Senior Director, Co Innovation Lab

1 month ago


Boston, United States Analog Devices Full time

Role Profile

The AI office seeks to appoint a highly skilled and experienced individual to set up and lead our Co-Innovation AI Labs as a Senior Director.

This role is pivotal in our strategic vision to rapidly scale our AI capabilities and integrate with a broader developer ecosystem. They will work to rapidly accelerate AI projects with our partner and developer communities, encouraging and promoting ADI products and services amidst a diverse multivendor ecosystem of HW, SW and AI.


Note: multiple US locations will be considered including Boston, MA | Wilmington MA | San Jose, CA


The successful candidate will be responsible for establishing and managing multiple innovation labs globally, driving AI and solution co-innovation, and fostering partnerships with external developers and technology providers. This position will report directly to senior leadership and play a critical role in our company's growth and innovation strategy.


Responsibilities:

  • Establish multiple AI co-innovation labs for ADI globally, ensuring rapid setup and operational efficiency.
  • Develop and implement operational processes, maintaining strict adherence to budgetary guidance and KPIs
  • Drive the vision and strategic direction of the innovation labs, aligning with the company's broader Edge AI and ecosystem goals.
  • Negotiate and set up contracts for resource suppliers for HW, SW and data/AI services.
  • Ensure the labs support integration with third-party hardware and promote a broad developer ecosystem.
  • Oversee the partner and customer solution building within the labs, ensuring high quality, relevant and actionable signal back to the business
  • Facilitate collaborative projects with external partners, ensuring high-quality outputs and innovation.
  • Seek appropriate sponsorship and funding to promote ADI’s AI ambitions
  • Manage relationships with third-party providers and external developers avoiding IP contamination.
  • Foster a collaborative environment where external partners can bring their projects and use cases for development.
  • Avoid dilution of value by demonstrating the ability to work across different hardware ecosystems from the outset.
  • Leverage existing developer communities to accelerate the growth of the ADI’s developer ecosystem.
  • Ensure the labs are ready to support changing dynamics – as ADI grows its AI capability
  • Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to maintain a balance and impactful pipeline of customers and partners with regular events to inform and connect.
  • Create a repeatable blueprint for all lab projects with preparation, sprints and outputs defined with standardized dashboard and reporting.
  • Adhere to all ADI policies and procedures and drive our Responsible AI principles through all lab projects.
  • Drive innovation through a experimentation approach, enabling rapid development and iteration of AI solutions.
  • Promote the labs as a hub for ecosystem growth and AI co-innovation


Qualifications & Experience

  • Master's or its equivalent experience in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or a closely related technical field.
  • A robust history of leading major AI initiatives at the enterprise level, consistently achieving significant outcomes in large-scale business transformations.
  • Previous experience in a similar role within a major tech company or innovation-driven organization.
  • Familiarity with the AI developer community and experience in building or managing developer ecosystems.
  • Proven track record of managing large-scale projects and delivering results within tight timelines.
  • Passion for driving innovation and fostering a collaborative, creative environment.
  • Demonstrated experience in setting up and managing innovation labs or similar environments.



Leadership Traits


Enterprise Leadership

Lives and demonstrates ADI values and behaviors and acts as energy across the ADI CAIO office. Collaborates across CAIO leadership team and beyond, for the best outcome, fast. They will be an inspirational leader who will facilitate the flow of ideas and concepts across our ecosystem. Customer and partner obsessed and able to influence and drive impact across a complex organization. Ability to quickly identify customer trends and signals and articulate new technology directions and business values.


Strong Functional Capabilities:

Embodies true end-to-end ownership of the labs and understands the explosive community driven capabilities in AI. Exudes excellence in technical understanding of core functions in a high-growth environment augmented by generative AI and machine learning concepts. Delivers excellence, at speed and thrives on seeing communities ‘win’.


Ethical Business Judgment:

Can clearly articulate current competitive situations and challenges relevant to long term market opportunities while evaluating AI capabilities and opportunities against anticipated trends.

Demonstrates depth of ethics in all engagements; treats people with respect, keeps commitments and inspires the trust of others. Works with high integrity and upholds ADI’s organizational values while maintaining confidentiality.

Has put responsible AI policies into action for customer and partners solution building.


Intelligent Risk Taking:

Incorporates an ‘outside in’ mentality and shows willingness to push boundaries in the pursuit of the best outcome.


Experimental Mindset:

Practices and encourages a continuous learning mindset. Obsesses over how to improve results across the organization.


ADI’s First Chief AI Officer, Rashmi Misra

Rashmi is a globally recognized expert in the developing Artificial Intelligence (AI) ecosystem and brings a wealth of expertise in the field of AI.


Prior to joining ADI, Rashmi served as the General Manager of AI, Data & Emerging Technologies for Microsoft, where she was responsible for overseeing the company's global AI partnership ecosystem, playing a key role in the establishment of their partnership with OpenAI, and helping to shape the AI agenda for Azure, enterprise software, and other key business units.


She has a unique blend of business and technical acumen, having managed a full P&L as a General Manager, spearheaded technically nuanced AI partnership deals, and developed new AI-powered product and business model frameworks. Her role is a hybrid of new product innovation and spearheading unconventional, industry-changing partnerships that touch all industries from agriculture to government to discreet manufacturing.


Rashmi's depth in AI is world class, having received her Ph.D. in multi-reasoning systems and artificial intelligence before that was a common concentration. She has since spent her career on the cutting edge of AI products, engineering challenges and go-to-market opportunities, and has garnered broad industry influence and recognition. She is regularly invited to speak at industry forums, is a technical advisor to NASA Frontier development labs on AI and holds six international patents.


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