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WGA Advisors, Inc. lists this Principal AI Agent Architect opportunity in los angeles, California. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
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WGA Advisors | Temporary Project-Based Engagement (Corp-to-Corp) | Remote with International Travel | $125/hour
About WGA Advisors
WGA Advisors is a global management consulting firm and a world-class alternative to “Big-Name” consulting firms. We help senior leaders make and execute the decisions that matter most — across AI and digital transformation strategy, ESG, growth, culture, operations, and enterprise transformation. Our firm focuses on areas of senior management concern, creating enduring value and delivering measurable impact at the intersection of strategy, technology, and operating model design. WGA’s AI Workforce Solutions practice is at the forefront of helping global enterprises move from isolated AI experimentation to scaled, business-led agentic AI deployment.
The Opportunity
WGA Advisors is engaging a Principal AI Agent Architect to lead the most senior architectural and advisory work across our active AI Workforce Solutions portfolio. This is a high-visibility role responsible for shaping enterprise agentic AI strategy, leading C-suite diagnostic engagements, and translating complex business operations into prioritized AI Agent opportunity architectures.
The Principal AI Agent Architect operates as the senior technical and strategic voice on client engagements, partnering directly with WGA’s Managing Director and engagement leadership to deliver executive-ready recommendations benchmarked against the quality standards of BCG, McKinsey, and Bain. The role requires fluency across the modern agentic AI platform landscape, deep operating model intuition, and the executive presence to influence C-suite decisions on multi-million-dollar transformation programs.
This is a 12-week temporary project-based engagement with approximately 5 weeks of international travel across Asia-Pacific. Strong potential for engagement extension based on performance and continued client demand across WGA’s pipeline.
Core Responsibilities
Strategy and architecture leadership
Lead architecture and design thinking for enterprise AI Worker and AI Agent deployments across multiple concurrent client engagements
Define agentic AI platform strategy recommendations, including comparative evaluations across the Enterprise tier (e.g., established no-code AI Worker platforms) and Emerging tier (high-growth agentic frameworks)
Develop platform deployment architectures including centralized vs. federated models, multi-tenant governance frameworks, and integration pathways into existing enterprise technology stacks
Provide buy-vs-build guidance for use cases where commercially available AI Agents or AI Tools may displace custom development
Client engagement and executive advisory
Conduct senior executive interviews with C-suite, business unit leadership, and subject matter experts to identify the highest-value AI Worker opportunities
Translate complex, fragmented business workflows into structured AI Agent opportunity architectures supported by clear business cases
Define orchestration patterns, human-in-the-loop models, exception handling frameworks, and platform fit-for-purpose decisions
Serve as the senior client-facing voice on agent design, platform selection, and enterprise AI Workforce strategy
Shape diagnostic findings iteratively with client leadership, ensuring recommendations reflect operating realities, business constraints, and stakeholder priorities
Own the development of diagnostic executive roadmaps, prioritized lighthouse use case portfolios, and AI Workforce Readiness Assessments
Develop initial business cases and investment views including value sizing, sequencing logic, and dependency mapping
Produce C-suite deliverables benchmarked to the visual, narrative, and analytical standards of top-tier strategy consulting firms
Frame diagnostic outputs across the broader Diagnose-Design-Develop-Deploy lifecycle to position clients for sustained value realization
Team leadership and methodology contribution
Mentor Lead AI Agent Architects and direct day-to-day analytical work product
Contribute to WGA’s proprietary diagnostic methodology, frameworks, and intellectual capital
Help shape WGA’s evolving point of view on agentic AI, platform strategy, and the future of work
Qualifications
Education
Master’s degree required in a relevant discipline, including but not limited to Business Administration (MBA), Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Engineering, Operations Research, or a closely related technical or strategic field
Equivalent advanced credentials (PhD, MS in quantitative discipline, or comparable) considered
Experience
10+ years of professional experience spanning management consulting, enterprise AI, technology architecture, or business transformation
Minimum 3 years of focused experience in agentic AI, large language model applications, AI Worker deployment, or comparable next-generation AI implementation work
Demonstrated track record of leading C-suite engagements at Fortune 500, Global 2000, or large enterprise scale
Experience producing executive deliverables benchmarked against BCG, McKinsey, Bain, Deloitte, Accenture, IBM Consulting, or comparable strategy consulting standards (strongly preferred)
Technical and strategic fluency
Deep working knowledge of the agentic AI platform landscape across Enterprise and Emerging tiers, including no-code AI Worker platforms, orchestration frameworks, and enterprise LLM deployments
Proven ability to translate complex, multi-functional business workflows into structured AI Agent architectures and prioritized opportunity portfolios
Strong intuition for operating model design, process re-engineering, and the human-plus-AI work redesign required to capture sustained value
Familiarity with enterprise architecture, integration design, data governance, and AI risk frameworks
Communication and executive presence
Exceptional executive communication skills, including the ability to produce and deliver C-suite-ready presentations
Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders, manage stakeholder dynamics, and navigate complex multi-business-unit environments
Strong written communication including the ability to structure persuasive executive narratives
Position Type: Temporary project-based engagement; corp-to-corp (C2C) only
Hourly Rate: $125/hour
Duration: Approximately 12 weeks (3 months), with potential for extension based on performance and client pipeline
Travel: Approximately 5 weeks of international travel to Asia-Pacific across the engagement period
Travel Compensation: Travel time compensation and travel expense reimbursement provided per WGA Advisors policy
Work Location: Remote when not traveling; client-site presence required during international travel weeks
Authorization: Must be authorized to work in the United States and able to obtain international travel visas as required
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los angeles, CA, 90079, US
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