About the role

  • Lead the enterprise GenAI strategy and multi-year roadmap; bring sustainable methodologies (evals, safety, cost/perf, lifecycle).
  • Design, prototype, and ship AI agents/RAG/search, document automation, knowledge assistants, and workflow copilots tied to measurable outcomes.
  • Pressure-test external solutions for explainability, sustainability, and model-evolution roadmaps; recommend build vs. buy.
  • Partner with IT on platform choice and reference architectures (vector DB, policy/guardrails, observability, prompt/eval stores); guide design for internally built solutions.
  • Assist business owners with AI procurement—lead technical due diligence, security/compliance feasibility, and integration planning with commercial and IT.
  • Oversee the architecture, design, and deployment of AI/ML solutions across the enterprise with emphasis on:
  • Deep learning (CNNs, RNNs, transformers, attention-based architectures)
  • Generative AI and LLMs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure/OpenAI Service, Hugging Face)
  • Predictive and prescriptive analytics (time series forecasting, anomaly detection, optimization)
  • Computer vision and NLP for enterprise use cases (quality inspection, document intelligence, conversational AI)
  • Drive enterprise-grade integration of GenAI into business workflows by connecting LLMs to internal knowledge repositories and systems (RAG, agent frameworks, secure APIs).
  • Build scalable AI infrastructure and pipelines with CI/CD for ML models.
  • Implement monitoring, drift detection, retraining, and explainability frameworks.
  • Leverage cloud AI/ML platforms (Azure ML, AWS Sagemaker, GCP Vertex AI) for enterprise deployments.
  • Partner with R&D, supply chain, manufacturing, customer operations, and IT to embed AI into core business systems and products.
  • Ensure availability of high-quality, governed data pipelines (ETL/ELT, feature stores, vector databases).

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s (12+ yrs), Master’s (10+ yrs) relevant experience.
  • Proven success deploying GenAI in commercial or enterprise settings and scaling from pilot to production.
  • Hands-on experience building AI agents/RAG with strong Python; practical LLM ops (prompting, evals, guardrails, cost/perf tuning).
  • Deep enterprise integration experience (REST, webhooks, eventing) and connecting AI to core ERP/CRM/MES/DWH/SaaS platforms.
  • Excellent communicator who simplifies complexity and navigates cross-functional stakeholders (execs → frontline).
  • Strong analytical mindset—defines success metrics, measures outcomes, and iterates.
  • Governance experience: policy frameworks, DPIA/PIA, export controls, data residency (incl. China), model risk.
  • Manufacturing/semiconductor background; familiarity with Oracle EBS, Salesforce, Opcenter/Camstar, ServiceNow, Snowflake/Databricks.
  • Experience evaluating third-party AI (e.g., Microsoft Copilot/Azure OpenAI, Glean/Moveworks, AWS Bedrock) and negotiating vendor SOWs.
  • Change-management frameworks; ability to craft AI literacy and enablement programs.

Benefits

  • Hybrid position (three days a week in office)
  • Working conditions are those typically found in an office, corporate environment.
  • Physical requirements are those typically associated with a professional role - sitting, computer and accessories use.
  • All employees are required to follow the site EHS procedures and Coherent Corp. Corporate EHS standards.
  • Depending on location, this position may be responsible for the execution and maintenance of the ISO 9000, 9001, 14001 and/or other applicable standards that may apply to the relevant roles and responsibilities within the Quality Management System and Environmental Management System.
  • Ensure adherence to company’s values (ICARE) in all aspects of your position at Coherent Corp.

Job title

Head of Enterprise AI

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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