Senior Director AI Transformation Program Strategy

Job Description

At Vertex we continue to invest ina future-ready workforce whereAIhelps people strengthenexpertise improve decision-makingand create greater impact for our people and are looking for a Senior Director - AI Transformation Program Strategyto help prioritize and coordinate the portfolio of big bets we are making to reinvent our most important workflows with AI.

Reporting to theVPAI Transformation you will lead the enterprise portfolio strategy forVertexsAI transformationbyprioritizing sequencing and trackingthe portfolio of reinvention projectsto ensure we scale responsibly and strategically.

You willprovidesenior leaderswitha clearreal-timeview of the whole portfolio so they can see how reinvention projects are progressing where progress is at risk and where to accelerate pause orresequence. This includes building the models frameworks and reporting that support enterprise decisions aligning teams and navigating dependencies and partnering closely with FinanceAI Transformation Operations Workforce Strategy & Innovation Data Technology & Engineering and functional leaders to keep the portfolio focused current and tied to real business value.

Tosucceed you willbring clarity toa portfolioofdeeply connectedprojectsacross teamsprovidinga shared evidence-basedview of progress dependenciesand will model responsible use by continuously learning applying AI to innovate your own work and championing practices that create value.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Enterprise portfolio view.Maintain a single current view of Vertexs AI transformation portfolio including each projects purpose scope status timing expected value readiness risks and key dependencies.

• Portfolio prioritization.Develop recommendations on which reinvention projects should move forward and how they should be sequenced based on strategic importance expected value readiness risk dependencies and organizational capacity.

• Investment governance.Design andfacilitatea consistent process for reviewing investments and supporting decisions to accelerate pauseresequence or stop work.

• Portfolio interdependencies.Identifyand navigate the dependencies across projects teams timelines and resources and adjust sequencing as those dependencies shift.

• Cross-functional alignment.Build alignment among project sponsors functional leaders and key partners so priorities responsibilities decisions and expectationsremainclear across the portfolio.

• Executivereportingand decision support.Give senior leaders a concise evidence-based view of portfolio progress emerging risksand upcoming decisions along with the scenarios portfolio models and recommendations they need to weigh competing priorities and decide with confidence.

• Investment and capacity alignment.Partner with Finance Data Technology & Engineering Workforce Strategy & Innovation AI Transformation Operations and functional leaders to connect portfolio priorities with available funding resources delivery capacity and workforce readiness.

• Portfolio evolution.Regularly refresh the portfolio as business priorities evidence technology and external developments change keeping Vertexs AI transformation focused on the opportunities with the greatest potential value.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Deep knowledge of enterprise portfolio strategy investment governance prioritization sequencing andportfolio-performancemanagement.

• Strong analytical and strategic-thinking skills including the ability to integrate incomplete or competing information into clear evidence-based recommendations.

• Strong financial and business acumen including the ability to interpret value cases investment assumptions capacity constraints and portfolio-performance evidence.

• Ability toidentifyand evaluate interdependencies across projects functions resources timelines and strategic priorities.

• Ability to build and interpret portfolio models scenarios decision frameworks and executive-level portfolio views.

• Excellent executive communication and data-storytelling skills with the ability to translate complex portfolio evidence into concise choices and recommendations.

• Strong cross-functional influence and alignment skills particularly across Finance Workforce Strategy & Innovation Data Technology & Engineering AI Transformation Operations and business functions.

• Practical fluency with AI tools and emerging AI capabilities with the ability to apply AI responsibly to research analysis scenario development and portfolio insight.

• Ability tooperateeffectively as enterprise priorities evidence technology and external conditions evolve.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelors degree in business finance strategy economics engineering analytics or related field or relevant experience
• Advanced degree preferred.

• Typically requires 12 or more years of experience in enterprise portfolio strategy corporate strategy strategic finance investment governance or transformation strategy or the equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Demonstrated experience developing recommendations for prioritizing and sequencing a complex portfolio of enterprise investments or transformation programs.

• Experience designing orfacilitatingportfolio governance and supporting senior leaders through consequential investment prioritization or resource-allocation decisions.

• Experience integrating strategic financial operational workforce risk and delivery evidence into a coherentportfolioview.

• Experience developing scenarios portfolio models and executive recommendations that clarify choices implications and interdependencies.

• Experience advising senior executives and building alignment across functions with different priorities constraints and perspectives.

Pay Range:

Disclosure Statement:

Flex Designation:

Flex Eligibility Status:

In this Hybrid-Eligible role you can choose to be designated as:
1. Hybrid: work remotely up to two days per week; or select
2. On-Site: work five days per week on-site with ad hoc flexibility.

Note: The Flex status for this position is subject to Vertexs Policy on Flex @ Vertex Program and may be changed at any time.

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Company Information

Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation.

Vertex is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a persons race color sex gender identity or expression age religion national origin ancestry ethnicity disability veteran status genetic information sexual orientation marital status or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Vertex is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. Vertex will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities in accordance with applicable law.

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