Director, Artificial Intelligence
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Job Location:
Palm Bay, FL - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Title: Director Artificial Intelligence
Job Code: 29034
Job Location:Palm Bay-FL Greenville-TX Plano-TX Anaheim-CA or Camden-NJ
Schedule: 9/80 Schedule
The Artificial Intelligence Director will be responsible for defining and leading the AI integration strategy across the IMS Segment and will serve as the divisions senior AI leader reporting directly to the Sr. VP of Engineering & Programs. This highly visible role is responsible for defining driving and overseeing AI strategy across products business operations and organizational adoption. The Director will lead a team of AI professionals partner with executives and act as a change agent and thought leader for AI across the enterprise.
Essential Functions
- Strategic Leadership
- Define and execute a division-wide AI strategy and roadmap aligned with business objectives and growth priorities.
- Partner with executive leadership to identify high-value AI opportunities across products programs and business operations.
- Serve as the divisions top technical authority for AI representing the organization in executive forums customer engagements and industry partnerships.
- Responsible for understanding strategic objectives setting expectations and leading teams to achieve desired outcomes.
- Execution & Technical Leadership
- Manage the technical development of AI-centric solutions from conception design test & validation to scaled deployment (customer-facing or division-wide internal use).
- Maintain a prioritized roadmap of AI initiatives tied directly to measurable business value (growth efficiency competitiveness).
- Perform gap analyses to assess infrastructure data and resource readiness for AI adoption.
- Develop track and improve KPI metrics related to cost productivity and time-to-delivery.
- Navigate effectively between open-source model ecosystems and enterprise/government AI platforms as required.
- Define and validate the value of AI capabilities and use cases for both external customers and internal stakeholders.
- Provide a clear understanding of the ROI of AI investments while off-ramping low-value or misaligned efforts.
- People & Organizational Leadership
- Lead mentor and grow a team of AI scientists engineers and technologists fostering innovation and collaboration.
- Drive AI literacy and awareness across the divisions workforce through training communication and engagement.
- Champion a culture of responsible and ethical AI adoption.
Qualifications
- Bachelors Degree and a minimum of 15 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
- Proven experience in AI/ML leadership roles with a track record of shaping and executing AI strategy at the enterprise or division level.
- Deep technical foundation in AI/ML (e.g. computer vision NLP/LLMs multimodal AI reinforcement learning edge AI) with the ability to translate expertise into business and mission outcomes.
- Experience with the development of AI solutions beyond a single business or domain (ex. familiar with a spectrum of solutions and models across computer vision task optimization data analytics natural language models etc.).
- Experience with the full life cycle of AI development associated software stacks and infrastructure approaches necessary to achieve the solution vision.
- Experience influcing senior leaders shaping roadmaps and communicating AI value and risks to technical and non-technical audiences.
- U.S. Citizenship required; active or eligible for DoD security clearance (Secret or above).
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced degree (M.S./Ph.D.) in AI/ML Computer Science Engineering or related technical field.
- Experience with AI compliance/ATO processes and deployment in classified environments.
- Recognition as an AI thought leader (publications patents conference presentations).
- Background in defense aerospace or adjacent mission-critical industries.
In compliance with pay transparency requirements the salary range for this role is $162500 - $315000. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits including health and disability insurance 401(k) match flexible spending accounts EAP education assistance parental leave paid time off and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire schedule type and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
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Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- All-Source Intelligence
- Military Intelligence
- GIS
- ICD Coding
- Intelligence Experience
- Military Experience
- Analysis Skills
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Joint Operations
- Intelligence Analysis
- Leadership Experience
- Writing Skills
About Company
L3Harris is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. We provide advanced defense and commercial technologies across air, land, sea, space and cyber domains. We bring speed, innovation and f ... View more
