Remote Senior Director, AI Engineering

WCG Clinical, Inc.; Salt Lake City (UT); Remote; USD 151,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and financial protection

401(k) with company match

Tuition reimbursement and training

Job summary

WCG Clinical, Inc. seeks a Sr. Director of AI Engineering to lead design, deployment, and scaling of enterprise AI solutions across the organization.

This role drives AI platforms including ML, GenAI, and intelligent automation while ensuring regulatory, quality, and operational standards are met. The position balances strategic direction with hands‑on execution, guiding architecture, governance, and partnerships to deliver measurable business value at scale.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of AI/ML, data engineering, or advanced analytics.
• 7+ years of leadership experience managing global engineering or AI teams.
• Experience building and scaling AI and ML platforms in production environments.
• Demonstrated ability to lead large‑scale, cross‑functional initiatives with measurable outcomes.
• Deep knowledge of ML, NLP, and Generative AI technologies.
• Experience using cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Experience managing vendors and distributed/offshore teams.
• Familiarity with MLOps and LLMOps practices.
• Experience working in regulated environments (strongly preferred).

Responsibilities

• Execute and operationalize the enterprise AI strategy with measurable outcomes.
• Drive design, adoption and growth of AI platforms across domains.
• Lead prioritization of AI initiatives for short‑term delivery and long‑term evolution.
• Partner with executives to translate business needs into scalable AI solutions.
• Establish and scale architectures for AI model development, deployment, monitoring, and lifecycle management.
• Drive implementation and continuous improvement of AI platform infrastructure and pipelines.
• Ensure AI platforms integrate with enterprise data and tech ecosystems.
• Establish Responsible AI frameworks including model validation, bias mitigation, explainability, and auditability.
• Establish AI governance aligned with regulatory frameworks (GxP, ALCOA+, data integrity).
• Build, lead, and scale globally distributed AI engineering teams.
• Drive workforce planning, resource allocation, and capability building in AI engineering.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with product, data, compliance, and IT teams.
• Manage strategic vendor relationships and AI‑related third‑party platforms.

Skills

AI/ML leadership

Global engineering leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulated environments

Machine learning

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

MLOps

LLMOps

Job description

WCG Clinical, Inc. seeks a Sr. Director of AI Engineering to lead design, deployment, and scaling of enterprise AI solutions across the organization.

This role drives AI platforms including ML, GenAI, and intelligent automation while ensuring regulatory, quality, and operational standards are met. The position balances strategic direction with hands‑on execution, guiding architecture, governance, and partnerships to deliver measurable business value at scale.