Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?
Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Uniquely Yours.
You are part of a team that experiments with cutting-edge technologies, delivering solutions revealed as a result of the testing and learnings, and developing strong partnerships to enable growth through innovation and agile methodologies.
How you will contribute
The Senior Director, AI Product & Engineering owning the technical architecture, engineering execution, and productization of enterprise AI capabilities. This role is accountable for designing, building, validating, and scaling AI solutions through a repeatable factory model that accelerates time-to-value while meeting enterprise standards for security, reliability, and responsible AI.
The Senior Director, AI Product & Engineering, partners closely with the AI Product & Account Management function, which owns business problem definition and value articulation. They collaborate on portfolio prioritisation and product releases. This role owns the technical product architecture, engineering execution, and scalability of AI solutions.
Core responsibilities:
- Build and lead senior AI engineering and platform teams
- Coach AI Tech Leads and Principal Engineers
- Set the technical bar for enterprise AI delivery excellence
- Lead AI engineering teams responsible for rapid prototyping, MVP development, and AI platform services
- Drive hands-on technical decision-making across model selection, architecture trade-offs, and cost/performance optimization
- Ensure strong engineering discipline: code quality, testing, documentation, and observability
- Establish AI platform services, including model access, orchestration, experimentation, and monitoring
- Define standards for release management, performance tracking, and incident response in accordance with Mondelez existing practices
- Operate level 2/3 technical support for production operations teams
- Own technical readiness gates for scaling AI solutions, including security, reliability, and cost controls in accordance with the enterprise technology readiness and release methodologies
- Partner with IT and GBS to transition AI solutions into enterprise run models
- Provide post-go-live stabilization support
What you will bring
A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career. You will bring experience and knowledge in:
- 12+ years in software engineering, data platforms, or AI/ML with senior leadership experience
- Deep experience with GenAI, agentic AI, cloud AI platforms, and MLOps tools in a heterogeneous infrastructure environment
- Proven track record in building scalable platforms and reusable systems through agile delivery teams
- Strong leadership experience through complex challenges and developing creative solutions
- Familiarity with the fast-moving consumer goods or related sector
- Driving for results and Analytical Skills
- Technical expertise and a passion for innovation, understanding a variety of disruptive technology products and services
- Technical and business acumen to evaluate opportunities with internal and external partners
- Project management, including knowledge of Agile
Relocation Support Available?
No Relocation support available
Business Unit Summary
We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply!
Our people make all the difference in our succes
Mondelēz International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Excited to grow your career?
We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply!
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Job Type
Regular
Digital Strategy & Innovation
Technology & Digital
Mondelēz International Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage and wellness offerings are broad in U.S. postings, including medical, dental, vision, EAP, wellness programs, and fertility support; some roles note coverage effective on start date or soon after. One manufacturing posting cited employees paying roughly 7% of premiums, which is described as favorable versus many employers.
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Retirement Support — U.S. roles consistently reference a 401(k) with company matching (e.g., “3% on 6% invested”), and some union positions reference additional retirement or pension benefits under collective agreements. Separate salaried materials describe company contributions up to 9% with vesting after two years.
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Parental & Family Support — A published global parental‑leave standard sets minimums worldwide, including adoptive and foster parents, with U.S. materials indicating paid bonding leave for all caregivers. This signals sustained emphasis on family support across markets, with local specifics determined by role and location.
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What We Do
Mondelēz International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDLZ) is an American multinational confectionery, food, and beverage company based in Illinois which employs approximately 90,000 individuals around the world. Our Purpose Our purpose is to empower people to snack right. We will lead the future of snacking around the world by offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way. Our Brands We’re leading the future of snacking with iconic brands such as Oreo, belVita and LU biscuits; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka and Toblerone chocolate; Sour Patch Kids candy and Trident gum. Our People Our 90,000+ colleagues around the world are key to the success of our business. Our Values and Leadership Commitments of Love our Consumers and Brands, Grow Every Day, and Do What's Right shapes our culture – what we believe in, stand for, and what guides our actions and decisions. Great people and great brands. That’s who we are. Our Strategies We are uniquely positioned to lead the future of snacking with strong leadership in our categories, an unparalleled portfolio of global and local brands, and a solid footprint in fast-growing markets. Aimed at delivering sustainable growth, our strategic plan is centered around three strategic priorities: • Growth: accelerate consumer-centric growth • Execution: drive operational excellence • Culture: build a winning growth culture
Why Work With Us
We offer passionate, energetic and curious people a huge choice of careers in our fun, fast-paced, global business. We operate in four regions: Asia, Middle East & Africa; Europe; Latin America; and North America. And in over 80 countries our people are united in a common purpose to empower people to snack right.
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