Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Platform Owner

Requisition Number: 66356

 

Corning is vital to progress – in the industries we help shape and in the world we share.

 

We invent life-changing technologies using materials science. Our scientific and manufacturing expertise, boundless curiosity, and commitment to purposeful invention place us at the center of the way the world interacts, works, learns, and lives.

 

Our sustained investment in research, development, and invention means we’re always ready to solve the toughest challenges alongside our customers. 

 

The global Information Technology (IT) Function is leading efforts to align IT and Business Strategy, leverage IT investments, and optimize end to end business processes and associated information integration technologies.  Through these efforts, IT helps to improve the competitive position of Corning's businesses through IT enabled processes.  IT also delivers Information Technology applications, infrastructure, and project services in a cost efficient manner to Corning worldwide.

Role Purpose

As the Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence (ML/AI) Platform Owner, you will be responsible for leading the development and ownership of Corning's ML/AI platform. This role requires strategic thinking, technical expertise, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to drive the successful implementation and adoption of ML/AI solutions across Corning’s businesses. You will define the platform's roadmap, oversee its management, and ensure alignment with business priorities and objectives. In this role, you will also work cross functionally to scale and grow AI functions that support future business growth.

 

This position can be based in Corning, NY or Charlotte, NC.  (Hybrid) 

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technology leadership, direction, and strategy to develop and execute the strategic vision and roadmap for Corning's ML/AI platform.
• Collaborate with business units and functions to understand their ML/AI needs and translate them into platform requirements.
• Work closely with Corning AI/ML Governance Committee and ensure alignment to regulatory requirements and audit to compliance.
• Define and implement governance policies, standards, and best practices for ML/AI model development and deployment.
• Collaborate extensively with other platform organizations including data, application development, and environment management, ensuring alignment with their associated governance, processes, and policies.
• Work collaboratively and proactively with Data scientists, software engineers and reliability engineers across the platform engineering organization and the user community to architect, innovate, scale, and operate the AI/ML platform.  Anticipate, troubleshoot and resolve AI/ML performance, connectivity, and security issues as they present themselves.
• Lead the evaluation, selection, and integration of ML/AI tools, frameworks, and technologies into the platform.
• Define, deploy, automate, administer, and monitor the core platform services provided by our AWS-hosted AI/ML platform and all associated services.  Establish a comprehensive view of consumption across all resources.
• Hire, develop, and lead a team of highly skilled engineers to manage all lifecycle aspects of the AI/ML Platform.
• Leading our platform operations staff to oversee billing, security, accounts, audit logs, and high-level usage monitoring of the platform.
• Define and implement platform KPI’s and observability models.
• Drive platform adoption by promoting its capabilities and benefits to stakeholders and end-users

Experiences/Education - Required

• Minimum 10+ years’ experience with a strong technical background leading technical teams
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, or a related field. Advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in ML/AI platform ownership, development, or related roles.
• Proven track record of successfully implementing ML/AI solu