Senior Manager, Digital Architecture – Emerging Technology & AI

Role Overview

• Own the Emerging Technology Frontier: Lead Caterpillar’s exploration, validation, and adoption of emerging technologies, transforming early‑stage innovations into enterprise‑ready capabilities that shape the company’s digital future.
• Lead High-Impact Proofs of Concept: Direct hands‑on PoCs using leading‑edge AI/ML, generative AI, and cloud‑native technologies to rapidly assess feasibility, business value, and scalability—turning experimentation into informed enterprise decisions.
• Create Patterns That Scale: Convert successful explorations into repeatable architectural patterns, reference implementations, and blueprints (LLMOps, MLOps, CI/CD for AI) that dramatically accelerate adoption across teams and platforms.
• Architect the Next-Generation AI Platform: Design and guide the evolution of secure, scalable, hybrid‑cloud AI architectures across Azure, AWS, GCP, and NVIDIA—enabling Caterpillar’s internal AI Factory and future digital products.
• Translate Vision Into Execution: Act as a trusted advisor between executive leadership and engineering teams—shaping strategy, influencing investment decisions, and turning ambiguity into actionable technical roadmaps.
• Build and Inspire Elite Talent: Lead, mentor, and grow a high‑performing team of senior architects and engineers, fostering a culture of curiosity, experimentation, and engineering excellence.

Requirements

• A four‑year bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, with 15+ years of experience
• 5+ years leading AI/ML or emerging technology architecture initiatives
• Proven experience leading architecture and emerging technology teams through prototypes, proofs of concept, and the creation of repeatable architectural and deployment patterns that scale across the enterprise.
• Demonstrated success translating leading‑edge technologies from early experimentation into production‑ready architectures, platforms, or standards —moving beyond innovation to measurable enterprise adoption.
• Deep expertise across modern AI/ML and Generative AI ecosystems, with hands‑on experience evaluating, integrating, and operationalizing rapidly evolving technologies (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face, JAX, OpenAI/Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, LLaMA, Mistral, LangChain, LlamaIndex, RAG‑based architectures).
• Strong NVIDIA AI stack experience, including hands‑on expertise with technologies such as CUDA, NeMo, NIM, RAPIDS, TensorRT/Triton, Riva, DeepStream, Isaac, Omniverse, Jetson, and NVIDIA AI Enterprise — supporting training, fine‑tuning, and inference at scale.
• Experience designing and evolving hybrid and multi‑cloud AI platforms across Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, and NVIDIA, with deep knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, GPU orchestration, and secure enterprise deployment models.
• Experience leading first‑of‑their‑kind or highly ambiguous initiatives, where architectural direction, operating models, and success criteria were not fully defined, requiring strong judgment and experimentation‑driven decision‑making.
• Strong awareness of the broader emerging technology ecosystem, including hyperscalers, open‑source communities, and technology partners, with the ability to assess innovation through both technical and business lenses.
• A track record of influencing enterprise‑wide architectural direction, partnering with executive leaders, and shaping long‑term technology and platform investment decisions.
• A passion for building and mentoring elite technical talent, fostering a culture of curiosity, experimentation, and continuous learning that raises the architectural maturity of the organization.

Tech Stack

• AWS
• Azure
• Cloud
• Docker
• Google Cloud Platform
• Kubernetes
• PyTorch
• Tensorflow

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits*
• Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*
• 401(k) savings plans*
• Health Savings Account (HSA)*
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*
• Health Lifestyle Programs*
• Employee Assistance Program*
• Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*
• Career Development*
• Incentive bonus*
• Disability benefits
• Life Insurance
• Parental leave
• Adoption benefits
• Tuition Reimbursement