AI/ML Platform Lead - Hybrid, Scale & Reliability

Adusa; Mauldin (SC); Hybrid; USD 136,000 - 204,000; Full time

Job summary

Ahold Delhaize USA seeks an AI/ML Tech Platform Manager to own a major platform area, prioritizing capabilities, standards, and integrations to improve reliability, developer experience, and cost-effective scale.

The role requires 8+ years in leadership within AI/ML spaces, 5+ years with Azure/Databricks, and strong stakeholder collaboration. This is a hybrid position with 3 in-person days at core locations and 2 remote days, authorized to work in the United States.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of work experience.
• 8+ years in platform, product, or technical leadership roles.
• 6+ years working in the AI/ML space
• 5+ years of experience with Azure
• 5+ years of experience with Databricks
• Strong grasp of lifecycle management, integration patterns, and operational excellence.
• Proficiency with agile planning, ceremony participation, and outcome tracking.
• Strong communication and stakeholder partnership skills, including translating needs into platform requirements and decisions.

Responsibilities

• Maintain vision and roadmap for platform domains and define the why and what behind capabilities and investments.
• Gather customer feedback, usage signals, and operational insights to advocate for stakeholder needs.
• Translate stakeholder needs into platform requirements, service definitions, and acceptance criteria with engineering managers and architects.
• Prioritize and deliver capabilities; manage tradeoffs and dependencies across teams.
• Identify opportunities for innovation and cost-effective improvements balancing reliability and developer experience.
• Monitor platform lifecycle health including reliability, performance, and security; guide improvements.
• Support governance by enforcing platform guidelines and collaborating with other platform owners on change management.
• Participate in agile ceremonies and provide guidance to ensure decisions are documented and followed.

Skills

Platform leadership

Stakeholder collaboration

Agile planning

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Azure

Databricks

Observability tooling

Job description

Ahold Delhaize USA seeks an AI/ML Tech Platform Manager to own a major platform area, prioritizing capabilities, standards, and integrations to improve reliability, developer experience, and cost-effective scale.

The role requires 8+ years in leadership within AI/ML spaces, 5+ years with Azure/Databricks, and strong stakeholder collaboration. This is a hybrid position with 3 in-person days at core locations and 2 remote days, authorized to work in the United States.