Senior Director, AI and ML Operations + Engineering, Data and Technology Transformation
Who We Are
FTI Consulting is the world’s leading expert-driven consulting firm. Over the last 40 years, FTI Consulting experts have served as the trusted advisor to Fortune 500 companies and the world’s leading law and private equity firms when they are facing their greatest opportunities and challenges. Our strong performance and continued success are a direct reflection of the ambition, energy, and commitment of our talented professionals across the globe to make a positive impact for our clients and communities.
At FTI Consulting, you’ll be inspired and empowered to make an impact on headline matters that change history. Working side by side with the world’s leading experts in your field, you’ll be surrounded by an open collaborative culture that embraces diversity, recognition, professional development and most importantly, you.
There’s never been a more exciting time to join FTI Consulting and this is where you will do the most exciting and fulfilling work of your career.
Are you ready to make an impact?
About the Role
Our Digital Transformation Practice helps corporates, private equity firms and other constituencies build long term competitive advantage, accelerate revenue growth and drive investment valuations while optimizing cost. We bring together lean, fast-moving teams of expert technologists, digital specialists and data scientists to advise our clients on their digital transformation agendas and transaction needs.
We work with clients to understand the impact of rapidly evolving digital paradigms and emerging technologies on the future of their business, translating that into an executable strategy and blueprint that combines business model innovation, customer experience strategy, modern technology and data architectures with a rigorous focus on planning and execution. We assist clients on their high stakes transactions needs ranging from acquisition and divestment strategy to technology and digital due diligence, merger and acquisition (M&A) integration planning and carve outs.
What You’ll Do
The Senior Solutions Architect – AI and ML Operations + Engineering will be a leader in the AI Transformation offering of FTI’s Digital Transformation practice. This role will advise businesses on designing AI based solutions, platforms and architectures that enable enterprise use cases for creating business value. The candidate should have subject matter expertise in designing and implementing machine learning pipelines including a deep understanding of core ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow or Scikit-learn and 3rd party ML platforms from Palantir, Dataiku, DataRobot, Alteryx and other vendors. In addition, the candidate should have a strong understanding and experience with the integrated machine learning environments provided in Azure, AWS and GCP, along with emerging experience with Generative AI ML technical architectures that include pre-trained LLM and diffusion models such as LLaMA, ChatGPT, Gemini, Stability AI and Claude as well as Vector Databases and orchestration tools such as LangChain. They must be comfortable engaging with non-technical ends users to understand objectives and leverage (the candidates) understanding of available machine learning designs to blueprint solutions and oversee technical implementations, done by others.
In addition, the candidate will be responsible for providing advice and recommendations to our clients on the strategic application of pre-trained artificial intelligence capabilities and suitable use cases for custom tailored solutions for a variety of problems and in a variety of industries. They must have knowledge and experience with “black box” AI capabilities for traditional tasks such as image and video recognition, speech to text, language translation and chatbots, along with a deep understanding of the intellectual property and data privacy issues inherent in using pre-trained generative AI platforms.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, information systems or related field
- 6+ years of post-graduate experience
- At least one of the following: GCP Professional Machine Learning Engineer, AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer
- Ability to travel to clients and to FTI offices as needed
Preferred Qualifications
- 4+ years of direct experience with production deployments of AI solutions, including machine learning solution design, pipeline development, support, and management
- Experience in a consultant environment to architect large scale enterprise AI platforms
- Certified Machine Learning – Specialty, Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals
- Deep working knowledge of MLOps processes, ML frameworks and programming tools
- Generative AI technical architecture including LLMs, diffusion models, orchestration frameworks such as LangChain, Vector databases such as Pinecone & Chroma, training techniques such as RAG and RLHF
- Experience with all-in-one solutions such as Dataiku, DataRobot or similar products
- Experience building and deploying solutions in IaaS and PaaS environments
- Understanding of industry standard system architecture and system management concepts and tools
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Our Benefits
Our goal is to support the well-being of you and your families—physically, emotionally, and financially. We offer comprehensive benefits such as the following:
- Competitive total compensation, including bonus earning potential
- Full package of benefits plans, including medical, dental, and vision coverage along with life and disability insurance
- Generous paid time off
- Company matched 401(k) retirement savings plan
- Potential for flexible work arrangements
- Generous paid parental leave and flex return support
- Family care benefits, including back-up child/elder care
- Employee wellness platform
- Employee recognition programs
- Paid time off for volunteering in your community
- Corporate matching for charitable donations most important to you
- Make an impact in our communities through company sponsored pro bono work
- Professional development and certification programs
- Free in-office snacks and drinks
- Free smartphone and cellular plan (if applicable)
- FTI Perks & Discounts at retailers and businesses
- Upscale offices close to public transportation
About FTI Consulting
FTI Consulting is a global business advisory firm dedicated to helping clients with their most significant opportunities and challenges. With more than 8,000 employees located in 31 countries, our broad and diverse bench of award–winning experts advise their clients when they are facing their most significant opportunities and challenges. At FTI Consulting, we embrace, cultivate and maintain a culture of diversity, inclusion & belonging, which are fundamental components to our core values. FTI Consulting is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange and has been named the #1 Professional Services Firm on Forbes List of America’s Best Employers and the best firm to work for by Consulting Magazine. For more information, visit www.fticonsulting.com and connect with us on Instagram and LinkedIn.
FTI Consulting is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, protected veteran status, religion, physical or mental disability, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.
