Senior Principal AI Solutions Architect

Description

The company builds software that connects the physical and digital worlds, helping businesses improve operations, create better products and support their people. It has nearly 7,000 employees worldwide.

Professional Services is setting up a formal strategy for how AI shapes its project delivery. This Senior Principal AI Solutions Architect role leads that work as the AI subject matter expert for the Americas. The role reports to the Vice President of Americas Professional Services and works with Sales, Solution Consulting, Customer Success, Product Management, R&D and the company's other AI teams.

There is a strong pipeline of customer AI opportunities, so this is a highly visible role with room to build the practice from the ground up. There is also potential to collaborate with AI centers of excellence across the company globally.

Responsibilities

• Build the AI delivery practice, which is your main focus.
• Define and carry out the strategy for using AI in Professional Services project delivery. Set AI delivery standards, best practices for AI productivity, reusable assets, reference architectures and AI-focused service offerings.
• Make sure Professional Services teams understand the company's AI product capabilities. Run enablement programs and mentor Solution Architects, Consultants, Business Solutions Managers and Project and Program Managers.
• Support key customer engagements, starting with pre-sales. Work with Sales and Solution Consulting on strategic AI opportunities, run discovery workshops, define use cases and success criteria, check technical feasibility, and help with scoping, estimates, SOWs and roadmaps.
• In delivery, act as architectural lead on selected AI implementations. Design end-to-end solutions across customer environments and company platforms, run architecture reviews and resolve complex technical blockers.
• The balance between these areas will change as the practice matures.

Requirements

• 10+ years in enterprise software consulting, solution architecture, professional services or systems engineering, with recent years focused on AI.
• Deep hands-on AI expertise in LLMs, multi-agent systems, prompt engineering and vector databases (e.g., LangChain/LangGraph).
• A record of taking AI solutions from concept to production.
• AI experience in a professional services organization or in manufacturing is preferred.
• Experience supporting both pre-sales pursuits and implementation delivery.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL, plus at least one of Java, Go or TypeScript.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise, data and cloud architecture, API integration, and security and governance.
• Excellent executive communication and presentation skills, and comfort in a changing environment.
• Industry experience in manufacturing, industrial products, automotive, aerospace and defense, medical devices, high tech or field service.
• Experience with CAD, PLM, SLM, ALM or Digital Thread initiatives.
• Experience with large-scale data technologies (e.g., Spark, Kafka) and data science.
• You must be authorized to work in the United States now and in the future without sponsorship from the company. This position is not eligible for employment-based immigration sponsorship.

Conditions

The anticipated annual salary range is $149,000 to $223,000. This is a good-faith estimate at the time of posting. Actual pay depends on skills, qualifications, experience and location.

Candidates may be eligible for a performance-based bonus.

Applications are reviewed as they arrive and accepted until the role is filled.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds.

Benefits

• Employees may be eligible for medical, dental and vision insurance, paid time off and sick leave, tuition reimbursement, a 401(k) with employer match, flexible spending accounts, life insurance and disability coverage.
• Office-assigned employees may receive a generous commuter subsidy.
• Employees can buy discounted company stock through an employee share purchase plan, and some roles may be eligible for equity programs.
• All benefits are subject to plan eligibility and other terms and conditions.