Senior Manager Developer AI Solutions

We are seeking an experienced and strategic-minded Senior Manager Developer AI Solutions to join our engineering leadership. This role is crucial in ensuring our AI development processes, tools, and infrastructure are optimised for efficiency, reliability and scalability.

The ideal candidate will have a deep technical background, coupled with excellent leadership and management skills. You will be responsible for overseeing our AI & DevOps teams and driving continuous improvement across our AI development lifecycle

Essential Skills

• Strong expertise in AI/ML engineering practices: ability to work with large, complex datasets, experience with data pipelines
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (eg: GitLab, AWS, Azure) and tools for scalable AI solutions (eg. Docker, Kubernetes)
• General understanding of Databases
• Proven ability to design and manage CI/CD pipelines for AI models, monitoring and automation of AI workflows
• Knowledge of AI-related data privacy, ethical AI guidelines, and regulatory compliance
• Ability to align AI initiatives with business goals, prioritise projects effectively and drive measurable outcomes
• Solid knowledge of software engineering principles: understanding of clean code practices and agile development methodologies.
• Strong leadership and people management skills, with experience in building and developing high-performing teams
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skill, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively with stakeholders at all levels
• Strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities, with a focus on driving continuous improvement and innovation.

KEY COMPETENCIES

• Communicates with clarity and precision, presenting complex / technical information in a concise format that is audience appropriate.
• Understands different approaches to project management (e.g. Agile, Waterfall etc.) and ensures flexibility to deliver and execute within different ways of working.
• Understands foundational and advanced AI concepts and communicate their impact clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Ensures compliance with regulatory standards, legal requirements and principles, developing and applying knowledge and minimising legal and regulatory risks across the business.
• Directs and leads others, coordinating activities and providing encouragement and inspiration to help others succeed.
• Adapts to rapidly changing events and environments while accurately judging priorities and keeping track of details.
• Engages in discussion to reach an agreement and create outcomes, affecting the action, behaviours, or opinions of others.
• Cultivates and maintains external partnerships & alliances to ensure alignment with business strategy and regulatory requirements for long term value and growth.
• Seeks AI-driven ways of working, continuously looking to use automation and intelligence to make processes run smoother, faster and more efficiently
• Uses project management and AI methodologies to manage project resources and activities.
• Demonstrates the discipline of planning, organising and managing resources and activities to achieve specified outcomes within a clearly defined timeframe and standards.
• Manages and records the risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies on a project and executes formal change control standards and governance.
• Builds trusting relationships with internal and external stakeholders to understand their drivers and negotiate positive outcomes​.

Detailed Responsibilities

• Manage the delivery of AI products and services in terms of quality, cost and schedule covering a single medium complexity product or a portfolio of products.
• Leads AI strategy and delivery in partnership with business and technical teams, defining AI/ML goals that align with business outcomes and product roadmaps
• Build and leads cross-functional AI teams including data scientists, ML engineers and data engineers
• Evaluates and integrates external AI platform and tools, ensuring security, compliance and cost-effectiveness
• Ensures the delivery organisation is properly resourced with appropriate planning for growth, and all the delivery teams have been trained in appropriate AI methodologies and understand their role in the organisation
• Innovates in partnership with product management function and senior AI technology roles to deliver revenue growth
• Drives cost reduction of delivery and maintenance through technology and process innovation
• Ensures AI models in production meet fairness, transparency and align with responsible AI principles
• Establishes processes for continuous evaluation and re-training of models to avoid drift and ensure sustained performance
• Implements a governance framework for AI technology delivery and to ensure appropriate reporting and remedial actions are being undertaken to keep programs on track
• Develops high performing and diverse AI teams, with clear succession plans.
• Must interact with global teams in time zones spanning UK, US, APAC areas. 
• Support services before they go live through activities such as system design consulting, developing software platforms and frameworks, capacity planning and launch reviews. 
• Maintain services once they are live by measuring and monitoring availability, latency, and overall system health. 
• Scale systems sustainably through mechanisms like AI automation and evolve systems by pushing for changes that improve reliability and velocity. 
• Participate in Project related activities to meet operational needs. 
• Provide a high level of customer service, whilst working under pressure. 
• Follow and adhere to established Incident Management, Change Management and Problem Management procedures. 

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business. You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth. Together, we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero, enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone’s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.

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