Senior AI Architect

Company & Position Overview:

J.B.

Poindexter & Co., Inc.

(JBPCO) is a privately held, diversified manufacturing company forecasting over $2.5B in annual revenues and employing over 8,000 team members.

The six operating subsidiaries, covering 60 locations, are engaged in the production of commercial truck bodies, step-vans, utility trucks, ambulances, electric and alternative fuel vehicles, and expandable foam plastic packaging.

For more information, visit https://www.jbpoindexter.com.

The Senior AI Architect designs and implements the delivery of enterprise AI solutions that improve business processes, reduce manual work, strengthen decision-making, and create measurable business value.

This role works within Information Technology and closely with the Office of AI, business leaders, technical teams, and vendors, The Senior AI Architect translates the AI strategy, platform direction, and governance standards established by the Senior Director of AI into scalable technical designs and production-ready solutions.

The position balances architecture leadership with hands-on technical work.

The individual in this role designs solutions develops prototypes, writes code, evaluates technical approaches, and partners on implementations.

Initial priorities will focus on manufacturing, supply chain, operations, sales, and customer-facing processes, followed by corporate functions.

This role reports directly to the Chief Information Officer.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

AI Solution Architecture


* Design scalable AI architectures that align with the enterprise AI strategy, approved platforms, and technical standards.


* Designs enterprise AI solutions aligned with business priorities and the direction established by the Office of AI.


* Translates business requirements into solution designs, technical specifications, integration requirements, and implementation plans.


* Evaluates architecture options and recommends solutions based on business value, feasibility, security, scalability, cost, and long-term support needs.


* Provides architecture guidance and technical reviews throughout the solution lifecycle.

Prototyping and Technical Development


* Builds prototypes and proofs of concept to test AI use cases, technical assumptions, and potential business value.

Moves prototypes and pilots into secure, reliable, and scalable production solutions.


* Writes and reviews code for selected AI solutions, integrations, automation workflows, and data-processing components.


* Applies generative AI, predictive analytics, retrieval-augmented generation, and multi-agent approaches where appropriate for the business needs.



* Documents prototypes, technical decisions, reusable components, and lessons learned.


* Establishes appropriate testing, evaluation, monitoring, logging, auditability, and performance requirements.

Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Operational Solutions


* Designs AI solutions that i...