Director, AI Platform Engineering & Transformation

Staples Advantage Canada; Framingham (MA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

22 days PTO + holidays

Online and Retail Discounts

Company Match 401(k)

Wellness programs (Physical & Mental)

Job summary

Staples Advantage Canada is seeking an experienced leader to drive AI-enabled software development lifecycle transformation across the enterprise. You will oversee end-to-end AI integration, governance, and platform maturity while collaborating with Security, Risk, Legal, Infrastructure, and Product teams.

The role requires a strategic thinker with strong leadership, hands-on experience in AI platforms, and a track record of delivering scalable distributed systems in production.

Qualifications

• Proven experience implementing AI-enabled software development lifecycle transformation in production environments.
• Strategic thinking with the ability to translate vision into execution
• Strong leadership and team-building capabilities
• Influencing and stakeholder management skills across all organizational levels
• Hands-on experience designing and deploying AI-enabled engineering platforms—not solely defining strategy.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end transformation of the SDLC with AI across requirements, development, testing, deployment, and observability.
• Design and implement secure AI platforms with governance, guardrails, and auditability.
• Lead developer adoption, training, and governance frameworks for responsible AI usage.
• Define and track metrics for developer productivity, software quality, and operational effectiveness.

Skills

Distributed systems

AI/ML

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Communication

Problem solving

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Information Systems, or related field or equivalent work experience

Master’s degree in Computer Science, AI, Data Science, or related field

Tools

Azure AI

AWS Bedrock

Google Gemini

Databricks

Job description

Staples Advantage Canada is seeking an experienced leader to drive AI-enabled software development lifecycle transformation across the enterprise. You will oversee end-to-end AI integration, governance, and platform maturity while collaborating with Security, Risk, Legal, Infrastructure, and Product teams.

The role requires a strategic thinker with strong leadership, hands-on experience in AI platforms, and a track record of delivering scalable distributed systems in production.