AI Use-Case Portfolio Lead

Luxoft; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Luxoft in Buffalo, NY seeks an AI Use Case Intake & Value Lead to own the front door of the bank's AI program. You will design the intake framework, stage gates, and ROI measurement that determine what, when, and how the bank builds AI use cases.

This is an engineering role building portfolio tooling, evaluating use cases against platform capabilities, and producing data-driven portfolio reports for leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 5 years' experience in business systems analysis, product/portfolio management, or technology program analysis, or in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 9 years' education and/or relevant work experience.
• Demonstrated experience designing and operating intake, demand-management, or stage-gate processes for technology initiatives — with the technical depth to evaluate AI feasibility, platform fit, and consumption economics directly.
• Strong financial and value analysis skills: business cases, ROI modeling, cost/benefit tracking, and executive reporting.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and operate the enterprise AI use-case intake framework: submission, screening, risk-tier alignment, stage gates, and approval workflow integrated with governance and platform onboarding.
• Define intake requirements and templates (business case, data classification, oversight model, success criteria) that satisfy governance without overburdening business teams.
• Maintain the AI use-case portfolio and pipeline as a managed system of record, with stage, status, ownership, and risk posture visible to leadership.
• Facilitate intake reviews and prioritization forums with business sponsors, governance, and platform stakeholders.
• Value, ROI & FinOps Alignment
• Build and maintain the ROI and value-measurement methodology for AI use cases: baseline capture, benefit hypotheses, realized-value tracking, and total cost of ownership including model usage and platform consumption.
• Partner with the observability/FinOps function to connect actual usage and spend data to the business cases that justified each use case.
• Produce portfolio-level reporting for leadership: value delivered, adoption, cost trends, and prioritization recommendations.
• Develop benefit-realization checkpoints into the use‑case lifecycle so value claims are validated, not just projected.
• Business Partnership & Enablement
• Serve as the primary intake partner for business lines bringing AI use cases forward; coach sponsors and analysts through requirements, business cases, and gate readiness.
• Translate between business intent and technical delivery: work with solution architecture and platform engineering to shape feasible, governed solutions.
• Provide work direction and quality review to business analysts and developers supporting use‑case documentation.
• Drive awareness and adoption of the intake process across business lines: communications, onboarding sessions, and sponsor enablement so the funnel fills by design rather than by chance.
• Continuously improve the intake process based on cycle‑time, sponsor feedback, and governance findings.

Skills

Business systems analysis

Product/portfolio management

Technology program analysis

ROI modeling

AI/GenAI concepts

SDLC/Agile

Stakeholder management

Excel/Power BI

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Luxoft in Buffalo, NY seeks an AI Use Case Intake & Value Lead to own the front door of the bank's AI program. You will design the intake framework, stage gates, and ROI measurement that determine what, when, and how the bank builds AI use cases.

This is an engineering role building portfolio tooling, evaluating use cases against platform capabilities, and producing data-driven portfolio reports for leadership.