Director of AI Engineering — Transformation Leader

Mastercard; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 196,000 - 323,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard seeks a Director of AI Engineering within the Transformation Team to lead strategic initiatives across AI engineering, aligning AI projects with organizational goals. You will oversee the ML lifecycle from architecture to deployment, guiding cross-functional teams toward robust, ethical AI solutions.

The role emphasizes governance, model evaluation, and collaboration with product managers and data scientists to deliver impact at scale in a fast-moving AI landscape.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on understanding of transformer architectures and generative AI, including fine-tuning and evaluation.
• Experience bridging model development to business impact and production deployment.
• Solid engineering background with Python and ML frameworks; production deployment patterns.

Responsibilities

• Develops and executes strategic plans for AI Engineering across Mastercard, aligning initiatives with objectives.
• Translates priorities into actionable plans for AI/ML teams within scope and budget.
• Collaborates with product and business leaders to deploy scalable AI solutions.

Skills

Transformer architectures

Generative AI

Python

PyTorch

TensorFlow

MLOps

Stakeholder management

Communication

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

MLflow

Git

Job description

Mastercard seeks a Director of AI Engineering within the Transformation Team to lead strategic initiatives across AI engineering, aligning AI projects with organizational goals. You will oversee the ML lifecycle from architecture to deployment, guiding cross-functional teams toward robust, ethical AI solutions.

The role emphasizes governance, model evaluation, and collaboration with product managers and data scientists to deliver impact at scale in a fast-moving AI landscape.