Senior AI Architect & Strategy Leader

McKinsey

Palo Alto (CA)

On-site

USD 255,000 - 258,000

Full time

6 days ago
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Job summary

McKinsey & Company seeks a senior engineering leader to shape agentic AI-enabled software platforms for financial services clients. You will lead cross-functional teams, own reference architectures, mentor engineers, and partner with client executives to drive innovative, scalable technology solutions while advancing McKinsey's engineering strategy and governance.

You will work with global teams to drive modernization, establish best practices, and foster a high-performing culture focused on

Qualifications

  • Advanced degree in a quantitative field or equivalent experience.
  • 15+ years of relevant leadership experience at Staff/Principal level.
  • Experience leading cross-functional development teams and growing teams of 10–25 engineers.

Responsibilities

  • Lead cross-functional teams and architect transformative software solutions.
  • Own reference architectures and ADRs and influence client tech roadmaps.
  • Mentor engineers, build trusted relationships with client CTOs and executives.

Skills

Advanced degree
Leadership >15y
Cross-functional teams
Mentorship of engineers
Agentic AI
Architectural leadership
Client workshops
Open-source AI
NL-to-SQL data
Vendor management
Executive communication

Education

Advanced degree in quantitative field

Tools

A2A/MCP interfaces
ADR reference architectures

Job description

McKinsey & Company seeks a senior engineering leader to shape agentic AI-enabled software platforms for financial services clients. You will lead cross-functional teams, own reference architectures, mentor engineers, and partner with client executives to drive innovative, scalable technology solutions while advancing McKinsey's engineering strategy and governance.

You will work with global teams to drive modernization, establish best practices, and foster a high-performing culture focused on

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