AI Architect - GTM

About the role

NTT DATA seeks to hire exceptional, innovative, and passionate individuals who want to grow with us. If you are interested in joining our team in Plano, Texas (US-TX), United States (US), apply now.

Responsibilities

• Design AI solutions aligned to client requirements, NTT DATA standards, and delivery capabilities.
• Define scope, approach, solution blueprints, technical architectures, assumptions, dependencies, risks, and success criteria.
• Build work estimates across roles, effort, skills, locations, tooling, platforms, and delivery dependencies.
• Define workplan timelines, delivery phases, milestones, and MVP-to-scale implementation paths.
• Partner with delivery, finance, and commercial teams to shape pricing inputs, deal economics, margin assumptions, and commercial options.
• Support SOW development by defining scope boundaries, deliverables, acceptance criteria, dependencies, and change-control considerations.
• Validate feasibility, implementation approach, resourcing model, integration complexity, data readiness, security, governance, and operational support requirements.
• Incorporate partner platforms and models into solution designs where relevant.
• Support technical Q&A, client demos, solution walkthroughs, proposal defense, and transition from pursuit to delivery.
• Contribute reusable estimates, patterns, BOMs, workplans, solution artifacts, and lessons learned into the global AI GTM knowledge base.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in solution architecture, technology consulting, software engineering, data engineering, systems integration, presales, or delivery roles.
• 3+ years of experience designing or delivering AI, data, analytics, ML, GenAI, agentic AI, or automation solutions.
• 1+ year of hands-on or solutioning experience with GenAI, LLMs, RAG, AI agents, or enterprise AI platforms.
• Ability to travel 25%.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Azure, AWS, GCP, OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, Google/Gemini, Databricks, Snowflake, vector databases, orchestration frameworks, and MLOps/LLMOps tooling.
• Experience supporting large pursuits, proposal development, pricing reviews, or delivery mobilization.
• AI/ML, cloud, data platform, architecture, or security certifications.
• Strong analytical thinking, commercial judgment, written communication, cross-functional collaboration, and client-facing presentation skills.
• Ability to travel as required for client and internal engagements.

Pay

The starting pay range for this remote role is $184,376.00-$426,798.00. This range reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation for the position across all US locations. Actual compensation will depend on a number of factors, including the candidate’s actual work location, relevant experience, technical skills, and other qualifications.

Schedule

This position is eligible for remote or hybrid work options, but these arrangements are subject to change based on client requirements. For employees near an NTT DATA office or client site, in-office attendance may be required for meetings or events, depending on business needs.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance with an employer contribution.
• Flexible spending or health savings account.
• Life and AD&D insurance.
• Short and long term disability coverage.
• Paid time off.
• Employee assistance program.
• Participation in a 401k program with company match.
• Additional voluntary or legally-required benefits.