Job Overview:
The AI Development Manager will lead the development and delivery of Enterprise-grade AI solutions across all functions as needed. This role combines people leadership, technical depth, delivery accountability, and stakeholder influence. The successful candidate will build and develop a high-performing global development team, translate business priorities into a scalable AI product roadmap, and ensure that AI applications, agents, knowledge solutions, and intelligent automation platforms are secure, governed, supportable, and measurable.
ResponsibilitiesKey Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Own the AI product roadmap, use-case prioritization, delivery plan, budget, risks, and value realization
- Lead and develop AI developers, Python and .NET developers, architects, and delivery partners
- Partner with business leaders to define outcomes, manage priorities, and communicate progress and decisions
- Provide technical direction for Generative AI, AI agents, RAG, semantic search, and document intelligence solutions
- Establish reusable architecture, engineering standards, CI/CD, ML Ops/LLM Ops, testing, monitoring, and support practices
- Integrate AI solutions with Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Microsoft Graph, ERP, CRM, databases, and enterprise applications. Promote modular design, reusable services, API-first integration, observability, automated testing, and maintainable engineering practices
- Transformation from generic code to refactorable code and vibe code methods (GitHub Copilot, M365 Copilot Studio, Cursor etc
- Ensure compliance with Responsible AI, cybersecurity, privacy, data governance, and enterprise architecture standards
- Drive production reliability, adoption, performance, cost optimization, and continuous improvement. Define measurable success criteria and track outcomes such as adoption, cycle-time reduction, quality, reliability, user satisfaction, and realized benefits
- Excellent verbal and written communication in English with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Curiosity, adaptability, and a disciplined approach to continuous learning and experimentation
Essential Qualifications and Education:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline
10+ years in application development, cloud, data, or AI, including 4+ years leading technical teams/ AI Development function/ delivery functions
Proven delivery of enterprise Generative AI, AI agent, RAG, search, or intelligent document solutions from concept to production.
Experience managing stakeholders, resources, partners, dependencies, risks, and measurable delivery outcomes
Competent in Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Search, Azure AI Agent Service, prompt engineering, and RAG architecture
Adept in Advanced Python; working knowledge of .NET / ASP.NET Core, REST APIs, Azure Functions, App Services, Storage, and Azure SQL
Working knowledge of Azure DevOps, GitHub, CI/CD, cloud-native architecture, API integration, monitoring, and secure development practices
People leadership, product and portfolio management, Agile delivery, vendor management, and executive communication
Exposure to ITIL Principles and Change management process
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About UsFor more than 100 years, we've been making the impossible possible. Today, we're driving the energy transition with more than 30,000 of the brightest minds across 54 countries.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline
- 10+ years of experience in application development, cloud, data, or AI
- 4+ years leading technical teams, AI development functions, or delivery functions
- Proven delivery of enterprise Generative AI, AI agent, RAG, search, or intelligent document solutions from concept to production
- Experience managing stakeholders, resources, partners, dependencies, risks, and measurable delivery outcomes
- Competence in Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Search, Azure AI Agent Service, prompt engineering, and RAG architecture
- Advanced Python skills
- Working knowledge of .NET, ASP.NET Core, REST APIs, Azure Functions, App Services, Storage, and Azure SQL
- Working knowledge of Azure DevOps, GitHub, CI/CD, cloud-native architecture, API integration, monitoring, and secure development practices
- People leadership, product and portfolio management, Agile delivery, vendor management, and executive communication
- Exposure to ITIL principles and change management processes
- Excellent verbal and written communication in English
McDermott International Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about McDermott International and has not been reviewed or approved by McDermott International.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — U.S. materials cite a minimum of 23 PTO days and 14 paid holidays, indicating a broad leave offering. Paid time off and holidays are positioned as a comparative strength within the package.
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Parental & Family Support — Company materials indicate paid parental leave, including 10 weeks paid maternity and four weeks paid family bonding. These provisions reinforce support for families during key life events.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Field and offshore roles often include overtime, per diems, and project allowances that can materially increase earnings. These extras are a notable component of total compensation in project-driven roles.
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What We Do
McDermott is a premier, fully-integrated provider of engineering and construction solutions to the energy industry. Our customers trust our technology-driven approach to design and build infrastructure solutions to responsibly transport and transform oil and gas into the products the world needs today. From concept to commissioning, our expertise and comprehensive solutions deliver certainty, innovation and added value to energy projects around the world. It is called the “One McDermott Way.” Operating in over 54 countries, McDermott’s locally-focused and globally-integrated resources include approximately 40,000 employees, a diversified fleet of specialty marine construction vessels and fabrication facilities around the world. To learn more, visit www.mcdermott.com.
