BCG Platinion | Lead AI Solution Architect

Boston Consulting Group•Durham, NC

11d•$190,000

About The Position

Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is a global consulting firm that partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. Our success depends on a spirit of deep collaboration and a global community of diverse individuals determined to make the world and each other better every day. BCG's Tech and Digital Advantage (TDA) practice focuses on helping clients deliver competitive advantage and business superior performance through data, technology and digital. BCG Platinion sits within the TDA practice and is at the heart of the strategic impact we have with our clients. Our consultants and experts globally work across all industries and provide deep experience and expertise in a wide variety of topics including Digital Transformation, Data & Digital Platforms, AI at Scale, Cybersecurity and Digitizing the Tech Function. At BCG, we bring together the right people to conquer complexity, drive material change, and initiate positive, long-term impact. Explore our BCG Culture and Values for more information. BCG Platinion's presence spans across the globe, with offices in Asia, Europe, and South and North America. We achieve digital excellence for clients with sustained solutions to the most complex and time-sensitive challenge. We guide clients into the future to push the status quo, overcome tech limitations, and enable our clients to go further in their digital journeys than what has ever been possible in the past. At BCG Platinion, we deliver business value through the innovative use of technology at a rapid pace. We roll up our sleeves to transform business, revolutionize approaches, satisfy customers, and change the game through Architecture, Cybersecurity, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Application and Risk functions. We balance vision with a pragmatic path to change transforming strategies into leading-edge tech platforms, at scale. Lead AI Solution Architects at BCG Platinion are: Collaborative. They are interdisciplinary team players who work closely with business stakeholders, product owners, engineers, and data scientists to deliver AI-enabled solutions that solve specific functional challenges. Business-focused Systems thinkers. They design AI-powered solutions tailored to defined industry or functional domains (e.g., customer service, finance, operations), ensuring alignment with business objectives and measurable value realization. Technical Solution Leaders. They bring strong AI and solution architecture expertise to translate business requirements into scalable, production-ready AI implementations. Comfortable with ambiguity. They operate effectively in evolving problem spaces, helping shape use cases, clarify requirements, and define pragmatic solution approaches. Change drivers. They guide business and technology teams in adopting AI-driven workflows, ensuring smooth integration into existing operating models and processes. Agile practitioners. They apply iterative delivery approaches to rapidly test, refine, and scale AI-enabled solutions. Innovative. They apply modern AI patterns, including LLMs and agentic workflows, to reimagine business processes and unlock new capabilities. Hands-on Solution Architects. They remain close to implementation through prototyping, prompt design, orchestration configuration, and validation of AI solution behavior. Trusted partners. They work with mid-to-senior client stakeholders to shape AI solution roadmaps and ensure alignment between business priorities and technical implementation. We are seeking a Lead AI Solution Architect to design and guide the implementation of AI-enabled business solutions powered by LLMs and agentic systems. This role bridges business problem definition and technical execution, ideal for someone who can translate functional requirements into robust AI-driven applications. You will work across business, AI, data, and engineering teams to deliver intelligent solutions that integrate LLMs, enterprise systems, and domain workflows.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, engineering, or a related field (Master’s degree is a plus).
6+ years of experience in consulting, solution architecture, or AI-enabled system implementation.
Experience designing and delivering AI/ML or LLM-based business solutions in production environments.
Strong understanding of business process design and functional workflows within at least one industry or domain.
Strong ability to translate business requirements into structured technical designs.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Consulting mindset with comfort operating in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.
Agile delivery experience with a focus on measurable business impact.
Willingness to travel to work with clients and BCG teams as needed.
Gen AI fluency (e.g., proven usage of GenAI such as ChatGPT, Claude) and validation of response.

Nice To Haves

Proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript, TypeScript) is good to have.
Experience using AI-assisted coding and development tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code, Replit, Lovable) to accelerate solution prototyping and delivery.
Familiarity with modern AI and agentic frameworks (LangGraph, LangChain, Semantic Kernel, LlamaIndex, AutoGen, etc.).
Working knowledge of RAG, MCP, prompt orchestration, vector databases, and agent-based solution design.
Understanding of API-based integration and enterprise system connectivity.
Experience deploying AI solutions within cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

Responsibilities

Design end-to-end AI solutions for defined functional domains, ensuring alignment with business objectives and KPIs.
Translate business requirements into AI-enabled workflows, leveraging LLMs, agentic systems, and structured/unstructured data sources.
Define RAG-based solution patterns for knowledge retrieval, contextual reasoning, and decision support.
Design integration patterns connecting AI solutions with enterprise applications, APIs, and operational systems.
Ensure solutions adhere to responsible AI, governance, data privacy, and security standards.
Balance solution performance, usability, cost, and scalability in architectural decisions.
Develop solution-level prototypes and proof-of-concepts to validate business use cases and AI-driven workflows.
Experiment with prompt strategies, orchestration logic, and retrieval techniques to optimize functional outcomes.
Work closely with engineering teams to validate feasibility and refine technical design decisions.
Guide AI solutions from prototype to production, ensuring business readiness and technical robustness.
Support testing strategies, validation frameworks, and performance evaluation of AI-enabled workflows.
Collaborate on defining deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement approaches for AI solutions.
Translate complex AI capabilities into business-relevant narratives for functional stakeholders.
Facilitate solution design workshops and working sessions with business and technology teams.
Align product, engineering, and business teams around clear use-case definitions and implementation plans.
Provide structured recommendations and clear trade-offs to support client decision-making.
Support and guide junior team members in structuring solution components and analyses.
Mentor consultants and architects in AI solution design and business alignment.
Review deliverables for clarity, functional relevance, and architectural soundness.
Model BCG’s culture, collaboration standards, and client-first mindset.
Stay current on emerging AI solution patterns across industries and functions.
Identify new opportunities to apply LLMs and agentic AI to business workflows.
Contribute to solution accelerators, reusable assets, and industry-specific AI playbooks.
Support business development through solution shaping, use-case definition, and proposal input.
Build strong relationships with client stakeholders across business and technology functions.

Benefits

At BCG, we care about our people, and offer best in class benefits to support you personally and professionally including:
An opportunity to work organically across disciplines and across BCG, we offer a unified and unrivaled opportunity that combines strategic thinking with hands-on applications.
A unique experience to work alongside a team of passionate and driven problem-solvers with a mission to deliver innovative and valuable digital solutions in a supportive environment.
In addition to your base salary, you will also be eligible for an annual discretionary performance bonus and BCG's Profit Sharing and Retirement Fund (PSRF) contribution. BCG also provides a market leading benefits package described below.
At BCG, we are committed to offering a comprehensive benefit program that includes everything our employees and their families need to be well and live life to the fullest. We pay the full cost of medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees - and their eligible family members. That’s zero dollars in premiums taken from employee paychecks. All our plans provide best in class coverage:
Zero dollar ($0) health insurance premiums for BCG employees, spouses, and children.
$10 (USD) copays for trips to the doctor, urgent care visits and prescriptions for generic drugs.
Dental coverage, including up to $5,000 (USD) in orthodontia benefits.
Vision insurance with coverage for both glasses and contact lenses annually.
Reimbursement for gym memberships and other fitness activities.
Fully vested retirement contributions made annually, whether you contribute or not.
Generous paid time off including vacation, holidays, and annual office closure between Christmas and New Years.
Paid Parental Leave and other family benefits such as elective egg freezing, surrogacy, and adoption reimbursement.
Employees, spouses, and children are covered at no cost. Employees share in the cost of domestic partner coverage.