VP, AI & Architecture (Information Technology)

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation. 
 

Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

F5 is seeking a visionary, innovative, and disruptive leader to fill the critical role of Vice President of AI & Architecture. This executive will not only shape and drive our digital architecture strategy but also accelerate F5's AI adoption across our developer, employee, and customer experiences, driving real business value and productivity throughout the enterprise.

As a disruptive technologist in the AI era, you possess an innate understanding of how to scale systems, evolve complex architectures, and align deeply with core business outcomes. This is your opportunity to define F5's modern architecture strategy across cloud, AI, and application ecosystems—championing relentless innovation and setting bold technical direction across the organization. We need someone who can truly challenge the status quo and push the boundaries of what's possible with AI.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead F5's enterprise architecture strategy, aligning business priorities with scalable, modern technology platforms.
• Own and aggressively evolve F5's AI vision and roadmap, partnering deeply with engineering, product, and business teams to rapidly integrate AI/ML into every facet of our products and business operations.
• Drive architectural modernization across cloud infrastructure, data platforms, APIs, and application stacks, with a strong focus on AI-driven capabilities.
• Serve as a disruptive thought leader and innovation catalyst in AI, digital platforms, and emerging technologies, constantly seeking new ways to leverage AI for competitive advantage.
• Mentor and lead cross-functional architecture teams, fostering a culture of technical excellence, rapid experimentation, and continuous disruption through AI.
• Collaborate with senior executives to translate strategic goals into actionable architecture blueprints and transformative initiatives.
• Evaluate and implement scalable, secure architectures that robustly support multi-cloud, edge, and data-intensive AI applications.
• Advocate for technology governance, standards, and enterprise best practices that enable rapid AI adoption.

Key Qualifications:

• 15+ years of progressive experience in enterprise architecture, digital transformation, and technical leadership roles, with a strong emphasis on driving large-scale AI initiatives.
• Proven success in leading groundbreaking AI/ML initiatives, data platforms, and cloud-native architecture strategies at enterprise scale, demonstrating tangible business value.
• Deep expertise in AI/ML frameworks, advanced data engineering pipelines, and a demonstrated track record of applying AI to deliver significant commercial products or transform business operations.
• Strong background in cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP), modern application development, APIs, and microservices, specifically as they pertain to AI enablement.
• Exceptional ability to partner closely with C-level executives, influencing and aligning technology strategy with overarching business goals.
• Superior leadership, communication, and influencing skills, capable of inspiring both highly technical and non-technical stakeholders to embrace and drive AI transformation.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. An advanced degree is highly preferred.

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The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

The annual base pay for this position is: $293,290.00 - $439,936.00

F5 maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, geographic locations, and market conditions, as well as to reflect F5's differing products, industries, and lines of business. The pay range referenced is as of the time of the job posting and is subject to change.

You may also be offered incentive compensation, bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits. More details about F5's benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits. F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice. 

Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5.com or @myworkday.com).

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination.  F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting accommodations@f5.com.