Principal Architect, AI Solutions

Marmon Holdings, Inc.•Chicago, IL

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a part of the global industrial organization Marmon Holdings—which is backed by Berkshire Hathaway—you’ll be doing things that matter, leading at every level, and winning a better way. We’re committed to making a positive impact on the world, providing you with diverse learning and working opportunities, and fostering a culture where everyone’s empowered to be their best. For our newly established AI Center of Excellence (COE), Marmon is now seeking a key technical hire: a hybrid leader who functions as a Technical Architect, Technical Lead, and Delivery Owner. This is a highly visible, enterprise-level role responsible for bridging the gap between high-level AI strategy and hands-on technical execution. You will partner with business stakeholders across Marmon’s diverse portfolio to design, build, and deploy AI solutions that drive measurable value. This role is ideal for a strategic thinker who is equally comfortable whiteboarding an architecture as they are owning the end-to-end delivery of a production-ready AI agent or application.

Requirements

Strategic Mindset: The ability to think beyond a single project and understand how AI fits into the broader Marmon enterprise strategy.
Architectural Depth: Deep experience in cloud-native architecture (Azure, AWS, or GCP) and a proven track record of designing complex, integrated systems.
AI Expertise: Practical experience building with LLMs, prompt engineering, and agentic frameworks (e.g., LangChain, Semantic Kernel, or Copilot Studio).
Delivery Excellence: Strong project management and delivery ownership skills; you are someone who "gets things done" and takes pride in seeing a solution live in production.
Communication Skills: The ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders in a way that builds trust and drives adoption.
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
15+ years of experience in software engineering and architecture, with at least 2-3 years focused on AI/ML delivery.
Experience implementing information lifecycle management and levering AI for solving use cases focused in enterprise unstructured content.
Proven experience leading technical teams and owning the delivery of high-visibility enterprise initiatives.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a consulting or multi-business environment is highly preferred, as you will be supporting a wide range of autonomous industries.

Responsibilities

AI Strategy & Architecture: Define the technical standards and architectural patterns for AI across the enterprise, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with Marmon’s decentralized business model.
Solution Design: Translate complex business challenges into technical specifications, selecting the appropriate LLMs, agentic frameworks, and cloud services (Azure AI, AWS, etc.) to meet specific business unit needs.
Full-Lifecycle Delivery: Own the technical roadmap and delivery for AI initiatives, moving projects from initial POC to enterprise-scale deployment.
Stakeholder Engagement: Act as a primary technical advisor to leadership and business unit heads, demystifying AI and identifying high-impact opportunities for automation and innovation.
Design and implement enterprise-grade AI solutions, focusing on agentic workflows, RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), and integrated LLM applications.
Lead the technical execution of AI projects, managing resources and timelines while maintaining a high bar for code quality and architectural integrity.
Collaborate with IT and Security teams to ensure AI deployments comply with enterprise data governance and infrastructure standards.
Mentor future technical team members and establish best practices for AI development, testing, and monitoring.
Provide "boots on the ground" technical leadership during the initial build phase, transitioning to a more strategic architectural role as the COE scales.
Stay at the forefront of AI research and toolsets, evaluating new technologies for their potential to benefit Marmon’s businesses.