VP of AI-Driven R&D & Delivery

Harris Computer; Tennessee; On-site; USD 125,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Harris Computer, based in the United States, seeks a seasoned engineering leader to drive AI-enabled product delivery across multiple lines. You will own release commitments, set governance for AI-generated code, and guide governance, security review, and outcomes reporting to executives.

You will shape multi-year roadmaps, balance customer commitments with platform modernization, mentor leaders, and ensure compliance with public-sector requirements while advancing agentic, human-on-the-loop

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Ten or more years in software development with at least three years leading engineering organizations at director level or above.
• Experience raising an engineering organization's way of working from individual AI assistance to agentic, human-on-the-loop delivery, including the governance and validation that makes it safe.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, cloud technologies, modern development methodologies, and enterprise software delivery.
• Experience delivering enterprise software to public sector or regulated markets is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own release commitments across every development team, including scope, sequencing, and the dates communicated to customers and to sales.
• Establish a single reporting cadence for status, blockers, and slips so that risk surfaces early rather than at the release gate.
• Standardize development process, tooling, and engineering metrics across companies that today operate independently.
• Resolve cross-team dependencies and resource contention, and accelerate the trade-offs that require an executive decision.
• Lead platform migration and modernization programs, including the sequencing and customer impact of each phase.
• Retire technical debt and legacy dependencies on a published schedule rather than opportunistically, recognizing that a cleaner codebase is also a more AI-accessible one.
• Measure adoption and business impact of new capability, and stop investment that does not earn its place.
• Act as the primary liaison between R&D and Operations, Support, Product Management, Sales, and Finance.

Job description

Harris Computer, based in the United States, seeks a seasoned engineering leader to drive AI-enabled product delivery across multiple lines. You will own release commitments, set governance for AI-generated code, and guide governance, security review, and outcomes reporting to executives.

You will shape multi-year roadmaps, balance customer commitments with platform modernization, mentor leaders, and ensure compliance with public-sector requirements while advancing agentic, human-on-the-loop