Technical Director - Financial Services

Faculty; London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading AI consultancy in London seeks a Technical Director to lead their Professional and Financial Services unit. The role involves providing technical guidance on complex projects and developing high-caliber AI solutions tailored for financial clients. Ideal candidates should have extensive experience in AI and machine learning, strong MLOps knowledge, and proven team leadership skills. This is an opportunity to work with a diverse team of experts while driving innovation in applied AI.

Qualifications

• Experienced technology leader with a track record in AI/ML.
• Strong understanding of MLOps and experience in financial services.
• Ability to explain complex technical information clearly.
• Proven interest in mentoring team members.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on technical guidance for projects.
• Lead the development and delivery of AI solutions.
• Define the technical vision for clients.

Skills

Technical leadership

AI/ML strategy

MLOps

Communication skills

Team leadership

Job description

About Faculty

At Faculty, we transform organisational performance through safe, impactful and human-centric AI.

With more than a decade of experience, we provide over 350 global customers with software, bespoke AI consultancy, and Fellows from our award winning Fellowship programme.

Our expert team brings together leaders from across government, academia and global tech giants to solve the biggest challenges in applied AI.

Should you join us, you’ll have the chance to work with, and learn from, some of the brilliant minds who are bringing Frontier AI to the frontlines of the world.

We're looking for a Technical Director to join our Professional and Financial Services business unit.

This is a new, senior-level position created due to rapid growth and increased demand. The ideal candidate will be an established technology leader with a strong background in AI and machine learning, particularly within the financial services sector.

You will balance technical expertise with commercial and strategic leadership, driving the development and delivery of high-caliber AI solutions for our clients, which include banks, asset managers, insurers, and law firms. Your role will be to lead and mentor a team of world-class data scientists and machine learning engineers, and you will work with the business unit leadership to develop a differentiated technical vision for the business unit.

What you'll do

Technical Leadership and Delivery

• Provide hands-on technical guidance for complex, high-priority projects (40% of your time).

• Lead the development and delivery of advanced AI solutions and ensure technical excellence across the business unit.

• Advise on solution architecture, advanced modelling and engineering best practices.

• Identify and implement new tools and processes to enhance delivery quality.

Team Leadership and Strategy

• Define and champion the technical vision for our professional and financial services clients.

• Lead recruiting, team structure, and professional development for technical staff.

• Collaborate with the Business Unit Director on commercial strategy and project resourcing.

Business Development

• Act as a technical authority in client meetings to secure and expand market opportunities.

• Create and share technical thought leadership through conferences, articles, and other media.

• Identify new market opportunities and technologies.

Who we're looking for

• An experienced technology leader with a track record of successfully leading AI/ML strategy and project delivery.

• Strong understanding of MLOps, with experience deploying commercially valuable AI applications in financial services.

• Experience leading full-stack technology teams, with a solid grasp of systems architecture and engineering fundamentals.

• Knowledge of the financial services landscape, including commercial drivers and the ability to articulate how AI can accelerate business outcomes.

• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical information to both internal and external stakeholders.

• A proven interest in and ability to mentor and develop team members.

• A pragmatic and outcome-focused mindset, balancing big-picture strategy with real-world execution.
  

What we can offer you:

The Faculty team is diverse and distinctive, and we all come from different personal, professional and organisational backgrounds. We all have one thing in common: we are driven by a deep intellectual curiosity that powers us forward each day.

Faculty is the professional challenge of a lifetime. You’ll be surrounded by an impressive group of brilliant minds working to achieve our collective goals.

Our consultants, product developers, business development specialists, operations professionals and more all bring something unique to Faculty, and you’ll learn something new from everyone you meet.