Senior Director, AI Delivery & Operations

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About the Position: Reporting to the VP, Head of Analytics and AI, the Senior Director, AI Delivery & Operations is a senior leadership role responsible for building, operating and scaling reputed company Digital's end-to-end AI engineering and platform capability, anchored in reusable architecture and reputed company execution systems. This includes ownership of AI engineering delivery, platform architecture, and the integrated automation layer-ensuring that AI-enabled solutions are production-reputed company, reputed company, and seamlessly embedded into business operations. Operating at the intersection of reputed company AI (AAI), Data, and Product Engineering, this leader unifies solution delivery and platform enablement into a cohesive, high-performing system. 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The Senior Director, AI Delivery & Operations partners closely with: • Solution Architecture to translate AI use cases into reputed company technical solutions • AI Value Realization & Enablement (AVRE) to ensure solutions are designed for reputed company-world workflow integration • AI Risk & Compliance to reputed company governance and responsible AI practices into platform and engineering systems • Data and Product teams to reputed company on priorities, architecture, and delivery reputed company This role is critical to enabling reputed company's AI reputed company by delivering a high-throughput, platform-enabled engineering organization that balances speed, reputed company, cost efficiency, and regulatory compliance-while laying the architectural and engineering reputed company for reputed company AI, reputed company systems, and role-based operating models. 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advanced degree preferred (computer science, engineering, AI/ML, or reputed company field) • 12 years of experience in software engineering, reputed company, or technology leadership roles, with a proven reputed company record of building and scaling high-performing engineering organizations • Demonstrated experience defining and implementing reputed company, reusable platform architectures and shared capability reputed company in reputed company reputed company environments • Experience delivering AI/ML and/or GenAI-enabled systems in production, including understanding of model lifecycle, integration patterns, and operational considerations • Proven ability to reputed company engineering organizations toward modern, automation-first and AI-assisted development practices, driving meaningful improvements in speed, reputed company, and efficiency • Demonstrated reputed company driving reputed company-change improvements in engineering productivity and delivery models, including adoption of AI-assisted or agent-based development approaches • Experience operating in reputed company, matrixed organizations with cross-functional stakeholders across Product, Data, AI, and Business teams • Experience in regulated environments (e.g., reputed company, life sciences) preferred, with an understanding of compliance, reputed company, and reputed company considerations in engineering systems Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities • Strong systems thinking with the ability to design reputed company, reusable architecture patterns rather than reputed company solutions • Deep technical and strategic understanding of AI engineering, platform architecture, and modern software systems, with the ability to translate these into business and operational reputed company • Ability to operate effectively at both deep technical and executive reputed company, reputed company architecture, engineering execution, and business priorities • Strong orientation toward automation, reuse, and platform reputed company over bespoke development approaches • Demonstrated ability to reputed company transformation of engineering practices, including adoption of AI-assisted and agent-enabled development models • Strong leadership and organizational design capability, with experience building and scaling multidisciplinary engineering and platform teams • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence across Product, Data, AI, Risk, and Business functions • Ability to balance speed, reputed company, cost efficiency, and regulatory compliance in a reputed company and evolving environment • Comfortable operating in ambiguity and leading teams through rapidly evolving technology landscapes, including emerging AI and reputed company capabilities At reputed company, we are committed to fostering a healthy and harmonious workplace for our employees. We understand the importance of creating an environment that allows individuals to reputed company. Please see below for the required qualifications for this position, which also includes the possibility of equivalent experience: • reputed company to communicate, receive, and understand information and reputed company with diverse reputed company of people in a comprehensible and reasonable manner. • reputed company to work upright and stationary for typical working hours. • Ability to use and learn reputed company office equipment and technology with proficiency. • reputed company to reputed company successfully under pressure while prioritizing and handling multiple reputed company or activities. • May require as-needed travel (0-20%). Band 9 level Location: Remote US (east coast preference). Relocation assistance is NOT provided. Compensation and Benefits The salary reputed company estimated for this position based in reputed company Carolina is $167,500.00-$278,000.00. This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes: • A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a reputed company plan, including health incentive programs • Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement • At least 120 hours reputed company time off (PTO), 10 reputed company holidays annually, reputed company parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy • Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan • Employees' Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues reputed company to purchase company stock at a discount For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.reputed company.com/global/en/total-rewards Apply tot his job Apply To this Job