Applied AI ML Director

JPMorganChase; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial services firm in the UK is seeking an Executive Director to lead their Applied AI team within Corporate and Investment Banking. The role involves developing capabilities through APIs and libraries while mentoring a team of AI engineers. Candidates should possess a PhD or equivalent, a deep understanding of AI, and proven leadership experience in high-performing AI teams. This position offers the opportunity to drive innovation at the forefront of AI technology.

Qualifications

• PhD and academic research experience or high-level experience in commercial AI labs.
• Hands-on experience in training, deploying AI models and pipelines.
• Familiarity with distributed computing for AI.

Responsibilities

• Assist AI teams in solving priority use cases.
• Lead and mentor a team of AI engineers.
• Design and build AI services and libraries.

Skills

AI fundamentals

Data analysis

Experimental design

Leadership in AI teams

Verbal and written communication

Education

PhD or equivalent experience in AI

Job description

Job Description

The Applied Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning team in Corporate and Investment Banking is transforming the operations of the world’s largest bank by leveraging the latest advancements in open source artificial intelligence and proprietary frontier models. To facilitate rapid growth, the team is focusing expertise in key "Domains" that are crucial to the firm, such as Documents, Email, Speech, and more. We are looking for an Executive Director for our Corporate and Investment Banking Applied AI team to lead the development of a small team of specialists. This team will be responsible for creating horizontal capabilities in the form of APIs, libraries, and thought leadership, including reproducing external results and publishing novel findings within one of the Domains. We seek a team member with a strong foundation in artificial intelligence and software engineering, who has made significant contributions to open source projects and/or led the development and maintenance of AI systems vital to business operations.

As an Applied AI ML Director within the Corporate and Investment Banking Applied AI team, you will lead a team of experts to develop horizontal capabilities through APIs, libraries, and thought leadership. You will collaborate with Line of Business AI teams to address priority use cases, design and build services, and promote best practices in AI. Your role will involve mentoring a team of AI engineers and ensuring the firm stays at the forefront of AI advancements.

Job Responsibilities

• Assist LoB AI teams to directly solve for priority use cases within the domain
• Design and build services and libraries that LoB AI teams want to use
• Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of AI engineers, fostering a culture of excellence, innovation, and continuous learning
• Work seamlessly with technology partners to build and maintain business critical services
• Drive best practice as a community leader and ensure AI practitioners in the firm stay up to date with the latest advances

Required Qualifications, Capabilities And Skills

• PhD and academic research experience or have worked in one of the top commercial AI research labs
• Deep understanding of AI fundamentals and practical experience with data analysis and experimental design
• Recent hands‑on experience training, deploying models and pipelines
• Familiarity with distributed computing patterns for training, serving, persistence of state
• Experience in building and leading high‑performing AI teams
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to diverse audiences
• Able to influence key decision makers with compelling technical arguments.

ABOUT US

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first‑class business in a first‑class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long‑term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

About The Team

J.P. Morgan’s Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.