Lead AI Architect - Build PA's AI Capability
PA Consulting7 hours ago
Copenhagen, DenmarkStaff+
Responsibilities
- Own the technical vision and direction of the AI capability team.
- Define reference architectures, reusable patterns, technical standards, accelerators, and reusable components for enterprise AI.
- Track AI models, frameworks, tooling, and infrastructure and decide what to adopt, test, or ignore.
- Architect, prototype, code, review code, and deliver secure, scalable AI solutions integrated with enterprise environments.
- Design multi-agent systems, tool-using agents, human-in-the-loop workflows, knowledge layers, evaluation, observability, guardrails, and cost controls.
- Advise client executives on technical architecture, risk, cost, speed, build-versus-buy, cloud strategy, models, and platform decisions.
- Support technical solutioning, client workshops, proposal architecture, and business development.
- Mentor engineers, data scientists, and consultants and raise technical standards across PA and Jacobs.
- Contribute to international collaboration and thought leadership in AI and engineering.
Requirements
- Extensive hands-on experience architecting and delivering AI, data, or software solutions in enterprise environments as an architect, principal engineer, tech lead, or CTO.
- Deep practical knowledge of LLMs, prompt and context engineering, fine-tuning, model selection, RAG, vector databases, knowledge graphs, semantic layers, agentic orchestration, tool use, MCP, LLMOps, MLOps, evaluation, observability, and AI security.
- Strong experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP and modern data platforms such as Databricks, Snowflake, or Microsoft Fabric.
- Solid software engineering skills with the ability to build in Python and/or TypeScript.
- Strong understanding of enterprise architecture, integration, identity, and security in complex organizations.
- Working knowledge of responsible AI, the EU AI Act, GDPR, and data sovereignty.
- Ability to communicate complex technology clearly to senior non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience working in multidisciplinary, cross-organizational teams involving engineers, data scientists, and business consultants.
- Fluent English and Danish.
- Consulting or client-facing advisory experience is a plus.
- Experience in financial services, the public sector, energy, health, or other regulated industries is a plus.
- Experience building or leading technical teams or communities of practice is a plus.
- Public contributions such as open-source work, talks, articles, or side projects are a plus.
Benefits
- Opportunity to define and build the technical direction of a strategic, growing AI capability at PA.
- Hands-on work with modern AI technologies on significant client problems across Europe.
- Direct exposure to executive decision-makers and major transformation agendas.
- Collaborative team environment backed by PA and Jacobs’ global AI, data, engineering, and innovation network.
- Opportunities to grow technically, commercially, and as a leader.
- The role is based in Copenhagen and involves work with clients across the Nordics and global markets.
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About PA Consulting
PA Consulting is a management and technology consultancy that designs and delivers strategy, digital systems, and physical products for public- and private-sector clients. It works across defense and security, government, health and life sciences, financial services, energy and utilities, consumer, and transport markets. Founded in 1943 and headquartered in London, it operates globally and is majority-owned by Jacobs.