Principal - Forward Deployed Engineer

In this senior technical leadership role, you will define and own enterprise AI standards and delivery outcomes across GSK, guiding multiple teams through architecting scalable AI-native solutions. You will act as the technical authority for AI engineering, shaping roadmaps, governance, and high-impact decisions with senior leaders. You’ll stay hands-on at the frontier of AI-augmented engineering while mentoring staff and setting the bar for the function. This position offers influence across strategic business units and a path to scalable, enterprise-wide AI delivery. Join a mission-driven team that uses AI to advance health at scale and drive responsible, reusable patterns for the entire G

• annual bonus
• long-term incentive program (share-based)
• health care and other insurance benefits
• retirement benefits
• paid holidays
• vacation and paid caregiver/parental leave

• Define and own enterprise-level AI development standards and reference architectures adopted across FDE, Solutions Engineering, and Operations Engineering
• Set enterprise technical direction for agentic AI engineering, including delivery-automation workflows and scalable bot meshes
• Own the enterprise pattern library and MCP integrations to ensure reusable components adopted across teams
• Chair FDE technical design reviews and contribute to architecture governance for high-impact decisions
• Own FDE delivery for defined business units from intake to handoff, including prioritization and quality outcomes
• Lead the most complex engagements personally across problem framing, architecture, and prototype delivery
• Lead multi-FDE teams and mentor Staff/Senior engineers across concurrent engagements
• Collaborate with BU leaders to shape AI roadmaps and defend high-value use cases with long-term impact
• Act as technical authority for architecture, ML, data science, and agentic engineering; escalate complex decisions
• Mentor and grow senior engineers, shaping technical career paths and coaching for broader impact
• Calibrate hiring standards for senior FDE roles and participate in technical interviews
• Partner with EA, Data Platforms, Cyber Security, and Tech functions to ensure scalable prototypes
• Influence vendor strategy for AI models and tooling at scale
• Represent GSK AI engineering externally through forums and publications where appropriate
• Build governance by design, embedding Responsible AI and Accountability into standards
• Report on standards adoption, delivery outcomes, and risk across the portfolio

• 15+ years of software engineering/AI/ML leadership across multiple teams or enterprise scale
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering
• Track record of setting engineering standards, reference architectures, or enterprise platforms
• Experience delivering AI ideas from concept to production in customer-facing or embedded contexts across a portfolio
• Hands-on expertise with GenAI patterns (agents, multi-agent orchestration, RAG, prompt engineering, evaluation, fine-tuning, MCP integrations)
• Expertise in AI/ML/data science (LLMs, foundation models, MLOps) and setting modeling/evaluation standards
• Frequent use of AI coding agents (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Databricks AI Assistant) and experience designing agentic delivery workflows
• Experience influencing director/VP-level leaders and mentoring senior engineers
• Prior leadership in hiring and developing senior technical talent
• Strong collaboration with enterprise-wide stakeholders and governance frameworks

• Leadership and technical credibility
• Cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management
• Mentorship and people development
• GenAI patterns (agents, multi-agent orchestration, RAG)
• Prompt engineering and evaluation
• Model Context Protocol (MCP) integrations