Albany, NY, USA +42 moreStaff+

Base Salary

$113k - $338k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Own, defend, evolve, and sign off on the end-to-end methodology for AI-native architecture delivery.
  • Set the technical point of view through client architecture councils, conference talks, and frontier-partner relationships.
  • Own the portfolio of reference architectures, agent framework patterns, multi-model orchestration blueprints, and evaluation harnesses.
  • Lead production-scale enterprise AI-native transformations as the named architecture lead.
  • Define the boundary between AI-controlled and deterministic system behavior through AI Guardrail Design.
  • Translate hands-on architecture arguments into commercial narratives and advise clients and sales leadership on consequential technical engagements.

Requirements

  • Minimum 8 years of enterprise technology delivery experience, with meaningful experience in at least two of large-scale data engineering, AI/ML platforms, enterprise architecture, or software engineering leadership.
  • Minimum 2 years designing and delivering production AI-native architectures at enterprise scale, including at least one transformation as the named architecture lead.
  • Minimum 5 years owning a productized offering, platform, or methodology.
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent minimum 12 years of work experience; an associate’s degree requires at least 6 years of work experience.
  • Clear and defensible understanding of the AI frontier and ability to articulate it publicly.
  • Working command of AI Architecture, AI Guardrail Design, Multi-Model Orchestration, and Agent Framework Design.
  • Ability to communicate technical architecture to client executives and connect it to commercial narratives.
  • Preferred experience with multi-agent systems, event-driven architectures, streaming technologies, dependency analysis, methodology development, and relationships with Anthropic, OpenAI, or hyperscaler AI organizations.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage.
  • 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off.
  • Travel may range from 0% to 100% depending on business needs and client requirements.
  • Annual salary ranges vary by location from $112,900 to $338,300.

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About Accenture

10,000+ employees

Accenture is a global professional services firm providing management consulting, systems integration and technology, cybersecurity, and business process outsourcing for enterprises and governments. It operates a services-driven model delivering projects and managed services, often with major cloud and software partners, across industries worldwide. Headquartered in Dublin and publicly traded on the NYSE (ACN), it originated as Andersen Consulting and adopted the Accenture name in 2001.

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