AI Innovation & Productivity Strategy Director

TD; New York (NY); On-site; USD 220,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

TD Securities seeks a Director to lead the AI Innovation & Productivity function within TD's AI & Data Technology. You will track industry trends, run experiments, and shape the roadmap at TD Securities, spanning Global Markets, CIB, GTB, Risk and Operations.

This role is highly visible, requiring cross-domain collaboration and the ability to turn concepts into scalable AI platforms and products, while partnering with senior leaders to drive business value.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading AI, ML, data-science or software-engineering portfolios in a complex organization.
• Strong grounding in generative AI, LLMs, RAG, agentic systems, evaluation and observability.
• Experience building technology roadmaps and investment cases for senior executives.
• Experience in a regulated environment with Architecture, Cybersecurity, Risk, Legal and Model Governance.
• Strong product and commercial judgment with executive communication and influence.
• Experience building and developing high-performing technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Track industry trends and model evolution. Monitor generative AI, agentic systems, foundation models and coding assistants; translate developments into practical implications and build/buy/partner/reuse recommendations for senior leaders.
• Run experiments, POCs and applied research. Operate a disciplined experiment portfolio with clear entry, evaluation and exit criteria covering value, feasibility, data readiness, security and controls; stop or redirect what does not perform.
• Shape AI roadmap for TDS Technology and present portfolio insights and investment needs to senior leadership.
• Advance engineering productivity. Drive AI-assisted software delivery across design, development, testing and operations with Engineering Experience & AI Enablement; define evidence-based measures of speed, quality and risk.
• Convert innovation into scale. Create a repeatable path from validated concepts into AI Platform Engineering and AI Product Engineering, and encourage reuse across business domains.

Skills

AI portfolio leadership

Generative AI

LLMs

RAG

agentic systems

Software engineering foundation

Architecture & APIs

Cloud & DevSecOps

Executive communication

Leadership in high-performing teams

Education

Bachelor's degree or above

Graduate degree preferred

Job description

TD Securities seeks a Director to lead the AI Innovation & Productivity function within TD's AI & Data Technology. You will track industry trends, run experiments, and shape the roadmap at TD Securities, spanning Global Markets, CIB, GTB, Risk and Operations.

This role is highly visible, requiring cross-domain collaboration and the ability to turn concepts into scalable AI platforms and products, while partnering with senior leaders to drive business value.