Principal AI Delivery Lead (Agent Systems) — Build–Operate–Transfer - Remote, Worldwide

Are you the one? Own the orchestration of AI agent projects from discovery to a clean handover. You set direction, align stakeholders, and ensure reliability, while specialists (LLM/ML, data, backend, security) own deep implementation. Success is shipping the right MVP fast, then transferring a stable run‑state. The transfer may be to an external client or to internal leadership for ongoing operations. What You’ll Do

• Discovery & scoping: Run workshops; define MVP and acceptance tests; align budget/SLA.
• Architecture decisions: Choose pragmatic patterns (RAG vs. instruct-only; single vs. multi-agent) with documented rationale; partner with specialists for deep design.
• Delivery leadership: Maintain the plan and RAID log; drive POC → pilot → prod; unblock teams.
• Reliability by design: Ensure evals/guardrails/observability exist and are owned; define fallbacks and HITL points.
• Operate → Transfer: Stand up runbooks, dashboards, and incident paths; train appointed team leads; execute BOT handover to client or internal leadership.
• Commercials & comms: Contribute to proposals and ROI framing; present to execs and ICs.

What You Won’t Do

• Be the solo expert in every domain.
• Fine‑tune or distill models yourself (you’ll coordinate those efforts when justified).
• Own infra/vendor choices alone (you’ll co‑decide with platform & security leads).
• Run long‑term operations after transfer.

Must‑have Qualifications

• 5+ years leading cross‑functional software/data/ML delivery with combined experience in program management and systems design (breadth over depth).
• Shipped at least one LLM‑powered or data‑intensive product to production with measurable impact.
• Working knowledge of LLM product patterns (prompt/program design, function calling, retrieval, evals, guardrails) sufficient to make trade‑offs and review.
• Financial/ops literacy: can reason about latency/TCO/budget and partner with finance to model options.
• Excellent client facilitation and stakeholder management; crisp written artifacts.

Nice to have

• Hands‑on familiarity with LangChain/LlamaIndex/vector DBs; OpenAI/Anthropic/Mistral APIs.
• Enterprise integrations (Salesforce, ServiceNow, SAP).
• Interest in blockchain/Web3 — not required.
• Exposure to training options (LoRA/adapters) to inform buy‑vs‑build decisions.

Success metrics

• Day 30: Discovery complete, MVP spec + acceptance tests agreed, delivery plan and risk register in place.
• Day 90: MVP live with baseline evals/observability and runbook; phase‑2 scoped; budget on track.
• Month 6: BOT handover complete (to client or internal leadership); KPIs hitting agreed SLOs; team independently operating.

What we offer/ Benefits

• Flexible Work Options: Remote-first culture with the opportunity to work from anywhere.
• Global and Diverse Workforce: You'll work with people from various backgrounds and cultures.
• Learning and Development: You'll work on innovative, challenging projects and have access to experts and mentors to enhance your skills.
• Career Growth: Access to training, mentorship, and opportunities to contribute to open-source initiatives.
• Global Events and Conferences: Opportunities to attend the industry events.
• Collaborative and Innovative Culture: We foster teamwork and encourage new ideas.

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