Senior Vice President, AI Engineering

Company Description Publicis Groupe is a global leader in communication and is positioned at every step of the value chain, from consulting to execution, combining marketing transformation and digital business transformation. Through a unified and fluid organization, Publicis Groupe partners with its clients across communication, media, data and technology to ensure access to the full breadth of capabilities in every market. Present in over 100 countries, Publicis Groupe employs around 103,000 professionals.

Overview The Senior Vice President, AI Engineering is a senior technical leader for the MRCL platform at Publicis Groupe, working collaboratively alongside other senior engineering and technology leaders to drive engineering excellence across the platform. This role plays a key part in shaping infrastructure decisions, platform hardening, and technical standards — while also partnering with go-to-market and growth teams to support engineering-led sales efforts. The SVP ensures that global MCPs (Model Context Protocol integrations) are properly integrated and maintained across the platform, serving as a critical bridge between technical execution and commercial growth.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with senior engineering and technology leadership to shape MRCL’s infrastructure and platform architecture strategy, ensuring reliability, security, and scalability at enterprise scale
• Lead the strategic adoption and operationalization of AI technologies across the MRCL platform, including LLM-powered applications, agentic workflows, and AI services, ensuring scalable, secure, and enterprise-grade deployment.
• Establish governance and best practices for AI systems, including model lifecycle management, observability, evaluation frameworks, responsible AI standards, and integration with enterprise data and security controls.
• Drive platform hardening initiatives including security posture improvements, system resilience planning, and compliance with Publicis Groupe’s data governance requirements
• Oversee the proper integration of global MCPs across the MRCL platform, ensuring consistent performance, governance, and alignment with platform standards
• Partner with go-to-market and growth teams to support engineering sales efforts — translating platform capabilities into compelling technical narratives for clients and prospects
• Contribute to infrastructure decisions across cloud architecture, API design, and system integration, balancing speed of innovation with operational stability
• Build and mentor engineering talent, establishing strong ways of working, code review standards, and a culture of engineering excellence
• Represent engineering in cross-functional executive conversations, articulating technical trade-offs and their business implications with clarity

Qualifications

• Minimum of 15 years of experience in Engineering.
• Deep expertise in cloud infrastructure, platform architecture, and enterprise-grade system design
• Strong working knowledge of API frameworks, MCP integrations, and distributed systems
• Proven ability to collaborate and lead through influence across senior, cross-functional teams
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business language for commercial and executive audiences
• Experience supporting engineering-led sales or go-to-market functions, including client-facing technical storytelling
• Strong grasp of security, compliance, and data governance best practices at scale
• Skilled people leader with experience building and developing high-performing engineering teams

Additional Information Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

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