Manager, Architect (Data & AI)

Position Overview

Join a Fortune-ranked company where your expertise in data and AI architecture will drive real business transformation for clients across the world's most important industries. Known for being a great place to work and build a career, KPMG delivers audit, tax, and advisory services to organizations in today’s most important industries. Our culture encourages individual development, embraces an inclusive environment, rewards innovative excellence, and supports our communities.

KPMG is currently seeking a Manager, Architect (Data & AI) to join our Advisory Technology practice organization. Work Location: In person.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with business stakeholders, developers, and other architects to design data and AI solutions as part of a global Advisory technology team. Engage with stakeholders to understand the problem, shape the solution definition, and guide them toward well-architected and cost-effective approaches aligned with our global strategy.
• Collaborate with other architects to drive consensus based on stakeholder priorities, requirements, constraints, principles, and expected outcomes; translate business requirements into detailed technical architecture designs for cloud-native solutions.
• Perform research, create design patterns, and establish practices for leveraging generative AI and AI agents to support enterprise use cases by exploring agent frameworks and distilling knowledge into ready-to-use patterns and guides.
• Conduct basic proofs-of-concept to refine understanding of new technologies and guide stakeholders toward battle-tested patterns; assist with the development of blueprints and designs to standardize and scale data and AI solution delivery.
• Develop a strong network with internal and external stakeholders, community leaders, and other architects; build influence to address challenges and facilitate diverse perspectives on key issues.
• Participate in internal and external architect community meetings to gain insights, collect emerging perspectives, and share expertise.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum five years of recent experience in cloud architecture, cloud-native development, and software engineering (Azure Cloud and Microsoft stack preferred); minimum three years of stakeholder management experience.
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university preferred; technical or professional certification in a relevant domain (e.g., security) is also preferred.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interact effectively at all levels of responsibility and authority.
• Compliance standards experience a plus (NIST 800.53, SOC 2, etc.).
• Ability to travel as necessary.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. (No sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa.)

Benefits & Perks

• Private medical insurance
• Private dental insurance
• Life insurance
• Company pension
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Additional leave
• California Salary Range: $115600 - $246900
• Comprehensive compensation package with a robust Total Rewards program including vision coverage, disability, life insurance, 401(k), and personal well-being benefits.