AI PRINCIPAL TECHNOLOGIST

Description

As the AI Principal Technologist, you will serve as Fischer Homes’ senior technical leader for Enterprise AI. This role balances strategic leadership with hands-on technical execution, guiding pilots from concept to production, ensuring secure and compliant integrations, and mentoring IT and business teams on responsible AI adoption. You will play a key role in shaping Fischer Homes’ enterprise AI vision and operations to deliver measurable business outcomes.

• Chair the AI Steering Committee and oversee governance, compliance, and model lifecycle management.
• Establish and monitor AI performance metrics, including adoption, SLA compliance, cost management, and business impact.
• Balance innovation with governance, security, and compliance.
• Mentor teams on LLMOps best practices, including model versioning, testing, monitoring, and observability.
• Lead the design and development of AI architectures for large-scale, secure, and cost-efficient integrations.
• Stay current on emerging technologies and help guide Fischer Homes’ responsible AI evolution.
• Evaluate and onboard AI vendors and platforms, ensuring technical, legal, and financial due diligence.
• Lead critical incident response for AI-related escalations and vendor outages as needed.
• Provide executive advisement on AI investments, risks, and opportunities.
• Collaborate across departments—IT, Legal, Finance, and Security—to align AI initiatives with enterprise standards.
• Define and execute the enterprise AI vision and roadmap, aligned with Fischer Homes’ business goals and risk posture.
• Drive the operationalization of AI pilots, establishing acceptance criteria, testing, canary deployments, and clean production handoffs.

Requirements

• Must have the capability to effectively use and operate various items of office-related equipment such as but not limited to the computer, calculator, copier, and printers.
• Communicate effectively with executives and technical teams alike.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure AI, Purview, Sentinel, Power BI, and observability tools.
• Must have use of sensory skills to effectively communicate and interact with other employees and the public through use of the telephone and face-to-face contact.
• Familiarity with ChatGPT Enterprise, Anthropic, or other LLM vendors.
• Excellent presentation and executive communication skills.
• Must be able to travel to company offices, division locations, or field sites as required.
• Must be able to sit for long periods of time with low periods of reaching and standing.
• Experience deploying AI or machine learning models in production environments.
• Excel at leading cross-functional projects with structure, influence, and clear accountability.
• Certifications such as Azure AI Engineer or equivalent
• Demonstrated experience taking AI/ML initiatives from pilot to production, with familiarity in LLMOps concepts.
• Enjoy both strategic planning and hands-on problem-solving.
• Proven success leading cross-functional teams and delivering complex enterprise technology initiatives from strategy through production.
• Are a visionary technologist who can translate complex AI concepts into actionable business strategies.
• Expertise in governance, compliance, and vendor due diligence, with strong communication skills across executive and technical audiences.
• 8+ years of experience leading enterprise IT or AI programs.

Benefits

This position is 100% onsite, day 1 in our Erlanger, KY office.

The Value of a career with Fischer Homes

• 401(k) with Company matching contributions and profit-sharing
• Professional Development Training programs
• Inclusive Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Life Insurance
• Competitive Compensation
• Personal time off

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance