Senior Manager, Solutions Architecture - Data & AI

The role

You will bridge the gap between pre-sales strategy and project delivery by shaping and architecting data and AI solutions. You will lead architectural discovery, engage with prospective clients, and collaborate with delivery teams to align technical solutions with business objectives.

What you will do

• Lead scoping, technical design, and work planning during the presale process
• Play the lead role in technical architecture and discovery projects
• Design scalable data pipelines, machine learning model architectures, and MLOps frameworks
• Own a technology vertical within Data & AI including solution design and platform selection
• Provide architectural account-level guidance or subject matter expertise to existing project teams
• Provide estimates for team composition, build scope, and resource planning

Required qualifications

• Expertise in one or more Cloud Data Platforms such as Databricks or Snowflake
• Proficiency with cloud-native AI/ML platforms like AWS Bedrock / Sagemaker, Azure ML, or Google AI Platform/Vertex AI
• Strong experience with major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) for deploying and managing data and AI solutions
• Specialized knowledge of the data ecosystem including data ingestion, ETL/ELT processes, data warehousing, data lakes, and real-time analytics
• Awareness of machine learning trends including supervised, unsupervised, deep learning, MLOps, Agentic AI, or Large Language Models (LLMs)
• Deep understanding of MLOps principles and tools for CI/CD of machine learning models
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)
• Experience with software estimation, work planning, and building project plans
• Experience delivering software or data solutions in an agency/client-service environment
• Ability to break down complex data and AI concepts to technical and non-technical individuals
• Experience in having commercial conversations involving budgets and fees related to data and AI initiatives
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

About the company

TELUS Digital is an award-winning digital product consultancy and the digital division of TELUS. It offers end-to-end expertise across eight core service areas including Digital Product Consulting, Data & AI, and Cloud Engineering.