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Role Summary

Lead the strategy, platform build-out, and adoption of AI/ML across Research for global digital transformation effort, making AI agents, models, and tools a daily, accessible part of wet‐lab and dry‐lab scientists' workflows. Translate AF priorities into a practical, compliant AI services layer—data foundations, MLOps, agentic assistants, model governance, and change enablement—that shortens time from experiment to insight and elevates decision quality across discovery programs.

Objectives / Purpose

• Define and execute a multi‐year AI/ML roadmap aligned to Research use cases and KPIs.
• Establish an AI‐ready data foundation (FAIR-by-design) and scientist‐facing AI tools embedded in ELN/LIMS/instrument workflows.
• Institutionalize Responsible AI & GxP-aware governance for production models.
• Drive adoption through super-user networks, training, and change management to achieve measurable value and ROI.

Scope / Impact

Global Research scope with cross‐site collaboration (US/EU/JP). Direct impact on data-to-decision latency, assay/analysis reproducibility, and portfolio productivity. Partner with operations, Computational Sciences & Data Strategy, IT, function leads, and platform teams to deliver outcomes at scale.

Accountabilities

Strategy & Roadmap

• Own Research's AI/ML strategy and sequencing (MVP → scale) across wet‐lab dry‐lab integration and self‐service tools.
• Align priorities with Research's KPIs and portfolio goals; establish and monitor achievement of success criteria and milestones.

Platform, Data & Integration

• Guide the development of AI‐ready data foundations (provenance, metadata/ontologies, harmonization) across ELN/LIMS, instruments, imaging, and omics.
• Integrate platforms (e.g., ELN, SDMS & AI Cloud) to liberate, contextualize, and operationalize lab data for AI/ML.
• Stand up modern MLOps (CI/CD, registries, experiment tracking, monitoring) and secure service/APIs embedded in workflows.

Agentic AI & Productization

• Design self-service and user-friendly processes for deployment of AI agents for scientists (literature triage, protocol assist, data QC, analysis pipelines, code helpers).
• Guide engineering efforts to deliver production models (e.g., sequence/structure prediction, assay QC, outlier detection, multimodal analytics).

Adoption & Change Enablement

• Lead adoption via super‐user networks, training, and communications; co‐own readiness plans with NCSP.
• Work with Change Management leads to publish playbooks and guardrails enabling self‐service AI workflows for scientists.

Governance, Risk & Compliance

• Define and Implement Responsible AI and risk‐based governance (ALCOA+, validation mindset, audit trails, XAI, privacy/PII controls).

Impact & Reporting

• Own measurable impact (adoption, latency, reproducibility, ROI) and provide transparent reporting to R&D leadership and key stakeholders.

Qualifications

Required

PhD degree in a scientific discipline with 10+ years experience , or

MS with 16+ years experience, or BS with 18+ years experience (preferably in Advanced degree in Computer Science, AI/ML, Computational Biology/Chemistry, Bioinformatics, or related; or equivalent industry experience.)

Proven MLOps platform build and delivery of scientist‐facing AI tools embedded in ELN/LIMS/instrument workflows.

Expertise in FAIR data, scientific data models/ontologies, and integration across wet‐lab instruments, imaging, and omics.

Experience with Responsible AI and GxP‐adjacent validation/governance in pharma/biotech R&D.

Strong stakeholder management; ability to translate complex science/data into usable AI for end users.

Preferred

• Experience working in wet-labs and knowledge of Research and Development workflows and processes in either the biologics and/or small molecule fields
• Agentic AI systems and LLMs for scientific contexts; multimodal ML (text/images/sequences/numerical).
• Knowledge of Research/Pharma Sci common data models and cloud analytics/HPC integrations.

Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary

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U.S. based employees may be eligible for short-term and/ or long-term incentives. U.S. based employees may be eligible to participate in medical, dental, vision insurance, a 401(k) plan and company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, a tuition reimbursement program, paid volunteer time off, company holidays, and well-being benefits, among others. U.S. based employees are also eligible to receive, per calendar year, up to 80 hours of sick time, and new hires are eligible to accrue up to 120 hours of paid vacation.

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Generative AI Engineer/Agentic Engineer

You bring AI to life - one agent at a time. At BWE, we rely on you to build smart, adaptive systems that act on behalf of our teams, streamlining workflows and amplifying impact. As an Agentic Engineer, you turn complex business tasks into intelligent, automated solutions that drive efficiency across the enterprise. Your work helps us scale AI with confidence, creativity, and control.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and optimize autonomous or semi-autonomous AI workflows (agentic systems) using Microsoft Copilot, Power Automate, Copilot Studio, and third-party AI platforms.
• Translate complex business tasks into orchestrated, multi-step AI workflows that can act with minimal user input while maintaining accuracy and compliance standards.
• Develop and iterate intelligent assistants, copilots, and AI agents to automate business processes across origination, closing, servicing, and corporate functions.
• Collaborate with Business Partners and business units to test, refine, and scale agentic tools that drive measurable efficiency improvements and user adoption.
• Lead implementation of BWE's Scale Agentic AI initiative by identifying high-impact automation opportunities and deploying production-ready AI agents.
• Partner with AIOps Engineer to ensure agentic systems integrate properly with monitoring, governance, and optimization frameworks.
• Stay ahead of emerging agentic design patterns, orchestration technologies, and best practices while bringing forward innovative solutions to business challenges.
• Create reusable agentic templates and workflow patterns that enable citizen developers to build AI-powered automation within governance frameworks.
• Implement security and compliance controls for agentic systems ensuring adherence to financial services regulations and data privacy requirements.
• Research and experiment with innovative agentic AI technologies and platforms to enhance BWE's automation capabilities.
• Provide training and support to business users adopting agentic tools and automation workflows.
• Document agentic system architectures, decision logic, and operational procedures for knowledge transfer and maintenance.

Near-Term Deliverables:

• Build and deploy at least 3-5 production agentic systems that demonstrate significant business impact and operational efficiency gains.
• Establish agentic AI development framework including design patterns, testing methodologies, and deployment standards.
• Create a comprehensive library of reusable agentic components and workflow templates that accelerate automation deployment across business functions.
• Partner with Business Partners to identify and prioritize high-impact opportunities for agentic AI implementation with detailed business case analysis.
• Develop agentic system monitoring and optimization practices ensuring reliable performance, accuracy, and cost efficiency.
• Research and recommend emerging agentic AI platforms and technologies for potential adoption with hands-on evaluation and implementation guidance.
• Create citizen developer enablement materials including agentic workflow templates, training resources, and best practice guidelines.
• Establish agentic AI governance practices including approval workflows, risk assessment, and compliance validation procedures.
• Complete advanced training in agentic AI, workflow orchestration, or emerging automation technologies relevant to enterprise applications.
• Contribute to BWE's competitive advantage by pioneering innovative agentic use cases and automation strategies.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience building AI-driven workflows, intelligent automation, or low-code/no-code solutions in enterprise environments.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Power Platform (Power Automate, Power Apps), Microsoft Copilot Studio, and Large Language Model (LLM) integration.
• Strong grasp of prompt engineering, conversation design, logic flows, and business process optimization techniques.
• Experience with API integration, data transformation, and system connectivity for workflow automation.
• Knowledge of agentic AI concepts including multi-step reasoning, tool usage, and autonomous decision-making systems.
• Understanding of business process design, user experience principles, and change management for automation adoption.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Technology, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Creative, fast-moving builder with prototyping mindset and deep understanding of user needs and business workflows.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with advanced agentic AI platforms and orchestration tools beyond Microsoft ecosystem.
• Knowledge of machine learning, natural language processing, and conversational AI development.
• Familiarity with enterprise integration patterns, API management, and cloud-native application development.
• Experience in CRE, financial services, or regulated industries with complex compliance and audit requirements.
• Understanding of AI governance, responsible AI deployment, and risk management for autonomous systems.
• Previous experience leading automation initiatives or digital transformation projects.
• Knowledge of emerging technologies including multi-modal AI, autonomous agents, and AI orchestration platforms.

Onsite AI Engineer - Construction Industry Focus

New Haven, CT - Onsite 5 days per week

• Initial Assignment: Fully onsite 5 days per week at a construction site in Ft. Myers (FL) or New Haven (CT) for 1 year
• Post-Assignment: Relocation to one of the corporate offices for hybrid employment: Boston, MA (preferred), New York City (NY), New Haven (CT), Herndon (VA), West Palm Beach (FL), or Estero (FL)

Role Summary

As the on-site catalyst who turns AI ideas into working reality. Partnering with each project’s AI Champion (Project Manager or Superintendent), you’ll uncover pain points, redesign workflows, and deploy AI agents that cut down reporting, accelerate RFIs, simplify lookahead planning, progress updates, materials tracking, and more. When needed, you will develop user stories and coordinate development with the central AI Studio. You’ll help advance the vision of the “Construction Site of the Future,” showing how agentic AI will transform project operations.

Responsibilities

• Workflow discovery and redesign: Lead Lean/Six Sigma workshops; map value streams; log high-impact AI agent opportunities that improve field efficiency.
• AI agent development: Build and deploy multiple production-ready AI agents using Copilot Studio, Power Apps/Automate, ChatGPT Enterprise, or code-first frameworks. Integrate agents into Teams/SharePoint on the front end and Databricks Lakehouse or other enterprise data sources on the back end.
• RAG pipelines and LLMOps: Design and operate retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines with Databricks Delta Tables, Unity Catalog, and Vector Search (or Spark/Hadoop equivalents). Monitor cost, latency, adoption, and model drift.
• Cross-cloud orchestration: Blend OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, and AWS Bedrock services through secure custom connectors to maximize flexibility and adoption.
• Data integration: Partner with Data Engineering to deliver ETL/ELT pipelines, API integrations, and event-driven connectors that feed RAG pipelines and AI agents.
• Change management and adoption: Train field teams, gather feedback, iterate quickly, and embed agents into SOPs. Track usage and ROI with adoption metrics and behavior-change KPIs.
• Stakeholder communication: Translate technical results into business value for leadership and clients. Contribute use cases and playbooks for the “Construction Site of the Future.”
• Compliance and hand-offs: Ensure all AI solutions meet the company’s data governance and security standards. Draft clear user stories and specs for escalation to central AI/Data Engineering teams when necessary.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in AI engineering, data science, or ML-focused software engineering.
• Proven experience building multiple AI agents in production environments.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with LLMs, RAG pipelines, and LLMOps practices.
• Must have strong traditional software engineering background in Python

Bonus Points

• Experience in construction, manufacturing, or other process-heavy industries.
• Advanced degree in a technical field.

Role:

The Technical Product Manager, Functional AI, will lead the definition and delivery of AI solutions that transform our core business functions, including Finance, HR, Legal, Marketing, and others. This role bridges functional expertise and technical execution—partnering with business leaders to identify opportunities, shaping requirements into scalable AI solutions, and ensuring adoption that delivers measurable value. The Technical Product Manager will collaborate closely with engineers and data teams to design, pilot, and scale solutions, while maintaining clear visibility into ROI and impact for leadership. Success in this role requires strong product management discipline, applied AI expertise, and the ability to translate complex technical concepts into business outcomes.

Responsibilities:

Product Management & Business Partnership:

• Lead discovery and scoping sessions with business stakeholders across corporate functions (Finance, HR, Marketing, etc.) to identify high-value AI opportunities.
• Build strong relationships with functional leaders to understand workflows, pain points, and success measures.
• Translate business requirements into clear technical requirements that guide design, engineering, and vendor evaluation.
• Drive user experience design by ensuring solutions are intuitive, accessible, and aligned with employee needs.
• Prepare clear documentation of requirements, workflows, and decision rationale to support transparent delivery.
• Lead Agile sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives to ensure timely and high-quality delivery of product features in collaboration with cross-functional teams.

AI Solution Design & Delivery Support:

• Partner with engineers to shape solution approaches, balancing build/buy/partner considerations.
• Contribute to solution architecture discussions, ensuring designs are scalable, secure, and compliant with standards.
• Collaborate closely with delivery teams to validate functionality against requirements, proactively evaluate feature effectiveness and accuracy, and resolve scope or design ambiguities to ensure product quality and alignment with user needs.
• Support testing, pilot deployment, and adoption efforts, incorporating user feedback into iterative improvements.
• Document and communicate lessons learned, value metrics, and impact stories to demonstrate business outcomes.

Value & Impact Measurement:

• Define success metrics and measurable outcomes for each AI initiative in partnership with business stakeholders.
• Work closely with the Data Analytics team to design and maintain value tracking reports and dashboards.
• Monitor adoption, efficiency gains, and ROI, and proactively identify areas for improvement.
• Present value realization updates to leadership, ensuring clear visibility into the business impact of AI solutions.

Qualifications:

• At least 5 years of experience in technical product management with a minimum of 2 years in AI-related products.
• Bachelor’s and Master’s in Computer Science, Physics, Engineering, or associated quantitative fields.
• Have proven experience and knowledge of corporate functions (Finance, HR, Legal, Marketing, etc.)
• Exceptional facilitation and communication skills—comfortable running discovery sessions, white-boarding with PMs, and demoing prototypes to senior leaders.
• Demonstrated product-management mindset: roadmap ownership, KPI definition, and budget/risk trade-off communication.
• Hands-on experience leading change initiatives and measuring adoption by teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Deep understanding of AI applications, tools, and methodologies
• Proven ability to apply AI/ML techniques (e.g., NLP, document intelligence, predictive modeling, generative AI) to solve business problems in corporate functions.
• Hands-on experience with modern AI/ML tools and platforms (e.g., OpenAI, Azure AI, AWS SageMaker, AWS Bedrock or similar).
• Familiarity with the latest trends in AI (e.g., agentic AI, multimodal models, RAG) and ability to evaluate their relevance for client use cases.

Job Summary:

AI is becoming foundational to how iHerb operates globally — from personalization and customer experience to supply chain optimization and fulfillment automation.

We are creating the Head of AI Enablement to ensure AI becomes a sustained, measurable capability across the enterprise — not isolated pilots or one-off tools, but deeply integrated systems that improve how we serve customers in 180+ countries.

*This is not a research role. It is a delivery role.

Job Expectations:

Strategy & Vision

• Define and own iHerb's AI enablement roadmap, aligned with company OKRs and long-term growth strategy.
• Partner with the CTO and senior leadership to embed AI into iHerb's operating model, from supply chain and logistics to personalization and customer service.
• Evaluate and recommend AI tools, platforms, and vendor partnerships across the organization.
• Stay ahead of the AI landscape — identifying emerging technologies, risks, and opportunities relevant to global e-commerce and health & wellness.

Enablement & Adoption

• Build and lead an AI Enablement function that equips teams across iHerb to effectively use AI in their daily workflows.
• Design and roll out AI literacy programs, training curricula, and internal communities of practice for both technical and non-technical staff.
• Establish a Center of Excellence (CoE) for AI, creating standards, best practices, governance frameworks, and playbooks for responsible AI deployment.
• Champion the adoption of AI tools — including generative AI, predictive analytics, and automation — across Marketing, Merchandising, Customer Service, Finance, and Operations.

Execution & Delivery

• Identify and prioritize high-value AI use cases with measurable ROI across business units.
• Partner with engineering and data science teams to move AI initiatives from proof-of-concept to production at scale.
• Define and track KPIs to measure AI adoption, productivity gains, and business impact across the organization.
• Manage a portfolio of AI enablement projects, balancing speed with quality and governance.

Governance & Responsible AI

• Develop and enforce policies around responsible AI use, including data privacy, bias mitigation, and regulatory compliance aligned with GDPR and global standards.
• Ensure AI systems across iHerb are explainable, auditable, and aligned with iHerb's values.

The duties and responsibilities described above may provide only a partial description of this position. This is not an exhaustive list of all aspects of the job. Other duties and responsibilities not outlined in this document may be added as necessary or desirable, with or without notice.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Required:

• Proven track record of driving AI or digital transformation at scale.
• Strong understanding of LLMs, generative AI, recommendation systems, NLP, and predictive analytics.
• Experience influencing cross-functional stakeholders and executive leadership.
• Ability to translate complex AI concepts into clear business impact.
• High degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• Excellent organization skills and ability to multi-task

Equipment Knowledge:

• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Experience with Google Business Suite (Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Forms) preferred

Experience Requirements:

Generally requires a minimum of 10+ years experience in technology, data, or product leadership roles and 3-5+ years leading AI/ML strategy, deployment, or enterprise enablement initiatives.

Education Requirements:

Bachelor’s Degree in Business or related field preferred, or a combination of education and equivalent work experience.

Judgment/Reasoning Ability: Able to identify, troubleshoot and resolve problems quickly using sound judgment, poise and diplomacy. Ability to use judgment and reasoning skills, and determine when to escalate issues, as required, in a timely manner.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the Team Member is regularly required to talk and hear. The Team Member is frequently required to sit, walk, climb stairs, use hands and fingers, bend, stoop and reach with hands and arms. Reaching above shoulder heights, below the waist or lifting as required to file documents or store materials throughout the work day. The Team Member may occasionally lift or move office products and supplies up to 25 pounds. Proper lifting techniques required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work Environment: The noise in the work environment is usually moderate. Other factors are:

• Hectic, fast-paced with multi-level distractions
• Professional, yet casual work environment
• Office / Warehouse environment
• Ability to work extended hours as required

Role:

Join project teams across the U.S. as the on-site catalyst who turns AI ideas into working reality. Partnering with each project’s AI Champion (Project Manager or Superintendent), you’ll uncover pain points, redesign workflows, and deploy AI agents that cut down reporting, accelerate RFIs, simplify lookahead planning, progress updates, materials tracking, and more. When needed, you will develop user stories and coordinate development with the central AI Studio. You’ll help advance the vision of the “Construction Site of the Future,” showing how agentic AI will transform project operations.

Location: New Haven, Connecticut

Responsibilities:

• Opportunity hunting and workflow redesign – Lead Lean/Six Sigma discovery workshops; map value streams, assess process and data maturity, and log low-effort/high-impact AI use cases.
• Process and data maturity assessment – Evaluate each jobsite’s current workflows and underlying data; surface gaps that block AI adoption and develop phased improvement plans with Operations Excellence to establish the right process baseline before deploying agents.
• Assess the market solutions – Evaluate off-the-shelf and platform tools; launch pilots, measure impact, and scale wins.
• Rapid AI-agent builds – Convert user stories into production-ready agents in Copilot Studio / Power Apps/Automate, ChatGPT Enterprise, or code-first frameworks within days; wire them to Teams/SharePoint on the front end and Databricks Lakehouse or other sources on the back end.
• Enterprise-grade engineering & LLMOps – Build RAG pipelines backed by Delta tables, Unity Catalog, and Databricks Vector Search; automate infra with GitHub Actions / Posit; monitor latency, cost, adoption, and drift.
• Data integrations – Partner with Data Engineering to design and maintain ETL pipelines, API integrations, and event-driven connectors feeding RAG and agents.
• Cross-cloud orchestration – Blend OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, and AWS Bedrock behind secure custom connectors; package agents for seamless rollout.
• Change enablement – Train crews, gather feedback, iterate, and track adoption and ROI metrics; apply influence model principles to embed agents into daily routines and SOPs, and track behavior change KPIs.
• Stakeholder communication – Brief project leadership and clients on agent impact in clear business terms; contribute use cases and playbooks for “Construction Site of the Future.”
• Escalation & hand-off – Draft clear user stories, data specs, and acceptance criteria for any complex solution that requires the central AI Solution Engineers or Data Engineering / Data Science team to lean in.

Qualifications:

• 3+ years in AI engineering / full-stack data applications or data science, including 2+ years building production LLM/RAG solutions.
• Bachelor’s in CS, Engineering, Physics, or a related field; Master’s preferred.
• Prior hands-on work in construction or heavy process industries (manufacturing, oil & gas, chemicals) is a significant plus.
• Demonstrated process excellence background (Lean/Six Sigma Green Belt or equivalent) with experience diagnosing process and data gaps and supporting change management plans with Operations Excellence.
• Strong facilitation and communication skills.
• Hands-on expertise with Copilot Studio, Power Apps/Automate, custom connectors, and CoE Toolkit governance.
• Programming & data stack: Python, SQL, Databricks Lakehouse, vector stores.
• DevOps & IaC: GitHub Actions (or Azure DevOps) and Posit Workbench/Connect automation or comparable CI/CD tooling; strong Git/GitHub workflow discipline.
• Integration & ETL skills: Foundational understanding of ETL/ELT design, Airflow or Databricks Workflows, and REST/GraphQL API development; proven collaboration with Data Engineering on source-to-lake and lake-to-agent pipelines.
• Willing and able to travel and work on active jobsites.

Position Title: Applied AI Systems Engineer

Location: Orange County, California (Hybrid)

Reports To: Head of Operations

Position Summary

This role is responsible for architecting, building, and deploying a production-grade AI operating system that automates core workflows across leasing, property management, accounting, construction coordination, and asset management.

The engineer will design and implement AI agents, document intelligence systems, and workflow automation pipelines that reduce manual processing, improve accuracy, and increase operational scalability across a commercial real estate portfolio.

This position requires strong systems thinking, rigorous technical execution, and the ability to translate complex operational processes into reliable automation.

Core Objectives

• Build an internal AI platform that automates high-volume operational workflows
• Reduce manual processing time and administrative overhead
• Improve accuracy, speed, and decision visibility across departments
• Establish scalable systems that support portfolio growth without proportional staffing increases

Primary Responsibilities

• AI Platform Architecture & Development
• Design and deploy AI agents to automate operational and administrative workflows
• Build LLM-powered systems for document review, data extraction, and decision support
• Develop retrieval-based systems leveraging leases, financial data, contracts, and SOPs
• Implement evaluation, monitoring, and continuous improvement frameworks

Lease & Document Intelligence Automation

• Build tools to extract key lease terms, obligations, and risk clauses
• Automates lease abstraction and document comparison workflows
• Develop compliance and deadline tracking systems
• Enable searchable knowledge retrieval across lease and legal documents

Leasing & Asset Management Automation

• Automate LOI comparison and deal workflow summaries
• Build dashboards summarizing tenant performance, lease milestones, and risk exposure
• Support market intelligence and tenant prospecting research
• Develop underwriting support and reporting tools

Property Management & Financial Workflow Automation

• Automate CAM reconciliation data processing and variance detection
• Streamline tenant reporting and communication workflows
• Track vendor contracts, compliance deadlines, and service obligations
• Extract and structure financial data from operational documents

Data Infrastructure & Knowledge Systems

• Structure internal documents and data for AI retrieval and automation
• Build document ingestion, indexing, and retrieval pipelines
• Implement vector search and knowledge retrieval systems
• Maintain data integrity, access control, and auditability

Systems Integration & Deployment

• Integrate AI tools with property management, accounting, CRM, and document platforms
• Deploy systems within secure cloud environments
• Implement logging, monitoring, performance, and cost controls
• Ensure reliability and scalability of deployed systems

Collaboration & Implementation

• Translate operational workflows into technical automation solutions
• Work directly with leadership to prioritize automation opportunities
• Train teams and implement adoption workflows
• Establish standards for responsible and secure AI usage

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or related quantitative discipline
• Demonstrated success in a rigorous academic or research environment
• 3–7+ years building production software, automation systems, or applied AI solutions
• Strong Python development and API integration experience
• Experience working with structured and unstructured data
• Experience deploying systems in cloud environments
• Strong understanding of system architecture and data pipelines
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving ability

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building document intelligence or contract analysis systems
• Experience with retrieval systems and vector databases
• Experience automating financial or operational workflows
• Experience integrating AI into business operations environments
• Experience in real estate, finance, logistics, or operations-heavy industries
• Evidence of research, technical publications, competitive programming, or open-source contributions

Technical Environment (Representative)

• Python and API-based architectures
• LLM platforms and agent orchestration frameworks
• Cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• SQL and vector databases
• Workflow orchestration and automation tools
• Version control, logging, and monitoring systems

Success Metrics

• Performance in this role will be evaluated by:
• Reduction in manual administrative workload
• Automation coverage across operational workflows
• Accuracy and reliability of AI-driven outputs
• Adoption and usage across departments
• Operational efficiency gains and cost reductions

Work Environment

• Hybrid work model with in-person collaboration in Orange County
• Direct collaboration with executive leadership and operational teams
• High autonomy in system architecture and implementation decisions

Location: Anywhere in Country

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AI & Data - AI Strategy - Senior Manager - Oil & Gas Sector

As part of our growing AI & Data practice, we are seeking a highly experienced Senior Manager to lead enterprise AI strategy and quantitative modeling efforts for our clients in the Oil & Gas sector. This individual will bring deep industry expertise, along with a proven track record of designing and operationalizing responsible, scalable, and value-aligned AI solutions. You’ll lead high-impact client engagements focused on Generative AI, Agentic AI, MLOps, and AI governance frameworks — driving measurable outcomes in upstream, midstream, and downstream operations.

As a Senior Manager in AI Strategy, you will leverage proprietary, industry-aligned business models and innovative operating model designs to deliver impactful AI investments. You will be responsible for capability assessments, operating model design, product management, governance, and process design, ensuring that AI initiatives align with business strategies and stakeholder needs.

In this role, you will lead the delivery of complex AI strategies that enhance business effectiveness and efficiency. You will work closely with clients to envision how AI can transform their markets, products, and capabilities. This position offers the opportunity to engage with business and technology leaders, driving strategic programs that significantly impact their operations.

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• Lead engagement delivery, ensuring quality and risk management throughout the project lifecycle.
  
• Manage client relationships, focusing on revenue generation and the identification of new opportunities.
  
• Develop and manage resource plans and budgets for engagements, ensuring alignment with performance objectives.
  
• Define and implement enterprise-wide AI and quantitative modeling strategy tailored to oil & gas value chains (e.g., asset optimization, drilling, trading, predictive maintenance).
  
• Establish AI governance frameworks that ensure responsible AI adoption, ethical use of data, model risk management, and alignment with evolving regulations.
  
• Design and operationalize Agentic AI solutions to automate reasoning, planning, and decision‑making tasks in complex environments.
  
• Drive the prioritization of AI use cases based on business value, feasibility, and risk, ensuring ROI on AI initiatives.
  
• Lead multidisciplinary teams of data scientists, engineers, and consultants to deliver end‑to‑end AI platforms and solutions.
  
• Partner with senior business and IT leaders to identify strategic opportunities and shape AI‑enabled business transformation.
  
• Implement and scale ModelOps and MLOps practices, ensuring transparency, reproducibility, and monitoring of models in production.
  
• Lead AI solution architecture, including hybrid deployments on cloud (e.g. Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS).
  
• Serve as a thought leader in emerging AI technologies, including Generative AI, foundation models, RAG and Agentic AI.
  
• Drive internal capability building and innovation in Responsible AI, agentic workflows, and energy sector‑specific solutions.
  

To excel in this role, you will need a blend of technical and interpersonal skills. Your ability to navigate complex challenges and deliver innovative solutions will be crucial.

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• Strong analytical and decision‑making skills to develop solutions to complex problems.
  
• Proven experience in managing client relationships and leading teams.
  
• Ability to communicate effectively and influence stakeholders at all levels.
  

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• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred with focus in Computer Science, Applied Math, or related field with prior consulting experience required.
  
• 10+ years of experience in technology consulting, digital transformation, or AI‑driven business solutions.
  
• 5+ years of leadership in AI/ML projects, including team management and executive stakeholder engagement.
  
• Typically, no less than 5 — 7 years of relevant experience.
  
• Strong expertise in AI Platforms and Tools.
  
• Proficiency in Data Architecture Design and Modelling.
  
• Experience in Digital Transformation and IT Effectiveness Assessment.
  
• Knowledge of Emerging Technologies and Technology Strategy, Vision, and Roadmap.
  
• Ability to build and manage relationships effectively.
  
• Strong exposure to oil & gas industry operations, value levers, and use case landscape.
  
• Proven success in developing AI strategy and governance models, including frameworks for Responsible AI, risk, and compliance.
  
• Hands‑on experience with Generative AI frameworks (e.g., OpenAI, Hugging Face, LangChain, RAG).
  
• Experience architecting and scaling MLOps platforms and data science workflows in cloud‑native environments.
  
• Proficiency in Python and tools like Pandas, PyTorch, Scikit‑learn, Spark, SQL.
  
• Experience with CI/CD, containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes), and MLFlow or similar tools.
  
• Strong client‑facing skills with the ability to articulate technical topics to business executives.
  

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• Experience in managing change and leading teams.
  
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills.
  
• Familiarity with sector knowledge and commercial acumen.
  
• Prior experience leading AI initiatives in the energy or oil & gas sector, including exploration, refining, or energy trading.
  
• Familiarity with agentic AI concepts, cognitive architectures, and autonomous agents.
  
• Working knowledge of ESG data, climate risk modeling, and regulatory trends in energy.
  
• AI certifications (Microsoft, AWS, NVIDIA, Databricks, or equivalent).
  
• Exposure to agile delivery models and design thinking approaches.
  

We seek individuals who are not only skilled but also passionate about driving innovation and transformation through AI. Top performers are those who can think critically, solve complex problems, and communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders. If you are eager to make a significant impact and thrive in a collaborative environment, we want to hear from you!

At EY, we’ll develop you with future‑focused skills and equip you with world‑class experiences. We’ll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn more.

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  We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. The base salary range for this job in all geographic locations in the US is $144,000 to $329,100. The base salary range for New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) is $172,800 to $374,000. Individual salaries within those ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options.

  
  
  
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  Join us in our team‑led and leader‑enabled hybrid model. Our expectation is for most people in external, client‑serving roles to work together in person 40‑60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year.

  
  
  
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  Under our flexible vacation policy, you’ll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You’ll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well‑being.

  
  
  

Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.

EY accepts applications for this position on an on‑going basis.

For those living in California, please click here for additional information.

EY focuses on high‑ethical standards and integrity among its employees and expects all candidates to demonstrate these qualities.

EY provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, genetic information, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other legally protected basis, including arrest and conviction records, in accordance with applicable law.

EY is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities including veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and either need assistance applying online or need to request an accommodation during any part of the application process, please call 1‑800‑EY‑HELP3, select Option 2 for candidate related inquiries, then select Option 1 for candidate queries and finally select Option 2 for candidates with an inquiry which will route you to EY’s Talent Shared Services Team (TSS) or email the TSS at .

With data being the fuel that drives our future - our strategies, policies, and business successes around data will define our future growth prospects. Unlocking the value available through the innovative use of data on behalf of consumers, businesses, and communities is key to our future. With our ongoing commitment to Visa’s Data Values and the responsible use of data, we at Visa have a bold vision to continue to grow and accelerate our data-

The AI Products & Analytics team under the Global Data Office is creating the next generation of scalable and responsible AI, ML and Data solutions and products to solve client and consumer problems. We are a cross‑functional team of data scientists, product/program managers, data engineers and ML Engineers focused on generating value for the payment ecosystem. We are dreaming of the next generation of AI features and products, Agentic AI solutions and high‑quality analytics and data science support for our internal partner teams.

This position is in the AI Practices & COE sub‑team under the AI Products & Analytics team, focused on AI Transformation of the Global Data Office. The AI Transformation program aims to accelerate operational efficiency and foster innovation through targeted automation. By deploying scalable AI solutions to existing time‑consuming workflows with high potential for AI disruption, this will ensure measurable, sustainable benefits across the Global Data Office.

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• Design and implement agentic AI workflows to automate multi‑step tasks and drive business impact.
  
• Integrate predictive, generative, and prescriptive AI models into enterprise processes for decision support and efficiency gains.
  
• Apply ML, deep learning, and NLP techniques to diverse datasets, building scalable, secure data pipelines for AI training, inference, and monitoring.
  
• Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and domain experts to embed AI solutions into operations.
  
• Define, track, and report KPIs to measure productivity improvements, cost savings, and accuracy gains.
  
• Validate AI impact through experimentation frameworks such as A/B testing and performance benchmarking.
  
• Document workflows, models, and processes to ensure knowledge sharing and adherence to best practices.
  
• Stay current on emerging AI frameworks and LLM‑based automation, prototyping innovative solutions for rapid adoption.
  
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to technical and non‑technical stakeholders, fostering cross‑functional collaboration.
  

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in the office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

Relocation assistance is not provided for this role.

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• 2 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD, or PhD).
  

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• 3 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or more than 2 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD).
  
• 2+ years of hands‑on work experience with process/workflow automation and experience deploying Agentic AI solutions.
  
• Advanced Degree with specialization in AI, Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Statistics or a highly quantitative field.
  
• Strong technical proficiency in machine learning and AI frameworks, including TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit‑learn, and Hugging Face Transformers.
  
• Experience with agentic AI and orchestration tools such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, or similar frameworks for multi‑step task automation.
  
• Solid data engineering skills, including SQL, Spark, Databricks, Airflow, Kafka, and ETL/ELT pipeline development.
  
• Proficiency in Python (primary) and familiarity with Java, Scala, or R.
  
• Experience with cloud and MLOps practices, including CI/CD, model monitoring, retraining pipelines, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
  

Work Authorization: Permanent Authorization to work in the U.S. is a precondition of employment for this position. Visa will not sponsor applicants for work visas in connection with this position.

Work Hours: Varies upon the needs of the department.

Travel Requirements: This position requires travel 5‑10% of the time.

Mental/Physical Requirements: This position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.

Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.

Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable local law, including the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.

U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY: The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is 137,400.00 to 193,750.00 USD per year, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job‑related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this position may be eligible for bonus and equity. Visa has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position may be eligible that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program.

AI & Business Systems Manager

Christopher Homes, a nationally acclaimed luxury residential developer and home builder, has been creating Nevada’s finest neighborhoods since 1981. Within four decades, we have developed over 2,000 homes with a total value of over $1 Billion.

Our experience and reputation for developing luxury residential neighborhoods is unmatched. Of note, Christopher Homes has been awarded over 150 national and local awards for design excellence, which include: 19 Home of the Year awards, 7 Community of The Year awards, and recognized as the Homebuilder of the Year by the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB), and numerous other awards.

Our Purpose



Enhancing lives by creating innovative homes and communities that inspire and reflect the unique interests of our residents. How we do anything is how we do everything. We are creators. The foundation of our success is rooted in our culture and our most valuable resource is our people. We are a diverse group made up of smart, creative, and dedicated people that are passionate about transforming the modern living experience.

Position Overview

The AI & Business Systems Manager is a senior, hands-on role responsible for designing, governing, and operationalizing artificial intelligence across Christopher Homes’ real estate development and luxury homebuilding platform. The manager will report to our CFO. This role requires deep, proven experience in real estate development and residential construction combined with advanced applied AI, data, and enterprise systems expertise.

The manager can work on-site or have a hybrid schedule.

This individual will lead the transformation of fragmented data and disconnected systems into a clean, structured, AI-ready ecosystem that improves efficiency, reduces costs, enhances forecasting, and elevates the customer experience. This is not a research role—this position focuses on practical, secure, ROI-driven AI embedded directly into daily workflows.

This is a full-time, individual contributor role with enterprise-wide responsibility and visibility.

Key Responsibilities

AI STRATEGY & IMPLEMENTATION (PRIMARY FOCUS)

·      Design and execute an enterprise AI roadmap aligned with real estate development and homebuilding workflows

·      Embed AI directly into core systems including Procore, ERP, Buildtopia, HubSpot, and Microsoft platforms

·      Identify and deploy AI use cases for:

–        Cost control and variance detection

–        Schedule and cycle-time optimization

–        Purchasing and vendor analysis

–        Warranty trend prediction and root-cause analysis

–        Marketing performance and lead intelligence

·      Automate repetitive, manual, and error-prone processes using AI and intelligent workflows

·      Ensure all AI solutions are secure, compliant, and aligned with data privacy best practices

DATA ARCHITECTURE, CLEANUP & GOVERNANCE

·      Assess, clean, normalize, and structure data across all business systems

·      Establish data standards, naming conventions, and governance policies

·      Eliminate duplication, silos, and inconsistent data definitions

·      Ensure data integrity to support reliable AI-driven insights and decision-making

·      Prepare data architecture to support future scalability and AI maturity

REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT & CONSTRUCTION SYSTEMS LEADERSHIP

Serve as the internal expert on how AI supports:

              – Land development

            – Vertical construction

-- Purchasing and contracts

            – Design center operations

            – Warranty and post-close service

·      Deeply understand how data flows through real estate development and homebuilding lifecycles

·      Optimize system usage to reflect how the business actually operates—not generic software assumptions

·      Partner with vendors, consultants, and software providers during system enhancements or ERP transitions

BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP & CHANGE MANAGEMENT

·      Translate real estate development and construction challenges into AI-enabled solutions

·      Partner closely with executive leadership and department heads

·      Educate teams on AI tools, best practices, and responsible usage

·      Adoption of AI-enabled workflows across the organization

REPORTING, FORECASTING & DECISION INTELLIGENCE

·      Build AI-powered dashboards, reports, and forecasting tools

·      Improve visibility into costs, schedules, risks, and performance

·      Enable leadership to make faster, more accurate, data-driven decisions

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS   

·      8+ years of experience in real estate development, residential construction, or homebuilding environments

·      Demonstrated, hands-on experience applying AI to real business systems

·      Deep understanding of development and construction workflows, terminology, and financial drivers

·      Proven ability to organize, clean, and govern complex operational and financial data

·      Experience with enterprise systems such as:

            – Procore

            – ERP systems (Sage 100 Contractor or similar)

             – Buildtopia (Purchasing, Design Center, Construction and Warranty)

            – CRM & Marketing platforms

            – Microsoft ecosystem (including Copilot)

·      Strong understanding of data security, privacy, and compliance in business environments

·      Ability to operate independently and drive outcomes without direct supervision

STRONGLY PREFERRED

·      Luxury single-family or for-rent residential development experience

·      Experience leading ERP transitions or system integrations

·      Applied knowledge of predictive analytics and automation in construction

·      Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

IDEAL CANDIDATE PROFILE

·      Deeply grounded in real estate development and construction

·      Business-first mindset with strong technical execution

·      Focused on measurable ROI, efficiency, and cost savings

·      Disciplined, pragmatic, and trustworthy with sensitive data

·      Comfortable building foundational systems before scaling AI initiatives

Location: Chicago, Akron, Arlington, Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Birmingham, Boca Raton, Boston, Buffalo, Charleston, Charlotte, Chattanooga, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbia, Columbus, Dallas,Denver, Des Moines, Detroit, Edison, Fort Worth, Grand Rapids, Greenville, Hartford, Hoboken, Honolulu, Houston, Indianapolis, Irvine, Jacksonville, Kansas City, LA, Las Vegas, Louisville, McLean, Memphis, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Nashville, New Orland, New York, Oklahoma, Orlando, Palo Alto, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Pleasanton, Portland, Providence, Raleigh, Richmond, Rochester, Rogers, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, Secaucus, Stamford, St. Louis, Syracuse, Tallahassee, Tampa, Toledo, Tucson, Tulsa, Washington DC, Westlake village, Winston-Salem

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence.

We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world.

Whole industries have been disrupted and transformed in recent years by changing technologies, advanced analytics and the need for better insight. EY is helping businesses realize the value they can gain from their IT investments. We deliver exceptional client service — providing advice on how technology, finance process efficiency and enterprise intelligence contribute to performance improvement, as well as how IT can act as a multiplying effect during major program transformations.

The AI Finance Senior Manager is a crucial role responsible for supporting the Finance Applications Data Lead in executing the overall data management strategy for finance applications. The successful candidate will leverage their deep expertise finance applications (planning, reporting, close/consolidation) coupled with deep skills in enterprise data management, data governance, data quality, master data management, Machine Learning, and Generative AI (Gen AI) to support key finance personas. One of the key responsibilities will focus on developing and implementing our “FDL consulting blueprint” service offering, with the goal of creating an industry agnostic data model which can be utilized as a starting point and be extended ensure data consistency and interoperability across finance applications. The successful candidate will work closely with the Data Lead and the Product Owner for the FDL to ensure that the FDL Blueprint is designed on a foundation of accurate, consistent, and reliable finance application data architecture, enabling informed decision-making.

The AI Finance Senior Manager will work closely with finance, IT, and data science teams to support the effective management and utilization of finance application data, harnessing the power of Machine Learning, Gen AI, and Azure data technologies to drive innovation and business value through the development and implementation of the EY AI Finance solution offering.

As a Senior Manager, you will play a pivotal role in leading engagement delivery and managing client relationships. Your time will be spent across various responsibilities, including:

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• Leading the design and delivery of system architecture solutions in collaboration with technical teams.

  
  

• Tailoring technology platforms to business processes, ensuring clients maximize their investment through effective use and continuous improvement.

  
  

• Managing complex processes, solutions, and projects while maintaining a focus on quality and risk management.

  
  

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• Proven ability to manage and deliver complex solutions.

  
  

• Fostering relationships with client personnel at appropriate levels. Consistently running and delivering quality client services. Driving high-quality work products within expected time frames and on budget.

  
  

• Monitoring progress, managing risk and confirming that key stakeholders are kept informed about progress and expected outcomes.

  
  

• Managing expectations of client service delivery.

  
  

• Effectively managing and motivating client engagement teams with diverse skills and backgrounds. Providing constructive on- the- job feedback/coaching to team members.

  
  

• Fostering an innovative and inclusive team-oriented work environment. Playing an active role in the counselling and mentoring of junior consultants within the organization.

  
  

• Supporting Data Management Strategy Execution, including helping execute the overall data management strategy for finance applications

  
  

• Defining data requirements, data architecture, and data models for finance applications, considering the potential of Machine Learning and Gen AI technologies

  
  

• Leading the design and implementation of an extensible common information model for the FDL Blueprint

  
  

• Developing and maintaining documentation, including data dictionaries, entity-relationship diagrams, and data lineage maps

  
  

• Leading the development and implementation of our FDL Blueprint solution offering, ensuring scalability, performance, and security

  
  

• Collaborating with data scientists and finance SMR’s across service lines to identify opportunities for applying Machine Learning and Gen AI techniques to finance applications/personas and extend the FDL

  
  

• Supporting the establishment and maintenance of a robust data governance framework for the FDL

  
  

• Staying current with the latest advancements in Machine Learning, Gen AI, Data Management and Azure technologies and identifying and implementing innovative solutions that drive efficiency, accuracy, and insights for finance applications

  
  

• Ability to travel as required for client engagements and project needs.

  
  

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• Bachelor\'s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Computer Science

  
  

• Minimum of seven years of progressive experience in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), with demonstrated expertise in:

  
  

• Strategic financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes

  
  

• Financial modeling and scenario analysis

  
  

• Variance analysis and management reporting

  
  

• Cross-functional collaboration with business stakeholders

  
  

• Strong proficiency with EPM (Enterprise Performance Management) platforms, including hands-on experience with solutions such as:

  
  

• Anaplan (Certified Model Builder preferred)

  
  

• Oracle EPM Cloud Suite (PBCS, ePBCS, FCCS)

  
  

• Oracle Hyperion

  
  

• OneStream, Tagetik, or similar platforms

  
  

• Solid understanding of financial data architecture and governance, including:

  
  

• Financial data modeling and dimensional design

  
  

• Chart of accounts structuring and hierarchy management

  
  

• Data quality standards and reconciliation processes

  
  

• Master data management for finance applications

  
  

• Knowledge of finance applications including financial modeling (PnL, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow)

  
  

• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills

  
  

• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, supporting the adoption and implementation of emerging technologies

  
  

• Strong business skills including relationship management, commercial awareness, and communication.

  
  

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills as well as excellent oral and written communication skills

  
  

• A willingness to travel to meet client needs.

  
  

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• Degree emphasis in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Computer Science, MIS, or IT preferred

  
  

• A strong ability to adapt to changing technology landscapes and stay ahead of industry trends.

  
  

• Exceptional interpersonal skills to foster team collaboration and client trust.

  
  

• A proactive approach to problem-solving and decision-making.

  
  

• Experience in leading diverse teams in dynamic environments.

  
  

We seek top performers with a blend of technical expertise and strategic business acumen. Candidates should be adaptive, proactive, and committed to driving innovative technology solutions that propel the business forward. Strong managerial skills and a continual desire to improve both technical and soft skills are essential to meet the evolving demands of the industry.

At EY, we’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences. We’ll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn more .

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• We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. The base salary range for this job in all geographic locations in the US is $171,600 to $392,100. The base salary range for New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) is $205,900 to $445,700. Individual salaries within those ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options.

  
  

• Join us in our team-led and leader-enabled hybrid model. Our expectation is for most people in external, client serving roles to work together in person 40-60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year.

  
  

• Under our flexible vacation policy, you’ll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You’ll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

  
  

Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.

EY accepts applications for this position on an on-going basis.

For those living in California, please click here for additional information.

EY focuses on high-ethical standards and integrity among its employees and expects all candidates to demonstrate these qualities.

EY | Building a better working world

EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets.

Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow.

EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories.

EY provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, genetic information, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other legally protected basis, including arrest and conviction records, in accordance with applicable law.

EY is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities including veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and either need assistance applying online or need to request an accommodation during any part of the application process, please call 1-800-EY-HELP3, select Option 2 for candidate related inquiries, then select Option 1 for candidate queries and finally select Option 2 for candidates with an inquiry which will route you to EY’s Talent Shared Services Team (TSS) or email the TSS at

Our client, a large, complex enterprise organization, is looking for a Principal AI Engineer to serve as the lead architect and hands-on builder of a unified AI Platform as a Service (PaaS) a secure, multi-tenant foundation that helps internal teams build and operate semantic discovery, conversational experiences, and autonomous agent workflows at scale.

Summary:

The Principal AI Engineer will design and build an enterprise-grade “AI operating layer” that turns modern foundation model capabilities into a governed, reusable platform used across multiple business domains. This role balances approximately 40% hands-on development with 60% platform strategy, personally building core orchestration services, standardized capability interfaces, and trust/safety guardrails. The platform will enable teams to deploy specialized agents that can collaborate via defined protocols, securely access grounded knowledge sources, and execute autonomous tasks within a controlled, high-availability runtime.

Location: Remote (U.S.) / Hybrid options may be available based on client needs.

Compensation Range: $145,000 - $250,000 per year plus RSUs & Bonus

Benefits: Very competitive benefits

Responsibilities

• Architect and deliver a self-service AI platform that provides reusable patterns, reference implementations, and standardized building blocks for internal engineering teams.
• Define and communicate a multi-year platform roadmap, ensuring technical priorities map to enterprise outcomes and adoption goals.
• Design and implement stateful orchestration (state graphs/state machines) to handle planning edge cases, recovery, and self-correction in autonomous workflows.
• Build and operate secure remote tool gateways (e.g., MCP-style servers) and implement controlled function-calling interfaces for connecting agents to sensitive enterprise systems.
• Establish interoperability standards for agent-to-agent collaboration, enabling autonomous discovery and reliable task handoffs across independently built agent solutions.
• Design an agent identity and authorization layer that supports fine-grained permissions, auditable actions, and strong accountability for autonomous behaviors.
• Implement a unified knowledge layer using semantic retrieval and multimodal grounding to support accurate, “source-aligned” responses and decisions.
• Build long-term context persistence (“memory”) using retrieval and graph-based storage to preserve institutional knowledge and improve continuity over time.
• Create a trust and evaluation layer with automated testing pipelines to measure quality, safety, cost, latency, and reliability of agent behavior across tenants.
• Own runtime lifecycle management for agent sessions, ensuring high availability, persistence, scalability, and controlled rollout patterns.
• Lead deep code reviews focused on agent-specific failure modes (runaway loops, tool misuse, state growth, unreliable calling patterns) and implement mitigations.
• Optimize inference performance and spend through techniques such as prompt caching, model routing, and workload-aware runtime strategies.
• Act as a technical multiplier by mentoring senior/staff engineers on advanced agentic patterns, evaluation methods, and production hardening.
• Partner closely with Cloud and Infrastructure teams to influence enabling services and platform primitives needed for enterprise AI delivery.
• Raise the bar on engineering quality via documentation, profiling, reliability improvements, and ongoing performance tuning.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required:

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 4+ years operating at a Principal/Architect level.
• 2+ years architecting and shipping LLM-based systems, with demonstrated experience taking agentic solutions into production at scale.
• 5+ years working in agile delivery environments.
• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect certification.
• Proven ability to lead technical workstreams and translate business needs into durable platform architectures.
• Strong expertise in asynchronous orchestration (e.g., Python) plus proficiency in a statically typed language (Java, Go, or Rust) for high-concurrency platform services.
• Hands-on experience with stateful graph orchestration patterns and frameworks (e.g., LangGraph/ADK-style approaches) to power robust reasoning workflows.
• Strong cloud-native experience with CLI tooling and Infrastructure-as-Code; proven ability to deploy and scale containerized workloads using container orchestration and serverless platforms.
• Experience designing and operating distributed architectures at scale, including vector stores, graph databases, and structured data pipelines.
• Deep knowledge of multi-agent design patterns and the ability to extend or replace off-the-shelf orchestration when scaling, safety, or reliability requires it.
• Working understanding of modern agent reasoning approaches (Chain-of-Thought, ReAct, Tree-of-Thoughts, Self-Reflection) and when to apply them.
• Experience supporting very high request volumes and/or extremely large datasets in production environments.
• Expertise building semantic retrieval layers, attribute-aware discovery, and stateful persistence for long-lived agent context.
• Strong understanding of MCP-style tool protocols, agent-to-agent interaction patterns, REST/gRPC APIs, OAuth2, and function-calling mechanics.
• Familiarity with microservices architecture patterns and distributed systems best practices.
• Ability to implement observability for agentic systems, including traceability/telemetry and debugging methods for multi-step reasoning and handoffs.
• Awareness of global AI regulations (e.g., EU AI Act) and ability to translate requirements into technical controls and platform governance.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills across technical and business audiences.
• Calm, decisive execution in high-pressure or incident scenarios.
• Highly organized, self-directed, detail-oriented, and effective with limited supervision.
• Ability to support off-hours work as needed, including rotational on-call, weekends, and holidays.

Preferred:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, AI, or a related field.
• PhD in AI, Distributed Systems, or Cognitive Science.
• Google Cloud Professional Machine Learning Engineer certification and/or specialized certifications in multi-agent systems/autonomous reasoning.
• 3+ years working with distributed caching technologies.
• Experience provisioning and configuring cloud platform resources at scale.
• Experience supporting consumer-facing digital or commerce environments.
• Proficiency with Google Workspace (Sheets, Docs, Slides, Gmail).

About Hansell Tierney:

Hansell Tierney is one of the premier staffing and recruiting companies in the Pacific Northwest. Launched in 2001, we are a woman-owned business that serves and staffs Northwest organizations by doing things the right way, not just the easiest way. Hansell Tierney partners with candidates and clients to match the best candidates with interesting local opportunities. We navigate every relationship with the highest level of discretion and service while holding ourselves accountable to our promises. Our business thrives on our deep understanding of the job market and our ability to skillfully tailor our recruitment process to meet our clients’ unique needs.