Associate Director, AI Delivery Lead, Financial Services, Technology & Transformation

DELOITTE LLP; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global consulting firm is seeking a Senior AI Delivery Lead to drive AI solutions in the financial services sector. You will oversee AI project delivery, manage teams, and build client relationships. Ideal candidates have a background in AI/ML/LLM and significant experience in the financial industry. Join us to shape the future of finance with innovative solutions.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering production-ready AI/ML solutions.
• Specific examples of Generative AI applied in finance.
• Proficiency in data engineering and big data technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage AI project teams.
• Design innovative AI solutions for clients.
• Build strong relationships with client stakeholders.

Skills

Project Leadership

Technical Expertise in AI/ML/LLM

Client Management

Team Management

Business Development

Thought Leadership

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS (e.g., Amazon SageMaker)

Azure (e.g., Azure OpenAI Service)

GCP (e.g., Vertex AI)

Jira

Azure DevOps

Job description

The financial services industry is undergoing a period of unprecedented change, driven by the rapid advancement and adoption of AI. Deloitte's AI & Data Financial Services team is at the forefront of this transformation, partnering with leading financial institutions to deliver cutting-edge AI solutions that address their most pressing business challenges.

As an AI Delivery Lead within our team, you'll play a critical role in shaping the future of finance. You'll leverage your technical expertise, industry experience, and leadership skills to oversee the end-to-end delivery of complex AI projects. This includes managing project teams, building strong client relationships, providing technical guidance, ensuring successful project outcomes, consistently meeting deadlines, and budget constraints. You must have deep technical expertise in AI/ML/LLM, enterprise-grade architectural strategies, and a passion for solving complex business challenges.

We are seeking a Senior GenAI / ML delivery lead for large UK clients. You will be instrumental in leading the design, development and every day product management of GenAI/ML solutions for some of the UK's largest financial services companies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Project Leadership: Lead and manage cross-functional AI project teams, overseeing all aspects of project delivery from initiation to deployment and ongoing support.
• Technical Expertise & Solution Design: Provide customers with deep technical expertise in Generative AI and Machine Learning technologies, designing innovative solutions that help them meet strategic business objectives.
• Client Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with client stakeholders, effectively communicating project progress, managing expectations, and addressing concerns.
• Technical Expertise: Provide technical guidance and oversight to the team, ensuring the development of high-quality AI solutions that meet client requirements.
• Team Management: Mentor and develop junior team members, fostering a collaborative and high-performing team environment.
• Business Development: Support business development efforts by contributing to proposals, identifying new opportunities, and presenting AI solutions to potential clients.
• Thought Leadership: Stay abreast of industry trends and advancements in AI, contributing to Deloitte's thought leadership and knowledge sharing initiatives.

Technical Proficiency:

• Proven experience delivering production-ready AI/ML/LLM solutions, including model training, optimization, and deployment. Specific project examples required.
• Generative AI expertise: Experience leading the delivery of AI and LLMs in the financial service industry including: Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), GraphRAG, query expansion, map reduce, maximum marginal relevance retrieval and other GenAI techniques.
• Familiarity with cloud platform providers (minimum of 1):
  • AWS: Amazon SageMaker, Bedrock (Titan, Claude, etc.), CodeWhisperer, Amazon Transcribe, Amazon Comprehend, etc.
  • Azure: Azure OpenAI Service (Gemini, GPT, DALL-E, Codex), Azure Machine Learning, Cognitive Services (Speech, Vision, Language), etc.
  • GCP: Vertex AI (PaLM 2, other LLMs), Generative AI Studio, AI Platform, Cloud Natural Language, etc.
• Proficiency in data engineering (ETL, data warehousing, big data technologies). Experience with data quality, governance, and security in financial services is essential.
• Agile methodologies and project management tools (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps).

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience in delivering AI solutions, with a proven track record of leading and managing technical teams.
• Deep experience in the financial services industry.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
• Experience in a client-facing consulting role is highly desirable.
• Relevant industry certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty, Azure AI Engineer Associate, PMP) are a plus.