Head of Forward Deployed AI Engineering

Glaxosmithkline; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Presencial; USD 350.000 - 525.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

GSK's Enterprise AI team seeks a senior leader to head Forward Deployed Engineering, directing strategy and execution across high-impact AI engagements. You will manage a flat-structure FDE team, set standards for agentic delivery workflows, and collaborate with Solutions and Operations Engineering to scale effective AI solutions.

You will stay hands-on on strategic projects while building a capable organization that delivers value quickly and responsibly, aligning engineering rigor with

Formación

• 12+ years in software/AI/ML engineering with leadership experience
• Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent
• Proven track record taking AI ideas to working software quickly for customers
• Strong depth in GenAI patterns, agents, orchestration, RAG, evaluation
• Expertise in AI/ML and data science, with credibility to challenge modeling decisions
• Experience using AI coding agents as primary development tool
• Experience hiring, mentoring, and building engineering functions
• Ability to present to senior business stakeholders

Responsabilidades

• Lead Forward Deployed Engineering with strategy, structure, hiring, and standards
• Mentor and develop the FDE team with clear milestones and coaching
• Set standards for AI-native engineering practice and tooling
• Define rigor in AI/ML across the function including design and validation
• Manage sponsor relationships at Director/Sr Director level
• Take on strategic FDE engagements and stay hands-on technically
• Govern delivery practices with governance and responsible AI adherence
• Collaborate with Solutions and Operations Engineering on pipelines
• Report function performance and capacity to Enterprise AI leadership

Conocimientos

AI/ML leadership

GenAI patterns

LLMs & foundation models

Agentic delivery workflows

Hiring and mentoring senior engineers

Customer-facing engineering

Python/ML tooling

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Herramientas

Claude Code

GitHub Copilot

Databricks AI Assistant

Descripción del empleo

GSK's Enterprise AI team seeks a senior leader to head Forward Deployed Engineering, directing strategy and execution across high-impact AI engagements. You will manage a flat-structure FDE team, set standards for agentic delivery workflows, and collaborate with Solutions and Operations Engineering to scale effective AI solutions.

You will stay hands-on on strategic projects while building a capable organization that delivers value quickly and responsibly, aligning engineering rigor with