Director of Enterprise AI Development and Operations
Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) · Austin, TX, US
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About the Role
The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) is seeking a Director of Enterprise AI Development and Operations to lead its enterprise artificial intelligence strategy, development, and support. This role ensures AI capabilities are safe, compliant, cost-effective, and value-driven, partnering with business units to scale AI solutions. The position involves defining enterprise architecture, establishing risk and security guardrails, fostering ethical AI, and building a high-performing technical team. LCRA provides public power, manages water, develops parks, and offers grid services across Texas. This role is ideal for those interested in applying AI to vital infrastructure.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic direction, management, and supervision for the Enterprise AI department and staff aligned with LCRA’s overall organizational strategy.
- Lead the strategy, system architecture, and lifecycle development of scalable AI solutions delivering measurable business ROI.
- Champion industry best practices across Large Language Models (LLMs), vector databases, AI agent development, and automated coding.
- Develop long-term technology roadmaps covering upgrades, data migrations, and system retirements.
- Ensure all LLMs, AI models, and associated toolsets align strictly with LCRA governance standards, data lake policies, and cybersecurity requirements.
- Identify and mitigate technical, operational, and reputational risks, including algorithmic bias, privacy vulnerabilities, and security threats.
- Oversee threat assessments and automated vulnerability identification to strengthen organizational resilience against AI-powered social engineering and emerging vectors.
Requirements
- Twelve or more years of experience in information technology, AI engineering or other relevant experience.
- Five years of IT management experience.
- A degree(s) in engineering, computer science, information technology, science or relevant field may be substituted per LCRA guidelines for certain years of experience.
Skills
- Enterprise AI/ML solutions
- Digital transformation
- Team management
- Modern enterprise AI frameworks
- Large Language Models (LLMs)
- Vector databases
- AI agents
- Data lakes
- Secure coding practices
- Cybersecurity principles
- Data governance
- Privacy regulations
- AI ethics
- Threat surface mitigation
- Cloud computing cost management
- API token consumption management
- Operational budget management for technology investments
- Stakeholder management
- Bridging technical strategy with cross-functional business priorities
Location
- Texas
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Director
- Management
Education Level
- Degree in engineering, computer science, information technology, science or relevant field
Benefits
- Healthcare
- Wellness programs
- Time off
About the Company
- The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) provides public power, manages water supplies, develops public parks, and offers grid services across Texas.
Equal Opportunity
- LCRA provides equal employment opportunities and a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.
- All employment decisions at LCRA are based on business need, job requirement and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, or veteran status in accordance with applicable federal and state legal requirements governing nondiscrimination in employment.
- LCRA is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities.
- Applicants with a disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process can contact LCRA Human Resources (512) 578-4004 or email lcra.benefits@lcra.org.
- Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.