Data and AI - Solution Manager
Kadıköy /Istanbul, TR
About Atos
The future is our choice
Atos is a global leader in digital transformation with 82,000 employees in 70 countries and annual revenue of € 12 billion. European number one in Cloud, Cybersecurity and High-Performance Computing, the Group provides end-to-end Orchestrated Hybrid Cloud, Big Data, Business Applications and Digital Workplace solutions. The Group is the Worldwide Information Technology Partner for the Olympic & Paralympic Games. Atos is a SE (Societas Europaea), listed on the CAC40 Paris stock index.
The purpose of Atos is to help design the future of the information space. Its expertise and services support the development of knowledge, education and research in a multicultural approach and contribute to the development of scientific and technological excellence. Across the world, the Group enables its customers and employees, and members of societies.
Data and AI - Solution Manager
Solution Manager / Architect focused on driving technology transformation initiatives in the data and AI sector for Atos' clients in Turkey/MET. The role is central to the Atos Turkey/MET Growth Strategy and Execution Framework.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Strategic Visioning: Assess and collaborate with customer CXOs and Technology Leaders in leading and building business outcome-driven technological transformational vision, SMART objectives, green/brown field strategies, and program charters.
- Enterprise Architecture Leadership: Define, design, and govern the Enterprise Architecture (business, technical data, AI & security) leveraging frameworks like TOGAF and Zachman 5to produce strategic blueprints.
- Feasibility & Modernization: Conduct detailed feasibility analysis (including the 6R Modernization model, Greenfield/Brownfield assessment) 7to define and guide MVP-based roadmaps.
- Program Definition: Create business cases for multi-year programs, defining MVP-based roadmaps and wave-based rollouts through agile/waterfall/hybrid delivery models.
- Compliance & Security: Ensure the strategic blueprint is regulatory-compliant.
In Opportunity to Contract (O2C)
- Partnership: Partner with Account Executives, Sales Leaders, Solution Managers, Operations Practice Heads to drive Atos’ strategic logos/accounts and proactively establish strong, influential customer engagement to win and deliver contracts.
- Value Realization: Lead Customer requirements and RFI/RFP/RFQ responses promptly to deliver end-to-end futuristic and winning Solutions for the exact scope with Atos’ USPs, ensuring focus on key commercial metrics, including T2V, TTM, TCO, xLAs, quality, cost, and profitability.
- Portfolio & Partnerships: Drive the Atos Offering Portfolios and utilize Atos’ strategic global and local technology product and service partnerships.
Required Skills & Expertise
Technical & Architectural Skills
- Overall Industry Experience: 10+ years in IT with a minimum of 5 years in senior Data, AI/ML, or Enterprise Architecture roles.
- Data & AI Architecture: Strong capability in technical solutioning end-to-end Data, AI/ML, and GenAI architectures including ingestion, processing, storage, AI pipelines, model deployment, and governance.
- Cloud & Data Platforms: Strong understanding in AWS, Azure, GCP, and modern data platforms such as Hadoop, Spark, Snowflake, Databricks, and cloud-native data services.
- AI/ML & GenAI Platforms: Strong conceptual understanding (handson knowledge is a plus) of Azure ML, SageMaker, TensorFlow, PyTorch, LangChain, Jupyter, MLflow , vector databases, RAG architectures, and frameworks supporting Agentic AI, GenAI/ML platforms, LLM models.
- Data Platform Skills: Strong understanding on Delta Lake, Kafka, Synapse, BigQuery, Redshift, other data tools
- Governance, Ethics & Compliance: Strong understanding of Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Data Governance, Turkish Data Protection Authority (KVKK), National Cyber Security Strategy, DTO, Banking Regulation & Supervision Agency (BDDK) Regulations, Turkish Personal Data Protection Law.
- Integration & Orchestration: Strong understanding in APIs, Microservices, Kubernetes, Docker, event-streaming platforms, workflow orchestration for AI pipelines, and scalable MLOps/GenOps solutions.
- Security & Risk Controls: Working knowledge of ISO 27001, NIST, Turkey Cybersecurity Board, BDDK IT Guidelines, KVKK, and secure-by-design principles for Data & AI workloads.
- Industry Knowledge: Deep experience in architecting Data & AI use cases for Government/Public Sector, Financial Services, Energy/Utilities, manufacturing and Retail, especially in the Turkey landscape.
- Key Platforms & Products: Exposure to regional and enterprise AI ecosystems and AI accelerators.
Data & AI Tech Services:
Data Services
- Data Architecture & Platform Engineering: Technical solutioning of modern data platforms, lakehouses, and data mesh architectures aligned with business KPIs.
- Data Modernization & Migration: Strong understanding (deliveryexperience is a plus) on transforming legacy platforms into cloud-native, scalable, and secure data environments.
- Data Governance & MDM: Strong understanding (implementation experience is a plus) governance, data quality, metadata management, lineage, cataloging, and master data frameworks aligned with Turkey regulations.
- Analytics, BI & Insights: Knowledge on advanced dashboards, analytical models, and AI-driven insights using ML, predictive analytics, and data science workflows.
- DataOps: Strong understanding (implementation experience is a plus) CI/CD for data pipelines, monitoring, observability, and automated data quality checks for reliable operations.
AI Services
- AI-driven Automation: Strong understanding on Intelligent Document Processing (IDP), Computer Vision pipelines, Conversational AI, NLP/NLU platforms.
- GenAI & Agentic AI: Strong understanding on Enterprise GenAI apps, RAG architectures, vector search, prompt engineering, and AI agents for task orchestration. Turkey AI platform expertise will be a plus (Wiro AI, Vispera, Adsbot, Eluvium, VenueX, DeepTalk)
- MLOps / GenOps: Technical solutioning of end-to-end model lifecycle management covering training, deployment, versioning, monitoring, explainability, and drift detection.
Data & AI Advisory
- Conduct Data/AI maturity assessments, capability gap analysis, and risk evaluations.
- Define AI and Data strategy, investment priorities, and transformation roadmaps aligned with business objectives and Turkey regulatory constraints.
Industry Data & AI Solutions
- Architect and deliver sector-specific Data & AI solutions addressing domain challenges in Government / Public sector, retail, BFSI, Energy, and Manufacturing.
Essential Soft Skills
- Communication & Presentation: Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to conduct impactful workshops, high-stakes presentations, and Convergence Views for executive audiences.
- Strategic Leadership: Ability to lead cross-functional teams through vision and influence.
- Stakeholder Management: Proven ability to build strong, influential relationships with CXOs, Sales, and Engineering teams.
- Bilingual Proficiency: English and local resource is a significant plus due to the requirement to engage with Turkey-based CXOs and government entities.
What we Offer
GPTW Certified Company
Competitive compensations and benefits
Flexible benefit program
Private health insurance
Life insurance
Performance Bonus
Accolade bonus
Referral bonus
Transportation allowance
Meal allowance
Kindergarten allowance
Buddy program
Flexible working hours at Atos or home office
Company SIM card
Days of annual leave above the legal minimum
Atos University Access – Professional and personal development through continuous education and certification
Wellbeing days
Friendly working environment
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Here at Atos, we want all our employees to feel valued, appreciated, and free to be who they are at work. Our employee lifecycle processes are designed to prevent discrimination against our people regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, citizenship, or any other aspect which makes them unique. Across the globe, we have created a variety of programs to embed our Atos culture of inclusivity and work hard to ensure that all our employees have an equal opportunity to contribute and feel that they are exactly where they belong.