Director of AI-Driven Engineering & Platform Leadership

Vizient; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 135,000 - 237,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Vizient is seeking an experienced engineering leader to provide strategic and technical direction across teams delivering AI-enabled analytics that transform enterprise data into actionable insights. You will coach engineers, translate enterprise strategy into roadmaps, and drive cross-functional initiatives with product management, data science, and security teams.

The role emphasizes modern engineering practices, AI-DLC governance, and responsible delivery of innovative data-driven solutions,

Qualifications

• Experience leading engineering organizations within a matrixed environment and aligning technical strategy with business objectives.
• Experience building, scaling, and leading software engineering teams delivering enterprise SaaS, cloud-native, AI-enabled, or analytics applications.
• Experience developing and executing technical roadmaps aligned with product strategy and organizational priorities.
• Experience delivering enterprise-scale solutions on Azure or other public cloud platforms.
• Strong understanding of modern software architecture, distributed systems, APIs, microservices, and platform engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering teams through coaching, mentorship, performance management, and career development.
• Define and execute technical roadmaps aligned with enterprise, product, and business strategies.
• Partner with Product Management, Architecture, Data Science, Data Engineering, Security, and business leaders to deliver AI-enabled analytics applications.
• Establish engineering standards, architectural patterns, and best practices for quality, security, scalability and reliability.
• Drive adoption of Agile, AI-DLC, DevSecOps, MLOps, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, automated testing, and observability.
• Lead the delivery of secure, scalable, cloud-native applications leveraging AI, ML, and intelligent automation.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Stakeholder management

Coaching

Communication

Mentorship

Education

Advanced degree preferred

Relevant degree preferred

Tools

Azure

Databricks

Microsoft Fabric

Azure OpenAI

Vector databases

Job description

Vizient is seeking an experienced engineering leader to provide strategic and technical direction across teams delivering AI-enabled analytics that transform enterprise data into actionable insights. You will coach engineers, translate enterprise strategy into roadmaps, and drive cross-functional initiatives with product management, data science, and security teams.

The role emphasizes modern engineering practices, AI-DLC governance, and responsible delivery of innovative data-driven solutions,