Consulting Architect, AI-Enabled Supply Chain

As a Consulting Architect you will define and drive enterprise architecture strategies that enable Fords digital supply chain transformation. You will partner closely with business leaders product teams engineering organizations and technology partners to deliver scalable intelligent and resilient supply chain solutions.

This role requires both strategic leadership and technical depth. You will shape architecture roadmaps evaluate emerging technologies guide solution implementation and help engineering teams solve complex business and technical challenges. You will work across supply chain domains including Supplier Collaboration Material Planning Inventory Management Logistics Manufacturing Integration Supply Chain Visibility and AI-enabled decision support.

You will help establish the future-state architecture that connects business capabilities data analytics AI and operational systems to create an intelligent supply chain capable of anticipating disruptions optimizing decisions and accelerating business outcomes.

Enterprise Architecture & Business Transformation

• Develop and maintain enterprise architecture strategies aligned to Supply Chain business objectives and transformation priorities.
• Define future-state business capabilities operating models information architectures and technology roadmaps.
• Lead architecture governance and solution reviews to ensure alignment with enterprise standards and strategic direction.
• Partner with business leaders to identify opportunities for modernization simplification automation and innovation.
• Serve as a trusted advisor on technology investments architecture decisions and transformation initiatives.

AI-Enabled Supply Chain Architecture

• Architect intelligent supply chain solutions that enable sensing prediction recommendation and autonomous action across supply chain operations.
• Design architectures that integrate operational systems enterprise data platforms analytics machine learning generative AI and agentic AI capabilities.
• Define approaches for AI-powered planning inventory optimization logistics visibility supplier collaboration risk management and operational decision support.
• Guide adoption of emerging technologies including Generative AI Agentic AI digital assistants predictive analytics and intelligent automation.

Data Analytics & Integration Strategy

• Lead architecture for enterprise data products semantic models integration platforms APIs event-driven architectures and analytical ecosystems.
• Establish scalable patterns for connecting SAP S/4HANA Blue Yonder and other supply chain platforms manufacturing systems cloud services and enterprise data platforms.
• Drive strategies that improve end-to-end visibility data quality governance and business insights.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to enable real-time and near real-time decision-making capabilities.

Technical Leadership & Solution Delivery Support

• Partner directly with product engineering data analytics and platform teams to solve complex business and technical challenges.
• Lead architecture reviews and technical decision-making balancing tradeoffs across scalability performance maintainability security and cost.
• Prototype and evaluate emerging technologies and architecture patterns to accelerate innovation.
• Provide technical leadership throughout the solution lifecycle from concept and proof of value through production deployment.
• Mentor architects and engineers through design reviews coaching and collaborative problem-solving.

Cloud & Platform Architecture

• Define cloud-native architecture strategies leveraging Azure Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and modern platform capabilities.
• Establish architectural patterns for APIs microservices event-driven solutions data pipelines analytics platforms and AI workloads.
• Collaborate with platform teams to improve engineering productivity operational resilience and deployment velocity.
• Promote modern engineering practices automation and DevSecOps principles.

Security Compliance & Governance

• Ensure architecture decisions align with enterprise security privacy regulatory and compliance requirements.
• Embed security-by-design and responsible AI principles into solution architectures.
• Promote architecture standards governance processes and reusable patterns across the organization.

• Bachelors degree in computer science Engineering Information Systems Supply Chain Management or a related field.
• Masters degree preferred.
• 5 Demonstrated experience in Automotive Manufacturing Industry with a focus on Supply Chain Technologies and processes
• 5 years proven experience in Enterprise Architecture Consulting Architecture Solution Architecture or Technology Strategy leadership roles.
• Experience leading large-scale business and technology transformation initiatives.
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks and methodologies.
• Deep knowledge of integration architecture APIs event-driven architectures cloud-native design and distributed systems.
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA and supply chain business processes.
• Experience designing data and analytics architectures using modern enterprise platforms.
• Experience architecting AI machine learning generative AI or intelligent automation solutions in enterprise environments.
• Familiarity with modern AI engineering ecosystems cloud AI services and data science platforms.
• Ability to influence executive business and technical audiences.
• Strong facilitation negotiation and organizational leadership capabilities.

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You may not check every box or your experience may look a little different from what weve outlined but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe or keep you close to home Will your career be a deep dive into what you love or a series of new teams and new skills Will you be a leader a changemaker a technical expert a culture builderor all of the above No matter what you choose we offer a work life that works for you including:
Immediate medical dental vision and prescription drug coverage
Flexible family care days paid parental leave new parent ramp-up programs subsidized back-up child care and more
Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement fertility treatments and more
Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
Tuition assistance
Established and active employee resource groups
Paid time off for individual and team community service
A generous schedule of paid holidays including the week between Christmas and New Years Day
Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is leadership level 6 and ranges from $132800-$250800.
Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidates skills and experience and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope responsibility and competitive market value.

For more information on salary and benefits click here: sponsorship IS available for this position.
Relocation assistance IS provided for this role.

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