Hybrid Senior Manager, Business AI

at Johnson Controls

• Job title: Senior Manager, Business AI
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $131,000 - $183,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cloud, Distributed Systems, Open Source
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Milwaukee, United States

About the role

• Lead Business AI team at Johnson Controls to develop AI solutions, driving business value and addressing market needs. Oversee product lifecycle and collaborate with business units on AI opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and guide a cross-functional team of AI/ML engineers, data scientists, and product managers in delivering strategic AI products from concept to market.
• Provide technical guidance and architectural oversight to ensure AI products are well-architected, scalable, and built using best practices and latest technologies.
• Partner directly with business units to identify AI opportunities, conduct needs assessments, and collaborate on translating business requirements into viable AI product solutions.
• Guide the team through agile product development processes while maintaining focus on business outcomes, technical excellence, and delivery timelines.
• Facilitate business discovery sessions to uncover AI use cases, assess feasibility, and prioritize product development based on business impact and technical considerations.
• Provide hands-on technical guidance in AI/ML architecture decisions, technology selection, and implementation strategies to ensure optimal product performance.
• Partner with business stakeholders to define product success metrics, validate market fit, and ensure AI products deliver measurable business value and ROI.
• Mentor and develop team members in AI/ML technologies, architectural principles, and business acumen to build organizational AI capabilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• 15 years of experience serving in the capacity of a technical Solution Architect in a cloud computing environment.
• 10 years of experience with Large Language Models (LLMs), Agentic frameworks, Agentic workflows, Open Source, Big Data, Machine Learning, and numerical programming frameworks.
• 5 years of experience with AI products, technologies, and infrastructure.
• Master's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field (preferred).
• Experience architecting and developing software or infrastructure for scalable, distributed systems with ML technologies (preferred).
• Experience building AI and ML solutions and operation frameworks and leveraging specific ML architectures (preferred).
• Understanding of AI Models, Large Language Models, AI agents, AI Agentic workflows, AI specialized infrastructure, and responsible AI practices (preferred).

Benefits

• This role offers a competitive Bonus plan that will take into account individual, group, and corporate performance.
• This position includes a competitive benefits package.