VP, AI & Architecture

At F5 we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create secure and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.

Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers and their customers better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

F5 is seeking a visionary innovative and disruptive leader to fill the critical role of Vice President of AI & Architecture. This executive will not only shape and drive our digital architecture strategy but also accelerate F5s AI adoption across our developer employee and customer experiences driving real business value and productivity throughout the enterprise.

As a disruptive technologist in the AI era you possess an innate understanding of how to scale systems evolve complex architectures and align deeply with core business outcomes. This is your opportunity to define F5s modern architecture strategy across cloud AI and application ecosystemschampioning relentless innovation and setting bold technical direction across the organization. We need someone who can truly challenge the status quo and push the boundaries of whats possible with AI.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead F5s enterprise architecture strategy aligning business priorities with scalable modern technology platforms.
• Own and aggressively evolve F5s AI vision and roadmap partnering deeply with engineering product and business teams to rapidly integrate AI/ML into every facet of our products and business operations.
• Drive architectural modernization across cloud infrastructure data platforms APIs and application stacks with a strong focus on AI-driven capabilities.
• Serve as a disruptive thought leader and innovation catalyst in AI digital platforms and emerging technologies constantly seeking new ways to leverage AI for competitive advantage.
• Mentor and lead cross-functional architecture teams fostering a culture of technical excellence rapid experimentation and continuous disruption through AI.
• Collaborate with senior executives to translate strategic goals into actionable architecture blueprints and transformative initiatives.
• Evaluate and implement scalable secure architectures that robustly support multi-cloud edge and data-intensive AI applications.
• Advocate for technology governance standards and enterprise best practices that enable rapid AI adoption.

Key Qualifications:

• 15 years of progressive experience in enterprise architecture digital transformation and technical leadership roles with a strong emphasis on driving large-scale AI initiatives.
• Proven success in leading groundbreaking AI/ML initiatives data platforms and cloud-native architecture strategies at enterprise scale demonstrating tangible business value.
• Deep expertise in AI/ML frameworks advanced data engineering pipelines and a demonstrated track record of applying AI to deliver significant commercial products or transform business operations.
• Strong background in cloud infrastructure (AWS Azure GCP) modern application development APIs and microservices specifically as they pertain to AI enablement.
• Exceptional ability to partner closely with C-level executives influencing and aligning technology strategy with overarching business goals.
• Superior leadership communication and influencing skills capable of inspiring both highly technical and non-technical stakeholders to embrace and drive AI transformation.
• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field. An advanced degree is highly preferred.

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