Director, Agentic Lab

Remote position reporting to the Executive Director, Agentic Architecture & Lab. This role can be based anywhere in the U.S. with potential legal-entity restrictions. 10% travel required.

About the Role

The Director, Agentic Lab leads the design, prototyping, and validation of next-generation AI agents and autonomous workflows. This role evaluates emerging AI technologies, develops reusable reference implementations, and partners with engineering teams to transition successful innovations into enterprise-scale capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead rapid prototyping and technical validation of agentic AI solutions and autonomous workflows.
• Evaluate foundation models, agent frameworks, orchestration technologies, and developer tooling.
• Develop reusable proof-of-concepts, accelerators, and reference implementations for the Agentic Factory.
• Partner with AI Engineering, Platform Engineering, Product, and Architecture teams to productionize successful prototypes.
• Define best practices for prompt engineering, reasoning strategies, memory architectures, evaluation, and observability.
• Contribute to enterprise standards, documentation, and reusable engineering patterns for AI agents.
• Mentor AI engineers and cultivate a culture of experimentation, innovation, and continuous learning.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 7+ years of experience building AI, machine learning, or software engineering solutions, including technical leadership experience.
• Hands-on expertise with LLMs, agent frameworks, RAG, vector databases, APIs, Python, and cloud-native development.
• Strong software engineering background with experience building production-grade AI applications.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work across research, engineering, and business teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in pharmaceutical, healthcare, or other regulated industries.
• Experience building enterprise agentic AI platforms and developer ecosystems.

Pay

The salary for this position is expected to range between $194,600 and $361,400 per year. The final salary offered is determined based on relevant skills and experience. Compensation includes a performance-based cash incentive and eligibility for annual equity awards.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, life, and disability benefits.
• 401(k) with company contribution and match.
• Generous time off package including vacation, personal days, holidays, and other leaves.