As an Associate Director within the AI Innovations Lab, your role will involve leading solutioning and innovation initiatives for clients in the financial services ecosystem. You will be responsible for designing, delivering, and scaling AI/ML solutions, collaborating across teams, and ensuring successful execution through alignment with client stakeholders and internal leadership. This client-facing role offers the opportunity to shape AI strategy for innovative players in financial services. **Key Responsibilities:**
Lead the design and delivery of AI/ML solutions across financial domains like banking, payments, digital lending, and credit lifecycle management. - Engage with clients to translate complex business challenges into scalable AI solutions that align with strategic goals and deliver measurable ROI. - Manage cross-functional delivery teams to ensure execution excellence, adherence to timelines, quality standards, and client expectations. - Act as a thought leader and solution architect, identifying opportunities for innovation using emerging technologies and AI algorithms. - Take ownership of end-to-end AI program delivery, from ideation and POC development to pilot testing and full-scale production deployment. - Drive collaborative innovation by partnering with internal and external stakeholders to develop AI solutions tailored to financial services use cases. - Provide technical mentorship and strategic direction to a team of data science consultants and AI engineers. - Foster a culture of continuous experimentation and intellectual curiosity to build and scale impactful solutions. **Qualifications Required:**
7 to 12 years of experience in AI, ML, or analytics, with a proven track record in financial services domains. - Experience delivering AI solutions in credit, payments, banking, or fintech, preferably with credit providers or digital lending platforms. - Deep understanding of the AI project lifecycle, from problem formulation to deployment and post-production monitoring. - Hands-on expertise with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and programming tools like Python, Spark, and SQL. - Strong leadership skills, including leading technical teams and interfacing with senior client stakeholders. - Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or equivalent from a Tier 1 academic institution. **Preferred (Good to Have):**
Exposure to Generative AI, LLMs, or agent-based AI frameworks. - Experience in setting up or contributing to AI-based innovations, internal solution accelerators, or Centers of Excellence (CoE). As an Associate Director within the AI Innovations Lab, your role will involve leading solutioning and innovation initiatives for clients in the financial services ecosystem. You will be responsible for designing, delivering, and scaling AI/ML solutions, collaborating across teams, and ensuring successful execution through alignment with client stakeholders and internal leadership. This client-facing role offers the opportunity to shape AI strategy for innovative players in financial services. **Key Responsibilities:**
Lead the design and delivery of AI/ML solutions across financial domains like banking, payments, digital lending, and credit lifecycle management. - Engage with clients to translate complex business challenges into scalable AI solutions that align with strategic goals and deliver measurable ROI. - Manage cross-functional delivery teams to ensure execution excellence, adherence to timelines, quality standards, and client expectations. - Act as a thought leader and solution architect, identifying opportunities for innovation using emerging technologies and AI algorithms. - Take ownership of end-to-end AI program delivery, from ideation and POC development to pilot testing and full-scale production deployment. - Drive collaborative innovation by partnering with internal and external stakeholders to develop AI solutions tailored to financial services use cases. - Provide technical mentorship and strategic direction to a team of data science consultants and AI engineers. - Foster a culture of continuous experimentation and intellectual curiosity to build and scale impactful solutions. **Qualifications Required:**
7 to 12 years of experience in AI, ML, or analytics, with a proven track record in financial services domains. - Experience delivering AI solutions in credit, payments, banking, or fintech, preferably with credit providers or digital lending platforms. - Deep understanding of the AI project lifecycle, from problem formulation to deployment and post-production monitoring. - Hands-on expertise with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and programming tools like Python, Spark, and SQL. - Strong leadership skills, including leading technical teams and interfacing with senior client stakeholders. - Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or equivalent from a Tier 1 academic institution. **Preferr