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About the Role
We're seeking a strategic, hands-on VP to lead the design and delivery of our enterprise Generative AI platform. Primary depth required in AWS Bedrock, Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, and Databricks , with strong skills in IaC authorship, Harness CI/CD, FinOps, and AI-assisted developer tooling. You'll set technical direction, author production-grade constructs, mentor senior engineers, and enable data scientists and application teams to ship Gen AI solutions at scale.
Key Responsibilities
AWS Bedrock Platform (Primary)
Own enterprise Bedrock strategy: model access governance, provisioned throughput, cross-region inference, multi-account architecture
Operationalize Knowledge Bases, Agents, Guardrails, Prompt Management, Flows, and Model Evaluation
Lead FM lifecycle across Claude, Nova/Titan, Llama, Mistral, and Cohere
Design RAG on Bedrock with OpenSearch Serverless, Aurora pgvector, and Kendra
Optimize consumption: on-demand vs. PT, model routing, prompt caching, token efficiency
Azure AI Foundry & Azure OpenAI (Primary)
Own Foundry hub/project architecture, model catalog governance, and quota management
Lead Azure OpenAI patterns (PTU vs. PAYG, capacity planning, content filters) across GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, and o-series models
Architect RAG/agent workloads with AI Search, prompt flow, and Agent Service
Implement Content Safety, private networking, Entra ID, CMK, and data residency controls
Databricks & Data-Centric AI (Primary)
Own Databricks strategy on AWS and Azure: workspace architecture, Unity Catalog, cluster policies
Lead Mosaic AI adoption: Model Serving, Vector Search, Feature Store, AI Gateway, MLflow
Architect fine-tuning/pretraining pipelines and lakehouse-native RAG on Delta Lake
Establish DBU cost controls and serverless governance
Infrastructure as Code & Golden Paths
Author L2/L3 CDK constructs (TypeScript/Python), Bicep modules, and Terraform for multi-cloud AI infra
Codify secure-by-default "golden paths" enabling teams to launch Gen AI workloads in hours
Standardize config-as-code, secrets management, and drift detection
Harness CI/CD
Own Harness pipelines, templates, and delegates for Bedrock, Azure OpenAI, Foundry, and Databricks Asset Bundles
Integrate with GitOps, Terraform/CDK/Bicep, OPA policy-as-code, and approval gates
Establish reference pipelines with linting, security scanning, model eval, and cost checks
Developer Experience
Champion Claude Desktop, MCP servers, and AI coding assistants (Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code)
Build internal MCP servers exposing enterprise systems to agentic clients
Define secure usage patterns for regulated environments; measure productivity impact
Governance & Leadership
Establish security, compliance, and responsible AI controls (red-teaming, audit logging, guardrails)
Build observability across CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Databricks system tables, Grafana, Datadog
Partner with Data, MLOps, Security, and Application leadership; recruit and mentor a top-tier team
Multi-tenant AI platforms with chargeback/showback
Board/regulator-level presentation experience
Certifications (one or more preferred)
AWS: Solutions Architect Pro, ML Specialty, DevOps Engineer Pro
Azure: AZ-305, AI-102, AZ-400, OP-100
Databricks: Data Engineer Pro, ML Pro, or Generative AI Engineer Associate
GCP: Professional Cloud Architect or ML Engineer (complementary)
Harness: Certified Expert (CD or Platform)
Anthropic: Claude Builder or partner credentials
Compensation
Salary Range:
$120,000 - $202,500 Annual
The range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ.
Employees are eligible to participate in State Street’s comprehensive benefits program, which includes: our retirement savings plan (401K) with company match; insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages; paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities; access to our Employee Assistance Program; incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales
roles subject to sales incentive plans); and, eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans.
For a full overview, visit https://hrportal.ehr.com/statestreet/Home .
About State Street
Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. We keep our clients at the heart of everything we do, and smart, engaged employees are essential to our continued success.
We are committed to fostering an environment where every employee feels valued and empowered to reach their full potential. As an essential partner in our shared success, you’ll benefit from inclusive development opportunities, flexible work-life support, paid volunteer days, and vibrant employee networks that keep you connected to what matters most. Join us in shaping the future.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we consider all qualified applicants for all positions without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, familial status, military and veteran status, and other characteristics protected by applicable law.
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