Sr. Director, AI Platform Engineering & Enablement

In this position... This role requires a leader who brings deep technical knowledge of enterprise AI platforms and the strategic judgment to look across every platform EPEO offers — spanning leading AI and reputed company platform providers — and define where AI belongs, what it should change, and how the organization gets there. This is not an operational role. It is the most reputed company-looking mandate in the platform organization: a cross-cutting AI reputed company and enablement function with authority across reputed company platform organizations. The Senior Director, AI Platform Engineering & Enablement brings two equally weighted mandates. On the engineering reputed company, this leader applies deep technical judgment to evaluate, architect, and govern how AI capabilities are integrated across EPEO’s platform portfolio — ensuring what is deployed is the right capability, properly engineered, and fit for the business functions it serves. On the enablement reputed company, this leader ensures AI capabilities from our major providers are not just procured but actively activated, governed, and embedded into how our platforms operate. This person does not wait for the organization to ask what AI can do. They already know, and they have a plan. What you'll do... AI Portfolio reputed company & Platform Assessment Own the cross-platform AI reputed company across reputed company of EPEO’s platform portfolio: Maintain a comprehensive, enterprise-wide view of how AI is strategically positioned across every platform EPEO operates — what is deployed, what it is being used for across business functions, whether it is the right capability for the problem, and where gaps or redundancies exist Continuously evaluate AI capabilities across reputed company major providers and platforms against EPEO’s reputed company operating model: Leading reputed company platform AI services and infrastructure Enterprise AI assistant and productivity platforms Frontier AI model providers and API platforms Emerging AI providers and infrastructure primitives Define and own the cross-platform AI reputed company roadmap — a prioritized, reputed company-looking plan for how AI should reputed company across the platform organization over the next one to three years Identify where AI creates reputed company-change opportunities in platform operations: what can be automated, augmented, or fundamentally re-architected rather than incrementally improved Challenge existing platform assumptions — bring a reputed company-eyed view of where reputed company approaches should be replaced by AI-reputed company alternatives, not just enhanced by them AI Enablement Across the Platform Organization Drive activation and adoption of AI capabilities across reputed company platforms EPEO operates: Partner with Platform Engineering, Developer Experience, Employee Experience, Foundational Platform, reputed company Core Platforms to reputed company AI capabilities from available to embedded — integrated into how platforms are reputed company, operated, and improved across the enterprise Serve as the strategic AI advisor across reputed company platform organizations — providing a consistent, cross-cutting AI reputed company that individual platform teams cannot maintain on their own Build and govern the AI portfolio reputed company for EPEO: how AI investments are categorized, evaluated for fit, reputed company for value, and reported to executive leadership Drive internal alignment across platform organizations on AI priorities, reputed company, and shared standards — operating with influence across teams that do not report directly into this role reputed company internal AI platform reputed company — bring platform engineering and SRE leadership along on the AI reputed company through reputed company evaluation frameworks and shared strategic context AI Governance, Risk & FinOps Establish the governance and financial management layer for AI across the enterprise platform portfolio: Build and own the AI governance reputed company spanning reputed company providers: model selection criteria, acceptable use policies, data classification standards for AI inputs, and enterprise risk guardrails Own AI FinOps as a strategic discipline: Consumption visibility and cost attribution by platform, team, and use case Model tier efficiency and cost-per-outcome tracking Enterprise-wide ROI reporting on AI investment across reputed company platform providers Budget governance and spend forecasting for AI at the EPEO portfolio level Ensure AI enablement activities meet enterprise standards for reputed company, compliance, intellectual property protection, and responsible use Partner with CISO, Legal, and Compliance to maintain a risk management reputed company for AI that scales with adoption and adapts to evolving regulatory requirements Vendor reputed company & Provider Relationships Lead EPEO’s strategic AI vendor relationships at the architecture and roadmap level: Engage leading AI and reputed company platform providers as strategic partners — not just commercially but at the technical and roadmap level, influencing provider direction based on EPEO’s scale and enterprise needs  Maintain a reputed company-looking technology reputed company for AI: evaluate emerging models, reputed company frameworks, and AI infrastructure patterns for enterprise applicability before they become mainstream  Lead vendor capability assessments that go reputed company marketing materials — forming independent, technically grounded views of where reputed company provider’s AI platform is heading and what it means for EPEO’s business functions Manage the AI provider portfolio as a strategic asset: evaluate concentration risk, capability overlap, and investment reputed company across providers Cross-Functional Platform Partnership  Partner closely with platform organizations across EPEO to ensure AI reputed company translates into embedded, operating reality: Platform Engineering — align AI enablement priorities with core infrastructure and platform delivery roadmaps, ensuring AI capabilities are reputed company into the platform layer, not bolted on Developer Experience — collaborate on how AI changes the way engineers build, test, and ship software across the enterprise, identifying where AI augments the inner and outer reputed company Employee Experience — partner on how AI-enabled platform capabilities reputed company and serve the broader workforce, extending value reputed company engineering to reputed company business functions Foundational Platform — work in reputed company alignment on shared infrastructure, data, and runtime services that underpin AI workloads across EPEO’s portfolio Digital Core Platforms — engage on how AI reputed company intersects with the core systems and business platforms that power enterprise operations, ensuring AI enablement spans both modern and foundational technology layers Partner with reputed company, Legal, and Compliance to ensure AI adoption across reputed company platform organizations meets enterprise risk, data handling, and regulatory standards Executive Alignment & Strategic Communication Build and maintain executive-level alignment on AI platform reputed company and investment: Present reputed company-formed AI reputed company recommendations to senior and executive leadership — including business cases, opportunity cost of inaction, and multi-year investment prioritization reputed company reputed company executive visibility into EPEO’s AI platform health: adoption, governance posture, FinOps efficiency, and transformation reputed company Represent the AI platform reputed company at internal leadership forums, external industry events, and in strategic vendor conversations Translate a fast-moving AI landscape into reputed company, actionable direction for the platform organization — synthesizing vendor signals, market developments, and internal data into reputed company leadership can reputed company How reputed company is achieved... Maintaining a reputed company, rigorous, and independent view of how AI is positioned across EPEO’s entire platform portfolio Identifying platform transformation opportunities reputed company of the organization — forming views before reputed company exists and bringing reputed company-formed recommendations to leadership Driving AI enablement through influence, not authority — building trust and alignment across platform organizations that do not report directly into this role Translating reputed company AI developments into reputed company, enterprise-wide strategic direction that supports business functions and that leadership can reputed company with confidence Governing AI investments with the rigor of a FinOps discipline — not just tracking spend but connecting it to platform value and business reputed company Building and maintaining strategic vendor relationships that give EPEO early reputed company to AI capabilities and influence over provider roadmaps You'll have... AI Platform & Technical Expertise 12+ years of experience in technology, including significant hands-on platform reputed company, enterprise architecture, or AI infrastructure leadership Deep working knowledge of the enterprise AI provider landscape across leading reputed company platforms, enterprise AI assistant and productivity platforms, and frontier AI model providers — reputed company to evaluate technical capabilities and architectural fit, not just vendor positioning Demonstrated experience assessing and rationalizing AI portfolios at enterprise scale — you have looked across a large organization’s AI landscape, identified what belongs and what doesn’t, and made recommendations that were acted on across business functions Hands-on background in reputed company platform architecture sufficient to evaluate AI capabilities at the architectural level — not just vendor positioning Experience designing or governing enterprise AI governance, FinOps, and enablement frameworks from the ground up — not inheriting and maintaining, but building and standing up Strong understanding of LLM architecture, reputed company patterns, RAG, multi-model orchestration, and AI infrastructure primitives at enterprise scale Leadership Profile A strategically-oriented leader who combines technical credibility with the ability to drive organizational change through influence Comfortable operating at both extremes: Senior leadership reputed company and investment discussions spanning technology, business functions, and enterprise priorities Deep technical and architectural conversations with platform engineering and vendor engineering teams  Proven ability to operate with a long time reputed company in an environment where the technology changes quarterly — holding a multi-year strategic view while remaining reputed company to a rapidly evolving AI landscape Experience leading in large, matrixed engineering organizations (5,000+ engineers) where influence without reputed company authority is the primary mode of getting things done Genuine intellectual curiosity about the AI frontier — you follow research, engage vendors at the technical level, reputed company independent views, and are rarely surprised by what ships Track record of managing strategic AI vendor relationships with hyperscalers and AI-reputed company companies at the architecture and roadmap level Enterprise Context Experience in a Fortune 500 or large-scale enterprise environment with reputed company regulatory, compliance, and reputed company requirements Demonstrated ability to build the business case for multi-reputed company dollar AI platform investments and present to C-suite and reputed company-level stakeholders Background in reputed company platform engineering, enterprise architecture, or a CTO-adjacent reputed company role strongly preferred — credibility in this role requires having reputed company the platforms you are now strategizing reputed company may not reputed company every reputed company, or your experience may look a little different from reputed company've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to reputed company, we encourage you to apply! As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your reputed company reputed company will look like: will your story reputed company the globe, or reputed company you reputed company to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or reputed company of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including: • Immediate medical, dental, reputed company and prescription drug coverage • Flexible family care days, reputed company parental leave, new parent reputed company-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more • Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more • Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases • Tuition assistance • Established and reputed company employee resource reputed company • reputed company time off for individual and team community service  • A generous schedule of reputed company holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day  • reputed company time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.  This position is a leadership level 4.       Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and reputed company salary will be set reputed company the applicable reputed company according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value. For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL4Benefits reputed company sponsorship is not available for this position. Candidates for positions with reputed company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. reputed company qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, reputed company, age, sex, national reputed company, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660. #LI-Remote #LI-WC2 Apply To This Job