Senior AI Solutions Lead

Focus Systems is seeking an experienced Senior AI Solutions Lead to drive enterprise AI development, implementation, and digital transformation initiatives.

If you have strong hands-on experience developing AI solutions, building intelligent agents and chatbots, and integrating AI technologies into enterprise systems—this is an exciting opportunity to lead innovative AI initiatives from concept through production deployment.

Key Details

• Location: Regina, Saskatchewan (100% Onsite)
• Work Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Saskatchewan time
• Contract: January 2027 – March 31, 2028
• Potential Extensions: Up to four (4) additional one-year renewal terms
• Industry: Energy / Enterprise Technology & AI Transformation

Role Overview

The Senior AI Solutions Lead will lead the end-to-end delivery of enterprise AI initiatives, from business discovery and solution architecture to development, production deployment, and ongoing support.

The successful candidate will work closely with business stakeholders, enterprise architects, and technical teams to develop scalable AI solutions, including intelligent agents, chatbots, enterprise integrations, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead AI initiatives from discovery, requirements gathering, and solution design through production deployment
• Design and develop enterprise AI agents, chatbots, RAG solutions, and automated workflows
• Build and integrate AI solutions using Azure AI services, APIs, SDKs, and MCP tools
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, architects, and security teams on solution delivery
• Define AI testing, quality evaluation, and acceptance criteria
• Monitor production AI solutions for performance, reliability, quality, and cost optimization
• Measure business outcomes and support continuous improvement
• Maintain technical documentation, knowledge transfer, and operational handover

Mandatory Qualifications

• Minimum five (5) years of experience delivering software solutions
• Minimum two (2) years of experience developing AI solutions

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong hands-on software development experience with Python and C# .NET
• Experience developing and deploying AI solutions using Azure Foundry or comparable AI platforms
• Experience building AI agents and chatbots, including tool calling, workflow orchestration, and enterprise API integration
• Knowledge of RAG, embeddings, vector databases/indexes, and enterprise information retrieval
• Experience integrating AI services through APIs and SDKs, including authentication, permissions, and error handling
• Experience with AI quality evaluation, automated testing, Git, and CI/CD practices
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Codex, or equivalent
• Strong stakeholder engagement, solution architecture, and problem-solving capabilities

Preferred Experience & Assets

• Bachelor's degree or technical diploma in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or a related discipline
• Experience with ChatGPT Enterprise, Microsoft Copilot, and Databricks
• Experience developing custom Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers or integrating MCP tools
• Experience independently leading AI initiatives from discovery through implementation and benefits realization
• Experience supporting production AI solutions, including monitoring, reliability, and usage cost management
• Experience evaluating business value and measuring realized outcomes
• Previous North American work experience considered an asset

Application Deadline

Please complete your initial application by November 20 at 11:00 PM CST. Only candidates selected to proceed to the next stage will be contacted and invited to complete their application package.