Head of AI CoE Operations

US-CA-Santa Clara; Spain-BarcelonaSenior$196,320 - $306,75010+ years

Job Description

The Head of AI CoE Operations serves as the CAIO’s strategic chief of staff and operating leader for the AI Center of Excellence. This is a senior business operations role inside AI transformation that owns the operating system that turns CAIO priorities into action: executive cadence, decision forums, resource tradeoffs, SteerCo and Board materials, partner follow-through, cross-functional alignment, and the management routines that keep the CoE focused on shipped value.  The AI CoE Operations owns how the CoE runs: the CAIO agenda, leadership rhythm, governance, resourcing, partner tracking, executive materials, dependency management, and operating metrics that allow the portfolio to move.

Responsible for

Serve as strategic chief of staff to the CAIO, translating priorities into operating agenda, leadership routines, decision forums, executive briefings, and follow-through.
Own the CoE operating cadence, including leadership team rhythm, SteerCo preparation, Board input, portfolio operating reviews, pod health reviews, and decision tracking.
Drive executive materials and communications for the CAIO organization, ensuring clear narratives, crisp decisions, and alignment across senior stakeholders.
Manage CoE forward deployments and logistics  across CoE workstreams,  prioritization, and tradeoff visibility.
Track delivery health across active pods and priority initiatives, including milestones, blockers, dependency aging, launch readiness, adoption signals, and reusable Fabric asset commitments.
Coordinate cross-functional dependencies with IT, Security, Legal, Quality, Finance, HR, Product, and business sponsors, ensuring blockers are named, owned, dated, and escalated when needed.
Manage external partner operating discipline, including milestone tracking, deliverable quality, capability transfer, acceptance criteria, and partner sunset/readiness planning.
Provide the operating fact base for CAIO, SteerCo, and executive decisions: what is on track, what is blocked, what needs resourcing, what should be escalated, and what should stop.

What success looks like in year one

CAIO leadership cadence is running cleanly, with decisions made faster and follow-through visible.
SteerCo and Board materials tell a consistent story: business value, portfolio progress, Fabric maturity, adoption, risks, and decisions needed.
Active pods have clear staffing, milestones, blockers, adoption telemetry, KPI targets, and reusable asset commitments.
Cross-functional blockers are tracked, owned, and resolved with less executive churn.
External partner work is managed against clear acceptance criteria, reusable outputs, and capability transfer.
CoE capacity, headcount, and rotation needs are visible early enough for CAIO, Finance, and HR to make informed tradeoffs.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree or equivalent.  Plus, broad knowledge of functional area(s) of responsibility.
Minimum of 10 years' experience formally or informally leading people, projects and/or programs.
Senior chief of staff, business operations, transformation, or strategy operations experience in a complex enterprise.
Strong executive communication skills, including SteerCo, C-suite, and Board-level materials.
Ability to run an operating cadence that improves decisions rather than adding process.
Experience coordinating across product, technology, finance, HR, legal, quality, security, and business teams.
Strong judgment on prioritization, resource tradeoffs, stakeholder alignment, and escalation.
Comfort working in AI, data, digital, or technology-led transformation environments.
Enough AI fluency to pressure-test status, understand delivery risks, and translate technical work into business and executive language.

Additional Details

This job has a full time weekly schedule. Applications for this job will be accepted until at least August 4, 2026 or until the job is no longer posted.

The full-time equivalent pay range for this position is $196,320.00 - $306,750.00/yr plus eligibility for bonus, stock and benefits. Our pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. During the hiring process, a recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for a preferred location. Pay and benefit information by country are available at: https://careers.agilent.com/locations

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