Director, Head of AI Platforms

The Opportunity
Reporting into the Head of the Technology Office, the Director will help shape and build our AI Platform, ensuring the solution is scalable, secure, and aligned with our business objectives.
The Role
Solution Architecture:
- Supervise the design and development of solution architecture for new AI platform applying cloud technologies.
- Collaborate with teams from across our business to ensure that AI technology solutions align with business requirements and security standards.
Integrated Roadmap Development:
- Develop a comprehensive integrated roadmap for AI platforms in a multi-cloud, multiple LLM, environment.
- Define the product vision and manage product development for AI solutions.
- Collaborate with teams to integrate AI solutions into our products, services, and operations.
- Ensure AI development adheres to our ethical standards and practices.
Lifecycle Management:
- Oversee the lifecycle management of AI platform technologies, ensuring reliability, updates, model training, optimization, and retirements.
- Inspire creativity and continuous improvement in AI Platform Solutions to enhance organizational efficiency and create progress.
- Ensure change management plans to go along with technology releases.
Vendor Management:
- Contractual ownership for AI technology providers.
- Manage vendor relationships and ensure that service levels and contractual obligations are met.
DevOps:
- Proficient knowledge and experience in DevOps practices with focus on enhancement for data-driven solutions.
Thought Leadership
- Champion AI, understand its potential and develop our roadmap with all partners.
- Research and stay up to date with the latest advancements in AI and machine learning.
- Communicate complex AI concepts and solutions to non-technical colleagues to guide awareness, adoption, and excitement.
Financial Management:
- Responsible for $10million+ AI & cloud platform budget.
Your Skills & Experience
- Minimum Bachelor's degree or equivalent required.
- Master's degree and related certifications desirable.
- 10+ years' relevant experience.
- 4+ years' managerial experience and/or demonstrated leadership experience.
- Experience managing IT projects within a global environment.
- Pharma/Biotech or similarly regulated environment experience desirable.
- Background in solution architecture, with a focus on cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.
- Engage with technical and non-technical partners.
- Demonstrated experience in developing and executing integrated roadmaps for cloud platforms.
Salary Range
The expected base salary range for this position at hiring is $190,000 - $260,000. Please note this salary range reflects the minimum and maximum base pay that CSL expects to pay for this position at the listed location as of the time of this posting. Individual base salary for a successful candidate is determined by qualifications, skill level, experience, competencies and other relevant factors. In addition to base salary, total compensation for this role may also include incentive compensation and equity.
About CSL Vifor
CSL Vifor aims to become the global leader in iron deficiency and nephrology.
The company is a partner of choice for pharmaceuticals and innovative patient-focused solutions across iron, dialysis, nephrology and rare conditions. CSL Vifor strives to help patients around the world with severe, chronic and rare diseases lead better, healthier lives. It specializes in strategic global partnering, in-licensing and developing, manufacturing and marketing pharmaceutical products for precision patient care.