EBSCO is hiring a Principal AI Delivery Lead to run a player-coach role leading a forward-deployed engineering pod within Data & AI. Responsibilities include setting technical direction for agentic systems (LLM orchestration, RAG/vector search, human-in-the-loop), operating a disciplined intake→build→hand-off delivery model, building reusable evaluation/guardrail patterns and observability, partnering with business sponsors and vendors, and modelling cost-to-serve. The role requires 10+ years of related experience, including 3+ years leading teams that shipped AI-powered production software. Salary range provided.