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Senior Director, AI Architecture

TORONTO, Ontario, CanadaFull-time2026-10-27 → 2026-11-10

Core

Define enterprise AI reference architecture, security standards, and delivery patterns for RAG, AI agents, and AI-native software to ensure trusted, scalable AI delivery in a regulated environment.

Role type

Senior Director, AI Architecture (Strategy & Hands-on IC)

Builds

Enterprise AI reference architecture, shared RAG platform, agent sandboxing/security infrastructure, AI-DLC harness, model gateway, and risk-tiered control frameworks.

Domain

Financial Services / AI Engineering & Security

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

LLM systems architecture (RAG, agents, MCP), AI security architecture, DevSecOps, regulated industry experience, cloud/on-prem GPU inference, model evaluation lifecycle, governance design

Preferred skills

OSFI regulatory knowledge, open-weight model strategy, agent protocol evaluation

Technologies

RAG, AI agents, MCP, LLMs, GPUs, cloud/on-prem infrastructure

Responsibilities

Define enterprise AI reference architecture and approved patterns; Converge RAG solutions onto a shared platform; Design sandboxing and security architecture for agentic workloads; Own AI-DLC harness architecture and quality gates; Manage skills and evaluation lifecycle; Design model gateway and inference architecture; Define risk-tiered control models with audit partners.

Seniority

Senior Director, Strategy & Hands-on IC