Director, AI Engineering
Core
Senior technical leader for enterprise AI initiatives, providing architectural direction, governance, and operationalization of AI solutions across customer-facing and internal business use cases.
Role type
Director, AI Engineering (Senior IC with leadership)
Builds
Scalable, secure, and supportable enterprise AI solutions, generative AI, RAG, agentic workflows, and AI-enabled automation.
Domain
Enterprise technology, AI engineering, highly regulated industries (biopharma, life sciences)
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
AI engineering leadership, architectural decision-making, MLOps/LLMOps, vendor management, regulatory compliance, cloud-native architecture, cybersecurity, emerging AI technology evaluation
Preferred skills
Azure AI Services, AWS AI Services, enterprise AI platforms, MLOps/LLMOps capabilities, pharmaceutical/life sciences industry experience
Technologies
Generative AI, LLMs, RAG, agentic AI systems, Azure OpenAI, Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini
Responsibilities
Define and maintain AI engineering standards and reference architectures; lead architecture, design, and operationalization of AI solutions; establish MLOps and LLMOps practices; oversee external vendor and partner delivery; ensure alignment with regulatory requirements and responsible AI principles; optimize AI platform costs and performance.
Seniority
Director, strategic leadership and hands-on technical authority
