
Director, AI Development
TASC
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: O'Fallon • Montana, Texas • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $165,000 - $264,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
Tech Stack
AWSAzureCloudDockerKubernetesMicroservicesSDLC
About the role
- Lead end-to-end delivery of AI use cases within the AI Center of Excellence
- Own and execute a multi-quarter roadmap for AI capabilities across diverse use cases
- Lead engineering teams delivering AI solutions using low-code (Copilot Studio, Power Platform) and pro-code (Databricks, Azure, AWS) platforms
- Act as technical liaison with business sponsors; drive discovery, requirements, and solution design
- Provide executive-level updates on progress, risks, and value; influence decisions with data
- Architect solutions aligned with enterprise standards; promote reuse via reference architectures and shared components
- Implement enterprise-grade SDLC and MLOps practices: CI/CD, automated testing, model registry, version control
- Ensure reliability through monitoring, observability, and incident response for models, pipelines, and applications
- Integrate AI systems with enterprise data platforms, APIs, identity, and security controls
- Guide teams on LLM and classical ML patterns (e.g., RAG, evaluation, guardrails); balance low-code and pro-code approaches
- Embed Responsible AI, privacy, and model risk management throughout the delivery lifecycle
- Hire, mentor, and retain top engineering talent; manage vendors and foster a learning culture
- Define and track OKRs; continuously improve velocity, deployment frequency, and change failure rates
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; advanced degrees (MS/PhD or MBA) preferred
- Proven leadership in delivering enterprise-scale AI/ML solutions across software, data, and platform engineering
- Hands-on experience with low-code tools (Power Platform, Copilot Studio)
- Hands-on experience with pro-code environments (Databricks, AWS, Azure)
- Deep expertise in MLOps/LLMOps: CI/CD, automated testing, model/version registry, evaluation frameworks, and guardrails
- Strong understanding of enterprise architecture (APIs, microservices, event-driven systems) and data platforms (Delta Lake, feature stores)
- Skilled in cloud infrastructure (Azure, AWS), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and observability (logs, metrics, tracing)
- Experience with Responsible AI, identity and access management, data protection, and integration with vector databases and enterprise apps
- Effective communicator and strategic leader with experience in regulated environments, stakeholder alignment, and team development
Benefits
- insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance)
- flexible spending account and health savings account
- paid leaves (including 16 weeks of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave)
- 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time
- 25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days, pro-rated based on date of hire
- 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays
- 401k with a best-in-class company match
- deferred compensation for eligible roles
- fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities
- eligibility for tuition reimbursement
- may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role
- competitive base salary
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
AI solutionsMLOpsCI/CDautomated testingmodel registryversion controlenterprise architecturedata platformscloud infrastructurecontainerization
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationstrategic thinkingteam developmentstakeholder alignmentmentoringinfluencing decisionsproblem-solvingcollaborationlearning culture
Certifications
Bachelor’s in Computer ScienceMaster’s in Computer SciencePhDMBA