AI Delivery Director — Enterprise Agents & Systems

Citi; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave

Discretionary annual bonus

Private Medical Care & Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Pension Plan

Paid Parental Leave

Employee discounts

Job summary

Citi London is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineering Director to lead a high‑performing squad embedded within Citi's Lines of Business. You will translate complex challenges into production‑ready AI agents while enforcing architectural standards and governance gates.

In this senior role, you will manage 8 senior engineers, oversee multiple agent projects, and drive integration with core banking systems, data stores, and external APIs, maintaining regulatory compliance and engineering excellence.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of technology experience in senior roles.
• 8+ years leading engineering squads in Tier‑1 banking or fintech.
• Hands‑on understanding of modern AI paradigms (LLMs, autonomous agents, embeddings).
• Proven track record delivering complex distributed systems into regulated production environments.

Responsibilities

• Direct 3–5 AI agent projects concurrently within the pod.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise architectural blueprints and governance gates.
• Lead and mentor a squad of senior engineers (C12–C14).
• Drive system integrations between autonomous agents and core banking backends.

Skills

Engineering Leadership

AI/LLMs

Distributed Systems

Stakeholder Management

Financial Services Domain

Education

Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Enterprise Architecture

Job description

Citi London is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineering Director to lead a high‑performing squad embedded within Citi's Lines of Business. You will translate complex challenges into production‑ready AI agents while enforcing architectural standards and governance gates.

In this senior role, you will manage 8 senior engineers, oversee multiple agent projects, and drive integration with core banking systems, data stores, and external APIs, maintaining regulatory compliance and engineering excellence.