Head of Research, AI and Advanced Services, VMware Cloud Foundation Division

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Job Description:

The VMware Cloud Foundation Division enables organizations around the world to run their business critical and modern applications in a secure, resilient, and cost-efficient manner.

With our flagship product VMware vSphere, and our industry-leading technologies including vSAN, NSX and Aria, Broadcom customers receive the scale and agility of a public cloud with the security and performance of a private cloud. Modern infrastructures, accelerated application innovation, and predictable TCO savings and investment returns are just a few of the benefits from having a private cloud infrastructure powered by VMware Cloud Foundation.

Together, our bold group of technology professionals with diverse backgrounds – spanning engineering, products, marketing, partners, professional services, and global support services – is focusing on what can be for the largest enterprises, governments, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing and educational institutions of the world.

The Elevator Pitch: Why will you enjoy this new opportunity?

The Head of Research will report to the Global Head of AI & Advanced Services within the VCF division. This role will be the champion and mentor of a team of stellar researchers whose goals are to create unique differentiation for VMware Cloud Foundation and advance the state of the art. With the unprecedented progress of AI, substantial Machine Learning applications have become possible through advances in scalable computing systems and algorithms. These applications are now creating exciting research and product opportunities to rethink technology stacks, develop efficient algorithms that are effective across heterogeneous environments and diverse use cases, and radically simplify infrastructure planning, deployment, and operations. Our current areas of research support these new opportunities embodied in the VCF and Private AI products and include trustworthy and efficient AI/ML, distributed cloud and edge systems, data processing systems and algorithms, networking, system verification, security, and privacy.  

If you are pragmatic and thrive at driving ideas from concept, scoping work appropriately, and collaborating across teams to land novel technologies into shipping products, you will find leading VMware Research Group (VRG) to be extremely fulfilling. 

Your deep academic foundation and extensive industry experience will enable you to tackle some of the most complex and exciting problems in the tech industry and help your team push the boundaries of what’s possible.

Success in the Role: What are the performance goals over the first 6-12 months you will work towards completing?

Within your first 6 months

• You will build trust with VRG researchers and develop professional working relationships with various stakeholders within the VCF organization.

• You will develop a deep understanding of the VCF and Private AI roadmaps as well as the ongoing research projects supporting VCF product differentiators.

• You will develop a mid-to-long-term research vision and agenda that is poised for significant internal product impact as well as external impact on the research community.

After 6 months+

• You will be responsible for driving the research agenda and working with the research team and other VCF stakeholders.

• You will be guiding and mentoring researchers in achieving impact and progressing their career paths, and acting as a champion of their work both internally and externally.

• You will manage the research group’s objectives, results, and performance within the processes set by your manager.

• You will drive multiple product outcomes on a continual basis, leading the transfer of new approaches and technologies derived from research into shipping product features.

The Work: What type of work will you be doing? What assignments, requirements, or skills will you be performing on a regular basis?

Your role will be to lead and inspire a group of top researchers to excel in their roles with the responsibility to investigate new technologies, develop ideas that create meaningful differentiators for our products, and advance the state-of-the-art. 

• You will create an extraordinary research environment in which the whole is greater than the sum of the parts by finding ways to synthesize multiple research threads into larger agendas that create new technology opportunities for product and research impact.  You will guide VRG researchers through agenda-setting leadership in their respective research areas and seek out applications for key research advances that will create significant short-term and long-term differentiators for the VCF business.

• You will establish productive working relationships with senior R&D staff to: understand the priorities of each engineering group; find opportunities for VRG engagement; and facilitate such engagements to expedite taking research to product/service, establish champions within the business units, etc.

• You will mentor VRG researchers, guiding their career growth and professional development, including their stature within the Company and within the external research community. Don’t just be their manager – be their champion.

• As a key member of the research community, informed by your own research and technology transfer record, you will establish strong collaborative projects with external academic researchers and projects as appropriate.

• You will interact with customers to learn about the challenges they face and to create opportunities for the early dissemination of research results/artifacts through PoCs, etc.

• You will help get VRG messages out to: the research community, prospective employees, industry analysts, customers, developers, etc. This includes the development of collateral, distribution of research artifacts (e.g., OSS), external speaking by VMware researchers, and participation in VMware Explore and other industry forums.

• You will model our values and actively contribute to the health, fun, and vibrancy of the VRG.  

What is the leadership like for this role? What is the structure and culture of the team like?

You will be joining the AI & Advanced Services team, reporting directly to the Global Head of AI & AS for Broadcom’s VCF division. The global team consists of highly competent senior engineers, researchers, technologists, and managers responsible for AI strategy, research, architecture, and development of VCF’s AI IaaS services. 

The team culture is one based on producing customer-centric solutions, building trust, and fostering curiosity. We recognize the value and power of diversity of thought and promote an inclusive culture of transparent collaboration and spirited debates as we all learn and grow together as one team. 

Job Requirements

• Ph.D. (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics or a discipline directly related to your area of research expertise.

• 15+ years of work experience in the technology industry, with minimum of 5 years in management.

• Demonstrated ability to lead and guide new technologies from initial concept to shipping product

Where is this role located? 

This role is onsite in Palo Alto, California. 

Additional Job Description:

Broadcom is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.  We will consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability status, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.  We will also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with local law.

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