AI Engineering Manager

u&u Recruitment Partners; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 243,000 - 297,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Bonus

Superannuation

Job summary

International Financial Services Company is seeking a hands-on AI Engineering Manager to lead the AI Engineering team and develop scalable AI solutions. This role focuses on growing Forward Deployed Engineering capabilities, setting engineering culture, standards, and direction for the team.

Offering a permanent position with a hybrid work model in Sydney CBD, the role emphasizes connecting AI initiatives across the business, driving tangible outcomes, and prioritizing opportunities where AI

Qualifications

• Experience leading engineering teams and delivering AI solutions.
• Deep understanding of production GenAI, including agents, RAG, guardrails and evaluation (Azure preferred).
• Strong enterprise engineering foundations across cloud, APIs, data and delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and develop a team of Forward Deployed Engineers.
• Connect AI initiatives across the business, identifying opportunities for reuse.
• Combine people leadership with hands‑on AI engineering knowledge.
• Establish reusable frameworks, engineering standards and best practices.
• Guide AI solutions from prototype through to production deployment.

Skills

People Leadership

GenAI Proficiency

Stakeholder Influence

Cloud Foundations

APIs & Data Delivery

Commercial Acumen

Tools

Azure

Job description

An International Financial Services Company are looking for a hands-on AI Engineering Manager to lead their AI Engineering team + develop solutions.

The role

• Lead and scale a growing Forward Deployed Engineering capability;
• Set the engineering culture, standards and direction for the team;
• Permanent role – up to $270,000 + Super + Bonus; and

An International Financial Services Company are looking for a hands-on AI Engineering Manager to lead their AI Engineering team + develop solutions.

The role

• Lead and scale a growing Forward Deployed Engineering capability;
• Set the engineering culture, standards and direction for the team;
• Permanent role – up to $270,000 + Super + Bonus; and
• Flexible Hybrid model – Syndey CBD.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and develop a team of Forward Deployed Engineers;
• Connect AI initiatives across the business, identifying opportunities for reuse;
• Combine people leadership with credible, hands‑on AI engineering knowledge;
• Establish reusable frameworks, engineering standards and best practices;
• Guide AI solutions from prototype through to secure production deployment;
• Partner with business, AI enablement, architecture, data, security and risk teams; and
• Prioritise meaningful transformation opportunities and know when AI is, and isn't, the right solution.

About you

• An experienced engineering people leader with strong technical credibility;
• Deep understanding of production GenAI, including agents, RAG, guardrails and evaluation (Azure preferred);
• Strong enterprise engineering foundations across cloud, APIs, data and delivery;
• Able to influence senior stakeholders while remaining credible with engineers; and
• Pragmatic, commercially minded and motivated by delivering tangible business outcomes.

We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people with disability.

Should you require reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process(including alternate formats to apply),or have a preferred method of communication,we encourage you to make a request to discuss.In response to these requests,we will collaborate closely with you to implement theappropriate adjustments.