Principal Architect - Data, AI, and Analytics

The Principal Architect, Data, AI, and Analytics leads a team of architects who guide, shape and influence the direction of the data, analytics, and AI that underly all of Ford's business.

The Principal Architect works with senior leaders in Enterprise Technology and the Global Data & Analytics organization to ensure that Ford makes critical decisions based on a solid foundation of enterprise data.

Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of more than 40 architects around the world who engage with teams who are building and managing systems across the Data, AI and Analytics platforms.
• Lead a cross-platform effort to align the design and implementation of data, AI, and analytics technologies with overall technical strategy and industry trends.
• Lead a team that advises groups across the company on how to ensure that data, AI and Analytics systems are reliable, performant, and meet business needs.
• Lead a team that advises data engineering teams on domain driven design, data modeling, master data platform architectures, and various enterprise data integration patterns.
• Drive technical alignment across all regions and skill teams to appropriately align systems to industry and company standards.
• Collaborate with cloud and enterprise data center database infrastructure teams to build/configure the fit-for-purpose data platforms for functional use.
• Have domain knowledge in Automotive or Manufacturing or Industrials would be considered ideal.
• Collaborate with teams working on data, AI and analytics systems and related technologies to ensure that they are connected with the longer-term portfolio strategy and roadmap.
• Seamlessly integrate and define roadmaps for strategic tool selection and strategic systems roadmap.

Additionally, the scope of this role will:

• Influence leaders, architects, managers, and engineers across the company.
• Lead by example regarding technical and software architecture by participating in design sessions and engineering projects.
• Lead a team of architects located in Dearborn, Michigan and Chennai, India.
• Advise and mentor leaders and engineers on diverse topics including Data, AI and Analytics systems.

Qualifications:

Minimum:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field.
• 15+ years of progressive responsibilities in IT or an IT-focused business area.
• 10+ years of experience building and architecting data-intensive applications.
• 10+ years of experience in a field related to Data, AI and Analytics systems.
• Working knowledge of cloud computing, especially Google Cloud Platform.
• Working knowledge of data, AI and analytics tools and technologies.

Preferred requirements:

• Master's degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field.
• Extensive demonstrated competency in technical architecture.
• Knowledge of 'cloud native' concepts in software architecture and delivery.
• Working understanding of basic cybersecurity principles.
• Must be skilled at influencing leaders and workers across the company at many different levels.
• Must be able to think and act strategically, without constraints.
• Must be able to develop a team, including growing employees' performance and maturity, recruiting, and retaining key talent.