AI Platform Lead Architect, Associate Director - Raleigh, NC or Foster City, CA

Key Skills

Aartificial intelligence, Agile methodologies, AWS, Business Strategy, Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery - CI/CD, Data Analytics, Data science techniques, Databricks, Effective communication skills, KPI, Machine learning techniques

Job Description

Gilead Sciences is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative therapeutics in areas of unmet medical need. The company's mission is to advance the care of patients suffering from life-threatening diseases worldwide. Headquartered in Foster City, California, Gilead has operations in North, South and Central America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. Gilead makes it a priority to increase access to its medicines for people who can benefit from them, regardless of where they live or their economic status. 

The Enterprise Data & Analytics team is looking for an Associate Director, AI Platform Lead Architect. This role will be responsible for defining and delivering a technical roadmap, architecture, and roll-out strategy for an enterprise AI platform to empower hundreds of data scientists, data engineers and AI engineers to deliver sustainable AI solutions. This role will work closely with business users, other Platform Product managers, architects, user experience designers, operations team leads, data scientists, and engineering leads to deliver the best-in-class AI platform. Familiarity with subject matter in biopharmaceutical is a plus, but ability to lead architecture design and implementation and speak fluently with engineers and stakeholders is a must.

Location: Raleigh, NC or Foster City, CA

Responsibilities

• Work with Product Manager to manage project execution, and define product roll-out strategy
• Work with engineering tech leads as well as data scientists and ML engineers to build a technical roadmap
• Work closely with the engineering organization through design, development, testing, release, and maintenance of our services to ensure quality and successful delivery
• Coordinate closely with users to ensure quality innovations are delivered
• Balance business needs versus technical decisions and constraints
• Define the architecture for AI/ML platform that simplifies building and deploying AI solutions at scale
• Identify key technical components to build a modern large-scale cloud-based software platform
• Research emerging technologies relevant to AI Platform
• Designs and leads the implementation of a solution architecture based on the requirements and alignment to the business strategy.
• Participate in quality reviews and provides feedback.
• Ensure conceptual completeness of the technical solution, working across other domains as needed.
• Work closely with project management to ensure alignment of plans and platform delivery.
• Act as a thought leader and mentor in their domain.
• Assist with business case creation and KPI capture for the program.

Basic Qualifications

• Associate's Degree and Twelve Years Experience OR Bachelor's Degree and Ten Years Experience OR Master's Degree and Eight Years Experience

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional Certification or equivalent work experience
• 12+ years industry experience in software architecture and development experience, from concept to production.
• Experience building software platform from the ground-up, creating standards, guidelines, and development methods. 
• Proven track record at product management in fast paced cross-functional team environment.
• Strong experience in development tools, CI/CD pipelines
• Understanding of AI and Machine learning systems and how they integrate into enterprise business process applications
• Prior experience with Data Science and Machine Learning development
• Strong experience in working in AWS
• Familiarity with AWS SageMaker and/or Databricks
• A passion for implementing coding best practices across a team.
• Deep appreciation for diversity of thought and a proponent for collaborative solutions.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts and solutions at a level appropriate for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Extensive experience with Agile practices
• Strong English communication skills - verbal and written.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with the AWS Well Architected Framework with tangible deliverables in each: operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, and cost optimization
• Prior experience in building platforms is a strong plus
• Proven track record of delivering technology products/services in a high growth environment
• Domain knowledge in biopharmaceutical industry

Gilead Core Values:

• Integrity (Doing What’s Right)
• Inclusion (Encouraging Diversity)
• Teamwork (Working Together)
• Excellence (Being Your Best)
• Accountability (Taking Personal Responsibility)

The salary range for this position is: $168,980.00 - $218,680.00. Gilead considers a variety of factors when determining base compensation, including experience, qualifications, and geographic location. These considerations mean actual compensation will vary. This position may also be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, discretionary stock-based long-term incentives (eligibility may vary based on role), paid time off, and a benefits package. Benefits include company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans*.

For additional benefits information, visit:

https://www.gilead.com/careers/compensation-benefits-and-wellbeing

* Eligible employees may participate in benefit plans, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans.

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