Consulting Architect, AI-Enabled Supply Chain

Ford Motor Company

. Develop and maintain enterprise architecture strategies aligned to supply chain business objectives and transformation priorities.

Posted 9/26/2026full-timeDearborn • Michigan • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $132,800 - $250,800 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureCloudDistributed SystemsGoogle Cloud PlatformMicroservices

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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.
Partner with business leaders on modernization, simplification, automation, and innovation.
Advise on technology investments, architecture decisions, and transformation initiatives.
Architect AI-enabled supply chain solutions for sensing, prediction, recommendation, and autonomous action.
Integrate operational systems, enterprise data platforms, analytics, machine learning, generative AI, and agentic AI capabilities.
Define AI-powered approaches for planning, inventory optimization, logistics visibility, supplier collaboration, risk management, and decision support.
Lead architecture for data products, semantic models, integration platforms, APIs, event-driven architectures, and analytical ecosystems.
Connect SAP S/4HANA, Blue Yonder, manufacturing systems, cloud services, and enterprise data platforms.
Improve end-to-end visibility, data quality, governance, and business insights.
Partner with product, engineering, data, analytics, and platform teams to solve complex challenges.
Lead architecture reviews and technical decision-making across scalability, performance, maintainability, security, and cost.
Prototype and evaluate emerging technologies and architecture patterns.
Provide technical leadership from proof of value through production deployment.
Mentor architects and engineers through design reviews, coaching, and collaborative problem-solving.
Define cloud-native architecture strategies leveraging Azure and Google Cloud Platform.
Establish patterns for APIs, microservices, event-driven solutions, data pipelines, analytics platforms, and AI workloads.
Promote modern engineering practices, automation, and DevSecOps.
Ensure alignment with security, privacy, regulatory, and compliance requirements.
Embed security-by-design and responsible AI principles.
Promote architecture standards, governance processes, and reusable patterns.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems, Supply Chain Management, or a related field.
5+ demonstrated experience in the automotive or manufacturing industry, with a focus on supply chain technologies and processes.
5+ years of 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.
Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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
Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
Fertility treatments
Vehicle discount program for employees and family members
Management leases
Tuition assistance
Established and active employee resource groups
Paid time off for individual and team community service
Generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
Paid time off
Option to purchase additional vacation time
Visa sponsorship
Relocation assistance