Senior Director, AI & Enterprise Architecture - Hybrid

Company: National Marrow Donor Program
Location: Minneapolis
Posted on: March 28, 2025

Job Description:

This job posting isn't available in all website languages.Please apply online using a laptop or desktop computer.POSITION SUMMARY:The Senior Director of AI & Enterprise Architecture is a visionary leader responsible for driving AI-powered transformation across NMDP. This role focuses on leveraging AI to accelerate business growth, enhance operational efficiency, drive innovation, advance research, and manage enterprise risk. The Senior Director leads AI strategy, architecture, and engineering, ensuring AI is embedded as a core capability across all enterprise functions.This position also spearheads the Enterprise Transformative Architecture function, identifying, evaluating, and integrating emerging technologies to align with NMDP's strategic priorities. By building and leading a cutting-edge AI ecosystem, this leader ensures that AI and modern architecture solutions drive measurable business impact and competitive differentiation.Additionally, the Senior Director is responsible for establishing and scaling an AI Center of Excellence (AI CoE) that fosters cross-functional collaboration, governance, and AI literacy across the organization. The AI CoE will play a pivotal role in guiding AI adoption, optimizing enterprise workflows, enabling intelligent decision-making, and ensuring responsible AI practices. This role requires a strong blend of technical expertise, strategic vision, and cross-organizational leadership to position NMDP at the forefront of AI-driven innovation.Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a comprehensive AI strategy aligned with NMDP's business priorities.
• Identify and prioritize high-impact AI use cases across all business functions.
• Establish AI architecture frameworks that integrate seamlessly with enterprise applications and data ecosystems.
• Define and drive AI adoption roadmaps, ensuring alignment with compliance, ethical AI principles, and regulatory standards.
• Champion Responsible AI practices, ensuring AI solutions are explainable, fair, and unbiased.AI Architecture & Engineering Leadership
  • Build and lead a high-performing AI engineering and architecture team focused on AI-driven enterprise solutions.
  • Oversee the full AI development lifecycle, including data pipelines, model deployment, intelligent automation, and AI-driven decision-making.
  • Design and implement scalable, cloud-optimized AI infrastructure aligned with enterprise security and governance to support AI initiatives.
  • Collaborate with Data & Analytics teams to ensure AI models leverage high-quality, governed datasets.
  • Partner with Enterprise Core Architecture to integrate AI capabilities into ERP, CRM, finance, HR, and other core business systems.AI Center of Excellence (AI CoE)
    • Establish and lead the AI Center of Excellence (AI CoE) to drive enterprise-wide AI innovation, governance, and best practices.
    • Develop frameworks for AI model lifecycle management, ensuring robustness, reliability, and compliance.
    • Foster AI literacy across NMDP through education, training, and cross-functional collaboration.
    • Serve as a thought leader on AI trends, emerging technologies, and ethical AI considerations.
    • Facilitate partnerships with academia, vendors, and industry leaders to enhance AI capabilities.
    • Evaluate and architect emerging technologies (Blockchain, IoT, Extended Reality, Quantum Computing) to drive AI-powered transformation.
    • Define and implement modern architecture principles to support scalable, cloud-native, and event-driven enterprise applications.
    • Lead R&D initiatives to experiment with and pilot emerging technologies for potential enterprise adoption.
    • Align modern architecture principles with AI transformation efforts to create next-generation digital solutions.
    • Develop a roadmap for adopting emerging technologies, ensuring alignment with NMDP's strategic objectives.Collaboration, Governance, & Cross-Functional Influence
      • Act as a strategic partner to executive leadership, ensuring AI and modern architecture initiatives align with business priorities.
      • Foster cross-functional collaboration between AI teams, data engineers, enterprise architects, and business stakeholders.
      • Co-lead technology strategy, governance frameworks, and enterprise solution architecture to support AI initiatives.
      • Represent NMDP in AI and modern architecture discussions with industry partners, vendors, and regulatory bodies.REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:Technical Expertise
        • Deep expertise in AI, machine learning, cloud computing, and modern architecture principles.
        • Strong understanding of AI model deployment, MLOps, and AI-driven automation.
        • Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
        • Knowledge of enterprise systems (ERP, CRM, finance, HR) and their integration with AI solutions.
        • Familiarity with regulatory and compliance requirements related to AI and data privacy.Leadership & Strategic Abilities
          • Proven ability to develop and execute AI and modern architecture strategies at an enterprise scale.
          • Experience building and leading high-performing, cross-functional teams.
          • Strong ability to influence executive leadership and drive cross-organizational change.
          • Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to translate complex AI concepts into business impact.Education and/or Experience
            • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field.
            • 8-10 years of experience leading AI, data, or modern architecture teams in a large enterprise setting.
            • 8-10 years of experience in technology, including AI, data, and modern architecture tools and platforms.PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: (Additional qualifications that may make a person even more effective in the role, but are not required for consideration)
              • Advanced degree in AI, Data Science, or a related field.
              • Certifications in AI, Machine Learning, or Cloud Computing.
              • Experience driving AI strategy and enterprise-wide adoption in a regulated industry.
              • Thought leadership in AI ethics, Responsible AI, and emerging AI governance frameworks.BENEFITS:NMDP offers regular, full-time employees medical, dental, vision, life and disability, accident/critical illness/hospital, well-being, legal, identity theft and pet benefits. Retirement, paid time off/holidays, leave and incentive plans are also offered to eligible employees. Please reference this link for more information: NMDP Benefit Information.NMDP is committed to fostering an environment of transparency and fairness in our compensation practices. To support this commitment, we provide clear and upfront information about the salary range for this position. The anticipated salary range for this role is $182,000-$228,000 and will be commensurate with market pay, experience and qualifications.Additional Information
                • Number of Openings: 1
                • Pay Basis: Yearly
                • Schedule: Full-time
                • Driver Policy: No
                • Job Family: Information Technology
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