AP Ventures - Automation Architect

- Wins new business by working cross-functionally with sales and delivery to develop client proposals and presentations around process and solution options, clearly explaining technical concepts for shared understanding to facilitate decision-making.

- Define Data Governance policies and procedures for large clients with multi-country presence

- Define high level data and analytics strategic including technology components such as AI/ML, Analytics, MDM, and Big Data (among others)

- Be responsible for gathering and transforming field internal external partner's requirements for AI related architecture and design specifications.

- Able to strategically define a roadmap that will deliver the data capabilities to meaningfully deliver tangible business outcome

- See the whole picture (the forest, not the tree) of the business, it's drivers, actors involved and processes, that will allow her/him to help the team that is more on the day to day on not losing sight of that big picture and the north they are following

- Define the goals of the program and key KPI's/OKR's to measure and monitor them

- Proactively develop strong relationships with Business and IT leaders from the C-suite level to front line delivery consultant

- Work with APV Executive leaders and act as a SME to build trust with clients, stakeholders and team members alike, with empathy, great communication and negotiation skills

- Engage with the project teams and the business to understand project resource needs

- Able to present and speak freely on topics such as MDM, BI, AI/ML, APIM, and DevOps in the context of data platforms

- Must have experience in clearly articulating value proposition of large platforms such as AWS, Azure, and GCP

- Must be able to deliver Executive presentations that includes cost, timeline, scope, and reference architecture of end to end data platforms or specific capabilities

Qualifications:

- At least 10+ years of total IT experience with 5+ most recent years as Data Strategist/Data and Analytics Solutions Architect

- Most recent 3+ years leading Data Governance Strategy and Implementation

- Most recent 5+ years referenceable experience in championing AI/ML and RPA solutions

- Most recent 5 years experience at a senior level in a Solutions Architect function in very large consulting engagements [top Fotune 100 companies]

- At least 5+ years in Solutions Sales for IT Services in Data, AI, and BI

- Must have at least 2+ years involved in Machine Learning and AI

- Must have prior and recent projects implementing MDM, Big Data, and AI solutions

- Last 2-3 years of consulting in Data Strategic and large Data platform delivery in AWS or Azure

- Ability to evaluate and develop efficient and effective operational processes.

- Ability to think strategically from a program operating model perspective

- Proven conflict management skills and professionalism.

- Ability to guide others to adaption to change in the workplace.

- Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills.

- Excellent organizational skills.

- Ability to liaise with people at all levels within an organization.

Preferred Skills:

- Most recent 5+ years of Experience in the supporting USA public sector services industry.

- Most recent 2+ years of experience managing large enterprise Data Platform and/or Cloud platform projects

- At least 5+ years of dealing with senior leaders across client organizations with an ability to present executive presentations, weekly status reports, and monthly scorecards