Lead Ai Agent

Simcorp; Metro Manila; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus scheme

Pension plan

Professional development

Job summary

SimCorp is seeking a Lead IT Operation Specialist to drive the operation and optimization of AI agents and related IT infrastructure. You will set up AI agents, MCP connectors, and ensure high performance, availability, and security across enterprise systems.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, enforce guardrails and governance, and mentor junior staff to continuously improve IT operations in a FinTech environment.

Qualifications

• Experience with large-scale IT operations for AI platforms.
• Knowledge of governance controls for cloud AI services.
• Ability to connect AI tools to enterprise systems with MCP.

Responsibilities

• Own intake of AI agents and automations into managed infrastructure.
• Maintain AI agents and automations portfolio with cost control and reliability.
• Build and maintain MCP connectors for AI tooling across the org.
• Monitor, manage, and optimize IT infra and services for performance, security, availability.
• Develop IT operational processes in Enterprise AI to ensure efficient incident handling.
• Ensure AI-related agents and connectors comply with security policies and regulations.
• Collaborate with business units and AI Enablement teams to align execution across teams.
• Provide leadership and guidance to junior IT operations specialists.

Skills

Azure

AI Tools

MCP integration

IT operations

Security & compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Azure AI Foundry

Copilot Studio

MCP connectors

Azure Policies

Job description

What Makes Us, Us

Join some of the most innovative thinkers in FinTech as we lead the evolution of financial technology. If you are an innovative, curious, collaborative person who embraces challenges and wants to grow, learn and pursue outcomes with our prestigious financial clients, say Hello to SimCorp!

At its foundation, SimCorp is guided by our values — caring, customer success-driven, collaborative, curious, and courageous. Our people-cantered organization focuses on skills development, relationship building, and client success. We take pride in cultivating an environment where all team members can grow, feel heard, valued, and empowered.

WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT TO US

At SimCorp we believe AI plays a pivotal role in the futures success of our company. To facilitate the use of AI, we have created an Enterprise AI team, which is responsible for creating AI agents in our infrastructure, setting up MCP connectors and providing the infrastructure and AI tools for the organization. As a Lead IT Operation Specialist, you will be responsible for ensuring the smooth operation and optimization of our agents and our AI-related systems and services. This role involves setting up AI agents and MCP connectors as well as and managing IT infrastructure and services, monitoring system performance, and resolving technical issues. The Lead IT Operation Specialist works closely with cross-functional IT teams to ensure that IT operations support business objectives, maintain high system availability, and meet security standards.

What You Will Be Responsible For

• Own intake of AI agents and automations built in the organization into our managed infrastructure
• Maintain the portfolio of AI agents and automations, ensuring cost control, reliability, effective monitoring, and resolution of complex issues
• Build and maintain MCP connectors to enable effective use of AI tools across the organization
• Support the monitoring, management, and optimization of our AI-related IT infrastructure and services to ensure high performance, security, and availability
• Develop and implement IT operational processes in the Enterprise AI area to ensure efficient operations and incident resolution, and support the transition of routine tasks to the Operations Center
• Ensure our AI-related agents and connectors complies with security policies, procedures, and industry regulations, including guardrails such as Azure Policies and Copilot Studio guidelines
• Collaborate with business units and our AI Enablement team to ensure seamless end-to-end execution across teams and business function boundaries
• Provide lead guidance and drive a collaborative, results-oriented environment for junior IT operations specialists

Type of work this role engages with

• Managing and optimizing IT systems and services to support business operations
• Leading the diagnosis and resolution of complex IT operational issues
• Developing and implementing IT operations processes to improve efficiency and service delivery
• Coaching team members and advancing ongoing improvements in IT operations

What We Value

• Experience with Microsoft Azure services, including Azure AI Foundry, Azure Policies, and related infrastructure — you are comfortable navigating the Azure ecosystem and applying governance controls
• Hands-on experience with Claude, Copilot Studio or similar AI orchestration platforms, and an understanding of how to configure, monitor, and maintain AI tools at scale
• Familiarity with MCP (Model Context Protocol) or API integration patterns — you understand how to connect AI assistants like Microsoft Copilot and Claude to enterprise systems
• A solid grasp of IT operations fundamentals: monitoring, incident management, availability, cost control, and service reliability
• Experience with AI agent lifecycle management — from intake and onboarding through to ongoing monitoring and decommissioning
• Comfort working across security and compliance boundaries, including implementing guardrails and ensuring adherence to policies and regulations
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills — you work effectively across engineering, business, and enablement teams and can translate between technical and non-technical stakeholders
• An interest in or understanding of AI governance frameworks — you appreciate why guardrails matter and can implement them practically, not just in principle

Benefits

An attractive salary, bonus scheme, and pension are essential for any work agreement. However, in SimCorp, we believe we can offer more. Therefore, in addition to the traditional benefit scheme, we provide a good work & life balance and opportunities for professional development: there is never just one route - we offer an individual approach to professional development to support the direction you want to take. Visit our career pages to learn more about working at SimCorp: www.simcorp.com/career. Since SimCorp operates in 20+ offices worldwide, the benefits package may vary from country to country.

WHO WE ARE

For over 50 years, we have worked closely with investment and asset managers to become the world’s leading provider of integrated investment management solutions. We are 3,000+ colleagues with a broad range of nationalities, educations, professional experiences, ages, and backgrounds in general.

SimCorp is an independent subsidiary of the Deutsche Börse Group. Following the recent merger with Axioma, we leverage the combined strength of our brands to provide an industry-leading, full, front-to-back offering for our clients.

SimCorp is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds, without regard to race, gender, age, disability, or any other protected status under applicable law. We are committed to building a culture where diverse perspectives and expertise are integrated into our everyday work. We believe in the continual growth and development of our employees, so that we can provide best-in-class solutions to our clients.