AI Transformation Portfolio Lead (Hybrid)

Vertex Inc.; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 186.000 - 278.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Vertex’s Data, Technology and Engineering (DTE) organization seeks a Director, AI Portfolio Management to lead the portfolio management of AI‑driven workforce transformation initiatives and to oversee governance, budgeting, and executive reporting.

You will partner with the CTO and PMSO to align AI initiatives with strategic priorities, drive waves and MVP timelines, and ensure responsible AI, data privacy, and cybersecurity considerations are embedded in all programs.

Qualifikationen

• Advanced degree with strong experience in biotechnology in an information technology setting.
• 10 years of experience or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in project, program, and/or portfolio management, with exceptional organization and planning skills.
• Proven track record of managing complex IT projects, coordinating cross‑functional teams, and delivering results within defined timelines and budgets.
• Strong experience managing the financial components of project, program, and portfolio delivery, including budgeting, forecasting, accruals, investment tracking, and cost‑to‑complete visibility.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate technology, data, software engineering, and AI‑enabled transformation concepts to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to influence and collaborate across functions and at all levels of the organization.
• Familiarity with responsible AI, data privacy, cybersecurity, and enterprise governance considerations for AI and data initiatives.
• Familiarity with AI lifecycle and operational considerations, including deployment, adoption, monitoring, and support of AI‑enabled capabilities.
• Understanding of enterprise data and AI platforms, governed data foundations, and the operational considerations associated with scaling AI solutions in a complex environment.

Aufgaben

• Lead the portfolio management of AI‑driven workforce transformation initiatives across DTE and partner functions.
• Maintain portfolio roadmaps, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities, resource needs, and capacity planning.
• Develop and manage governance processes to ensure alignment to business requirements, executive sponsorship, and strategic priorities.
• Support prioritization, sequencing, and delivery of initiatives based on value to enterprise, total expected value, annual savings, achievability, risk to business, implementation timeline, investment need, current budget, and cost to complete.
• Partner with stakeholders to oversee initiative execution through waves, sprint plans, MVP timing, and execution timelines.
• Prepare materials for regular portfolio reviews and presentations to executive leadership, and help facilitate strategy and portfolio review meetings with senior leaders.
• Communicate portfolio status, risks, issues, and decisions to DTE leadership and the Senior Director, Project Management and Strategic Operations.
• Influence cross‑functional stakeholders to support sound decision‑making and proactive risk and issue mitigation across the portfolio.
• Manage portfolio financials, including budget planning, forecasting, accruals, investment tracking, value realization, and cost‑to‑complete visibility.
• Lead, coach, and support project and program managers to ensure excellence in delivery across AI and technology implementations.
• Support adoption of AI‑enabled capabilities and end‑to‑end process implementation across functions to expand workforce capacity and enable growth without proportional headcount expansion.
• Coordinate across initiatives involving enterprise workflow orchestration, natural language interfaces, governed enterprise data, live data integration, and AI agents.
• Partner with stakeholders to support initiatives involving governed enterprise data catalogs, semantic layers, queryable enterprise data, and enterprise AI data platforms.
• Support initiatives with regulatory and compliance dimensions, including health authority guidance, country‑specific requirements, structured data exchange, and GxP validation considerations where applicable.
• Engage with external vendors, platform providers, and implementation partners as needed to support delivery, reduce vendor reliance where appropriate, and manage vendor‑related dependencies and risks.
• Support the responsible and effective deployment of AI‑driven initiatives through appropriate governance, risk awareness, and cross‑functional oversight.
• Incorporate data privacy, data governance, regulatory compliance, and cybersecurity considerations into portfolio planning, prioritization, and execution.
• Support oversight of the AI lifecycle across initiatives, including planning, deployment, adoption, monitoring, and ongoing operational considerations.
• Partner with technical, business, and governance stakeholders to help establish scalable operating approaches for AI‑enabled solutions across the enterprise.

Kenntnisse

Strategic leadership

Portfolio management

Budgeting & forecasting

Stakeholder communication

Ausbildung

Advanced degree in biotech/IT

Jobbeschreibung

Vertex’s Data, Technology and Engineering (DTE) organization seeks a Director, AI Portfolio Management to lead the portfolio management of AI‑driven workforce transformation initiatives and to oversee governance, budgeting, and executive reporting.

You will partner with the CTO and PMSO to align AI initiatives with strategic priorities, drive waves and MVP timelines, and ensure responsible AI, data privacy, and cybersecurity considerations are embedded in all programs.