OverviewWELCOME TO SITAWe're the team that keeps airports moving, airlines flying smoothly, and borders open.¿Es usted el solicitante adecuado para esta posibilidad? Descúbralo leyendo el resumen del puesto a continuación.
Our tech and communication innovations are the secret behind the success of the world's air travel industry.
You'll find us at 95% of international hubs.
We partner closely with over 2,500 transportation and government clients, each with their own unique needs and challenges.
Our goal is to find fresh solutions and cutting-edge tech to make their operations run like clockwork.
Want to be a part of something big?Are you ready to love your job? The adventure begins right here, with you, at SITA.

ABOUT THE ROLE
& TEAMAs Principal Architect, AI, Products and Enterprise Solutions, you will be accountable for defining and leading SITA’s enterprise architecture direction across AI, data, product, solution, and customer architecture, including leadership of the solution and customer architect teams across the role provides enterprise-wide technical and people leadership, ensuring that AI, data, product, solution, and customer architectures are applied in a consistent and effective manner to support business value, innovation, and competitive advantage, while coaching, mentoring, and developing senior architects across SITA.
In addition to architecture leadership, the role is responsible for ensuring that AI and product solution architectures are embedded within core products, platforms, and decision-making processes, and for building a high-performing architecture function through effective people leadership, talent development, succession planning, and a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
This role operates at enterprise scope,



with responsibility for cross-portfolio AI and product architecture direction, the establishment of enterprise standards, and the development of architecture capability and YOU WILL DO: Enterprise AI & Architecture Strategy OwnershipDefine and maintain enterprise architecture strategy, with a strong emphasis on AI, data platforms, and intelligent systems.
Establish an AI-enabled and product-aware architecture vision and multi-year roadmap aligned to business and digital adoption of machine learning, advanced analytics, automation, and AI-enabled product architectures across products and internal platformsTranslate emerging AI trends into scalable and productised enterprise capabilitiesProduct Solution Architecture LeadershipLead the definition of end-to-end product solution architecture across key enterprise products and platformsOwn the architectural integrity of product solutions, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, AI strategy, and business outcomesDefine architecture patterns and reference models for AI-enabled products, ensuring consistency, scalability, and reusePartner with Product, Engineering, and Data teams to shape solution design from concept through deliveryEnsure product architectures are resilient, secure, and designed for global scale and operational excellenceSet direction for product solution architecture across portfolios, rather than contributing to individual solution designsAI Governance,



Standards & Responsible AIDefine and enforce architecture and AI governance frameworks, including standards, guardrails, and design principlesContribute to the development and implementation of responsible AI practices, including ethics, explainability, bias mitigation, and compliance, in line with regulatory AI solutions are secure, compliant, and aligned with enterprise risk frameworksProvide oversight on critical AI and data architecture decisions across portfoliosData, AI Platforms & Technical LeadershipDefine and evolve enterprise data architecture and AI platform strategy (data pipelines, MLOps, model lifecycle management)Drive adoption of cloud-native, scalable AI architectures and modern data ecosystemsLead the integration and architectural design of AI capabilities within core products, digital platforms, and customer journeysChampion technical excellence, reusability, and platform thinking across the organizationExecutive Influence & Business IntegrationAct as a trusted advisor to executive leadership on AI strategy, risks, and opportunitiesInfluence corporate strategy through AI-driven insights and product innovation opportunitiesTranslate business problems into AI-enabled and product-oriented architecture solutionsProvide architectural leadership on product strategy, ensuring solution design decisions align with enterprise architecture and AI-driven innovationRepresent architecture and AI in executive and governance forumsLeadership, People Management and Capability BuildingLead and develop SITA’s architecture community, including architects, data and AI specialists, and the broader architecture capability.
Provide leadership to the solution and customer architect teams across SITA, ensuring consistent standards, cle

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