VCA AI Agent Development Director
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Job Location:
San Francisco, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The Director AI Agent Development leads the strategic design and development of AI agents to support key business functions such as market analysis proposal generation and risk assessment. This role is responsible for prompt engineering architectural decisions and rigorous testing to ensure agent accuracy and reliability. The Director develops modular frameworks to enable scalable workflows and collaborates across teams to deliver innovative high-impact Gen AI solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Strategic Leadership: Define and drive the vision strategy and roadmap for Gen AI agent development aligning with organizational goals and priorities.
- Agent Design & Development: Lead the design and development of AI agents for diverse use cases including market analysis proposal generation and risk assessment.
- Prompt Engineering: Develop and refine prompt engineering techniques to optimize agent performance and output quality.
- Architecture Decisions: Make high-level architectural decisions to ensure agents are robust scalable and easily integrated into enterprise workflows.
- Testing & Reliability: Oversee testing protocols to validate agent accuracy reliability and compliance with business requirements.
- Modular Frameworks: Build modular frameworks that support scalable and flexible agent development and deployment.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with product engineering and business teams to deliver innovative AI solutions.
- Continuous Improvement: Monitor agent performance gather user feedback and drive ongoing enhancements to agent capabilities.
- Documentation & Standards: Establish and maintain documentation coding standards and best practices for agent development.
- Talent Development: Mentor and develop a high-performing team fostering a culture of innovation collaboration and continuous learning.
This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.
Qualifications :
Basic Qualifications:
- 10 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors Degree or at least 8 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters/ MBA/JD/MD) or at least 3 years of work experience with a PhD
Preferred Qualifications:
- 12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors Degree or 8-10 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters MBA JD MD) or 6 years of work experience with a PhD
- Extensive experience in AI agent development prompt engineering and enterprise technology environments.
- Proven ability to design build and deploy Gen AI agents for complex business use cases.
- Strong background in architecture modular frameworks and scalable technology solutions.
- Demonstrated expertise in testing validation and ensuring reliability of Gen AI systems.
- Excellent analytical problem-solving and strategic thinking skills.
- Outstanding communication storytelling and presentation abilities.
- Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
- Deep understanding of digital trends AI/ML technologies and enterprise platforms.
- Team player with a collaborative approach and commitment to developing talent.
Additional Information :
Work Hours: Varies upon the needs of the department.
Travel Requirements: This position requires travel 5-10% of the time.
Mental/Physical Requirements: This position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk communicate in person and by telephone frequently operate standard office equipment such as telephones and computers.
Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin sexual orientation gender identity disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.
Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable local law including the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.
U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY: The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is 178300.00 to 258800.00 USD per year which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge skills experience and addition this position may be eligible for bonus and equity. Visa has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position may be eligible that includes Medical Dental Vision 401 (k) FSA/HSA Life Insurance Paid Time Off and Wellness Program.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
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