Enterprise Architect - Innovations (Gen AI)
Company: Disability Solutions
Location: Phoenix
Posted on: May 4, 2024
Job Description:
Job Title:Enterprise Architect - Innovations (Gen
AI)Location:Block 23What you'll do:Enterprise Architect -
Innovations (Gen AI), is a senior architect role accountable for
standing up and executing on the AI strategy, governance and
approach; in support of banks products, services and objectives.
The role calls for having a strategic view of the program, while
being tactical enough to deliver in iterations delivering
incremental progress. This will be a partially hands-on role to
develop PoC, execute on pilots, while also being responsible for
interacting with various stakeholders across the bank (business and
technical) to build and execute on a pipeline of AI efforts while
also maturing the AI program. The role requires an ability to
understand banking products and services with an eye towards
identifying areas where AI is best suited, to enhance and
streamline processes showing value and a return on investment;
solve complex problems and drive innovation across our organization
in the AI space. You need to be a driven, self-motivated individual
with a passion for working on newer technologies, learn and conduct
research to stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in AI, ML
space; work closely with architects, data scientists, data
stewards, product managers and other stakeholders to design, build,
and deploy AI-powered solutions that enhance our products and
services.What we are looking for: Responsibilities:
- Understands business processes and capabilities across the
enterprise to identify and provide innovative solutions leveraging
Gen AI capabilities with an objective to realize business
value.
- Identify, Design, Develop, and Implement AI programs primarily
using Azure services and platforms with a primary focus on
Generative AI.
- Assist with and develop AI strategy, roadmap, governance, risk,
and control policies & architecture frameworks while identifying,
maintaining, and executing on AI pipelines.
- Help build & direct a team of resources to enhance and add to
AI capabilities at the bank.
- Stay current with the latest market trends in AI space, and
determine their potential impact on the enterprise, pipelines, and
existing artifacts.
- Facilitates the evaluation and selection of PoC/ Pilot
candidates. Compare and contrast usage of different Gen AI models
across multiple modalities.
- Monitor the current-state solution portfolio to identify
potential candidate for Gen AI enablement.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify & define AI
project requirements and objectives, ensuring alignment with
overall business goals.
- Evangelize & support efforts to drive delivery functions
towards Agile & DevOps/FinOps delivery models.
- Contribute to establishing best practices and standards for Gen
AI development within the organization.
- Provide technical mentorship and guidance to other team
members.Qualifications:Required:
- 15 years of information technology experience; 5+ years in the
architecture space, experience with delivery of applications.
Knowledge of Financial Services is a plus
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information-technology,
engineering, system analysis or a related study, or equivalent
experience. Master's degree preferred.
- Have a technology upbringing with strong software development
and design background.
- Full stack development knowledge and background with recent
development and implementation experiences in predictive AI and/ or
GenAI space
- Proficient with Azure services such as Azure AI Search, Azure
Open AI, Azure Functions, App Services etc., especially in context
of developing AI applications.
- Strong knowledge of data, databases, data structures -
structured, semi-structured and unstructured
- Deep understanding of strategic and new and emerging technology
trends, and the practical application of existing, new and emerging
technologies to new and evolving business and operating
models.
- Understanding of product management, agile principles and
development methodologies and capability of supporting agile and
DevOps teams by providing advice and guidance on opportunities,
impact and risks, taking account of technical and architectural
debt.
- Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to think
critically and creatively, to develop innovative AI solutions.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to develop
content for & communicate with Executive Level stakeholders as well
as Engineering & Scrum teams.
- Ability to build trust and respect as a thought leader who can
influence and persuade business and IT leaders and development
teams.
- Objective mindset that is able to think 'enterprise first' and
remain unbiased toward any specific technology or vendor choice,
with decisions made based on data, analysis, & POC results.
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment & lead
cross-functional teams.Preferred:
- Gen AI Implementation experience with expertise in Azure
technologies and services such as Azure AI Search, Co-Pilots, Azure
OpenAI etc.Benefits you'll love:We offer all the important things
you'd want - like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the
company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k
matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer
program, and a wellness program. In addition, you'll have the
opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins
and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their
finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow
your career!About the company:Western Alliance Bank is a wholly
owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Alliance Bank
of Arizona, Alliance Association Bank, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank,
First Independent Bank, and Torrey Pines Bank are divisions of
Western Alliance Bank; Member FDIC. AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western
Alliance Bank company.Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed
to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants
without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin,
marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual
orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western
Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing
reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you
are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable
accommodation to complete any part of the application process
and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email
HR@westernalliancebank.com or call 602-386-2488. When contacting
us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of
your accessibility issue. We will only respond to inquiries
concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the
application process.-- Western Alliance Bancorporation
Keywords: Disability Solutions, Sun City West , Enterprise Architect - Innovations (Gen AI), Professions , Phoenix, Arizona
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