Senior Director of Agentic Software Development

FactSet; Greater London; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

FactSet is seeking a Senior Director of Agentic Software Development to lead the transformation from AI-assisted coding to AI-native software delivery. You will own the strategy, enablement, and measurement to accelerate this shift across the full software lifecycle.

The role requires a track record of platform delivery in large enterprises, 10+ years of experience, and a strong background in modern software development and AI tooling.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or related field.
• Technical fluency in modern software development and how AI tooling integrates across the lifecycle.
• Hands-on familiarity with the AI development tools landscape, including agentic coding frameworks and LLM-powered development.
• Track record delivering platform capabilities or transformation programs in an enterprise environment.
• Experience leading in fast-moving environments where the work itself is still being defined.
• 10+ years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the roadmap for transitioning to agentic development across the organisation.
• Shape the portfolio of AI development tools and make build-vs-buy decisions.
• Lead governance for agentic software development and cross-team alignment.
• Collaborate on infrastructure, standards, and developer enablement for AI tools.
• Drive adoption through evidence-based change and community building.
• Manage token spend and cost governance aligned to adoption pace and outcomes.
• Define success metrics for engineering velocity, code quality, and AI-native work.

Skills

Strategic leadership

AI tooling familiarity

Enterprise transformation

Program management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS or related field

Tools

Agentic coding frameworks

LLM-powered development

Developer tooling landscape

Job description

FactSet creates flexible, open data and software solutions for over 200,000 investment professionals worldwide, providing instant access to financial data and analytics that investors use to make crucial decisions.

At FactSet, our values are the foundation of everything we do. They express how we act and operate, serve as a compass in our decision-making, and play a big role in how we treat each other, our clients, and our communities. We believe that the best ideas can come from anyone, anywhere, at any time, and that curiosity is the key to anticipating our clients’ needs and exceeding their expectations.

FactSet is a leader in providing research and analytical tools to finance professionals, offering instant access to accurate financial data and analytics around the world. FactSet clients combine hundreds of databases from industry-leading suppliers into a single powerful information system.

About the Role

FactSet is driving a transformation to agentic software development. The future is one where AI is not an add‑on to the engineering workflow but the primary way software is built, tested, deployed, and maintained. This role leads that transformation end‑to‑end.

The Senior Director of Agentic Software Development owns the strategy, enablement, and measurement required to move FactSet’s development lifecycle from AI‑assisted coding to AI‑native software delivery.

This is not a tools procurement role. It is a leadership role that requires a clear point of view on what agentic development and the AI‑SDLC should look like across the full lifecycle, and the ability to drive the organization toward it. The role is accountable for changing how FactSet builds software, with real metrics, real adoption, and real impact on delivery velocity and quality.

Reports to: Chief Information Officer

What You Will Own

• Agentic Development Strategy and Roadmap — Define and execute the roadmap for FactSet’s transition to agentic development. Own the vision for how AI reshapes every stage of the software delivery lifecycle, from requirements decomposition through code generation and review to testing, security, deployment, and operations. Set the pace and sequence for the organization, balancing ambition with the trust‑building required for teams to adopt fundamentally new workflows.

• Developer AI Tooling Strategy — Partner with Developer Enablement, Product Management Excellence, and the AI Foundry to shape the portfolio of AI development tools across FactSet and the emerging ecosystem of agentic coding platforms. Bring the transformation perspective to build‑vs‑buy decisions. Inform which tools are core to FactSet’s developer platform, which are experimental, and which should be retired.

• Governance and Alignment — Stand up and lead the governance structure for agentic software development across FactSet. Identify and leverage the right leaders to drive progress, maintain alignment, and ensure that what works in one team flows to the rest. Connect the people already doing the work, give them a forum to share and decide together, and keep the transformation on track as it scales.

• Standards, Skills, and Developer Infrastructure — Partner with Developer Enablement, Enterprise Architecture, the AI Foundry, and engineering leadership to build the infrastructure that makes agentic development effective at FactSet specifically. This includes MCP servers and skills that give AI tools access to FactSet’s standards, libraries, and institutional knowledge; verification and trust layers that catch hallucination and enforce code quality; plugin marketplaces and skills registries that allow teams to share what they build; and learning curricula that bring every engineer along the adoption curve.

• Engineering Community and Adoption — Build and sustain the internal community around agentic development. Create forums for sharing wins, surfacing gaps, and spreading best practices across engineering organizations. Work with early adopters and skeptics alike. The goal is not 100% tool adoption on a dashboard; it is genuine, sustained change in how engineering teams operate, measured by outcomes, not logins.

• Token Budget and Cost Governance — Own the strategy for how FactSet allocates, tracks, and governs token and compute spend as agentic software development workflows scale. As agents run longer and more autonomously, the cost profile changes fundamentally. Ensure spend is visible by team and project, budgets are calibrated to adoption pace, and cost governance is built into the workflow rather than applied after the fact.

• Measurement and Accountability — Define what success looks like and own the numbers. Metrics should capture what matters: engineering velocity (time from requirement to production), code quality, developer experience, and the share of engineering work that is AI‑native vs. manual. This role carries real visibility and accountability for results.

What We Are Looking For

Required

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or related technical field

• Technical fluency in modern software development and how AI tooling integrates across the lifecycle

• Hands‑on familiarity with the AI development tools landscape, including agentic coding frameworks, LLM‑powered development, and the infrastructure that supports them

• Track record delivering platform capabilities or transformation programs in an enterprise environment

• Experience leading in fast‑moving environments where the work itself is still being defined

• 10+ years of relevant experience

Nice to Have

• Deep understanding of the full software delivery lifecycle, not just engineering, and a clear vision for how AI reshapes it

• Proven ability to drive adoption of new practices across a large organization, not by mandate but by building trust, evidence, and momentum

• Comfort operating in ambiguity where the destination is clear but the path is being defined in real time

• Natural connector across teams, levels, and functions, equally effective with senior engineers, product leaders, and executives

Company Overview:

FactSet (NYSE:FDS | NASDAQ:FDS) helps the financial community to see more, think bigger, and work better. Our digital platform and enterprise solutions deliver financial data, analytics, and open technology to more than 8,200 global clients, including over 200,000 individual users. Clients across the buy‑side and sell‑side, as well as wealth managers, private equity firms, and corporations, achieve more everyday with our comprehensive and connected content, flexible next‑generation workflow solutions, and client‑centric specialized support. As a member of the S&P 500, we are committed to sustainable growth and have been recognized among the Best Places to Work in 2023 by Glassdoor as a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award winner. Learn more at www.factset.com and follow us on X and LinkedIn.

At FactSet, we celebrate difference of thought, experience, and perspective. Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. FactSet participates in E-Verify