Director of AI / ML Platform (Enterprise Databricks AI)

About the Role

Greenfield opportunity to build enterprise AI capability from scratch. High ownership role spanning architecture, execution, and early team leadership. Direct impact on operational efficiency (supply chain + business automation use cases). Modern AI stack centered on Databricks and Microsoft Copilot ecosystem. Visible role working directly with senior leadership.

What You'll Do

• Lead the enterprise AI strategy, architecture, and technical roadmap
• Design and build production AI/ML platforms using Databricks as the core enterprise AI platform
• Architect and deploy production-grade LLM, RAG, Agentic AI, and intelligent automation solutions
• Build and scale an AI engineering organization while establishing engineering standards and best practices
• Partner with Data Engineering and business leaders to operationalize AI solutions that deliver measurable business value
• Drive adoption of AI capabilities including Microsoft Copilot, Power Automate, and intelligent automation

Technical Environment

The successful candidate should have hands-on experience with enterprise AI development using Databricks, including:

• Delta Lake / Lakehouse architecture
• Unity Catalog
• MLflow (experiment tracking, Model Registry, lifecycle management)
• Feature engineering
• Model serving and production monitoring
• Vector Search
• RAG architectures
• Databricks Genie / Mosaic AI (or similar GenAI capabilities)
• End-to-end AI workflow orchestration

Production AI Expectations

This is a production enterprise environment. Candidates should have experience designing AI solutions that include:

• AI governance and Responsible AI
• Auditability and lineage
• RBAC and enterprise security
• Model lifecycle management
• Production monitoring and evaluation
• Governed enterprise data supporting AI workloads

Ideal Background

• 10+ years in AI, Machine Learning, Enterprise Data Platforms, or related engineering disciplines
• Experience architecting enterprise AI platforms from the ground up
• Strong hands-on Databricks experience
• Experience building and leading AI engineering teams
• Ability to discuss architecture in depth with senior technical leadership
• Strong communication skills with both executive stakeholders and engineering teams

Benefits

• Medical/dental/vision coverage
• 401(k) with profit sharing
• Tuition reimbursement
• Flexible spending programs

Pay

$180,000 - $250,000 per year

Schedule

Hybrid