AI ML Solution Architect & Developer Senior Manager

Protiviti · Houston, TX · Today

Engineering$149k–$239k/yrFull-time

About the role

The Protiviti Career provides opportunity to learn, inspire, and advance within a collaborative and inclusive culture. We hire curious individuals for whom learning is a passion. We lean into our mission: We Care. We Collaborate. We Deliver.

Responsibilities

Lead the development of end-to-end AI solutions to solve complex business problems.
Work with clients to identify and manage risk.
Develop strategies to solve complex business problems using new ways of thinking.
Devise solutions to support clients' needs through the use of the latest tools and methods.
Partner with client personnel to foster lasting relationships.
Provide exceptional experiences to both internal and external stakeholders.
Create lasting relationships within the business community and serve as an ambassador of Protiviti in the market.
Mentor and provide performance development to teams.
Oversight and review of work across teams.
Identify and address security or privacy considerations during development.
Create development opportunities for others.
Pursue business development opportunities and implement strategies to obtain new work or clientele.
Execute security-related tasks such as integrating authentication, enforcing role-based access, and configuring secure data pipelines.
Document security-relevant design decisions, data flows, and privacy considerations.
Establish best practices in AI governance principles ensuring ethical use, transparency, risk management while delivering high-quality services to clients.

Requirements

You enjoy leading technical and industry discussions and seeking opportunities to demonstrate AI technologies and enable both internal and external stakeholders. You are motivated to learn and interested in all things related to AI ML, including the latest trends and developments. You are passionate about building relationships with clients and providing exceptional experiences. You have an inherent interest in project management and team leadership. You promote a positive team culture that fosters open communication among all engagement team members. You create development opportunities for others, including participating in the creation and rollout of training, and ways for your team to improve our clients and communities. You have interest in contributing to the preparation of client proposals and strategies to win new business. You excel at identifying opportunities to integrate product solutions and resources to improve client service capabilities. You have interest in working with a diverse portfolio of clients across multiple industries.

Qualifications

Demonstrated experience with: Hands-on leading the development of end-to-end AI solutions to solve complex business problems.
Cloud services and infrastructure with platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud.
Built or deployed systems powered by LLMs or generative models and understand how model behavior affects product experience.
Proficiency in programming languages for AI development such as Python, R, or SQL, with experience in libraries/frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, Langchain, etc.
Experience with big data technologies such as Hadoop and Spark.
Implementing required security and privacy controls when developing AI-enabled prototypes, including proper data handling, masking/anonymization, and secure storage based on defined standards.
Executing security-related tasks such as integrating authentication, enforcing role-based access, and configuring secure data pipelines as part of delivering production-ready AI solutions.
Identifying and addressing security or privacy considerations during development and proactively collaborating with security stakeholders to validate implementation.
Documenting security-relevant design decisions, data flows, and privacy considerations to support Responsible AI practices and audit transparency.
Fostering innovation by identifying new AI technologies or methodologies that can enhance current processes or solve new challenges.
Establishing best practices in AI governance principles ensuring ethical use, transparency, risk management while delivering high-quality services to clients.
Establishing and cultivating business relationships and a professional network, including with senior executives.
Successfully pursuing business development opportunities and identifying and implementing strategies to obtain new work or clientele.

Skills

Leadership and direct supervisory experience of teams including conducting performance appraisals, mentoring and coaching, oversight and review of work, coordination across teams, and understanding how to motivate.

Benefits

Our annual bonus plan provides eligible employees additional cash and/or discretionary stock compensation opportunities. Below is the bonus target opportunity for this job. 14%

Pay

Starting salary is based on a full-time equivalent schedule. Placement in the range is dependent upon experience, skills and geographic work location. Below is the salary range for this job. $149,000.00 - $239,000.00

Schedule

Employees are eligible for medical, dental, and vision coverages, FSA and HSA healthcare accounts, life and accident insurance, adoption and fertility assistance, paid parental leave up to 10 weeks, and short/long term disability.

Legal Compliance

Protiviti practices a hybrid model, which is a combination of working in person with a purpose and working remotely. This model creates meaningful experiences for our people and our clients while offering a flexible environment. The ratio of remote to in-person requirements vary by client, project, team, and other business factors. Our people work both in-person in local Protiviti offices and on client sites, which can include local or out-of-state travel based on our projects and client requests and commitments.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Protiviti is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/Disability/Veteran