AI Product & Innovation Head - Financial Services

International Permanent View Job Description
We are seeking an experienced AI Director to lead and drive the development and implementation of advanced artificial intelligence solutions within the financial services sector. This role will require strategic leadership and a deep understanding of technology to enhance innovation and operational efficiency.
  • Hands on AI product role within a large investment holding group
  • Drive real AI use cases across portfolio companies and internal functions

About Our Client

A leading investment holding group with a diversified portfolio across multiple sectors. The organisation is actively investing in AI to enhance decision making, operational efficiency and portfolio value creation.

Job Description

  • Identify and prioritise AI use cases across the group, including investment screening, data driven insights, and operational automation
  • Design and deliver AI solutions end to end.
  • Work closely with investment, finance, and business teams to translate requirements into practical AI products
  • Partner with IT and external vendors to build and deploy scalable solutions
  • Evaluate and manage AI vendors and technologies, ensuring cost efficiency and performance (including model utilisation and token optimisation)
  • Integrate internal and external data sources to enable better decision making across the organisation
  • Ensure solutions are aligned with data governance, security, and regulatory requirements
  • Support adoption of AI tools and platforms across the organisation.
  • Engage with portfolio companies to identify opportunities to leverage AI and share best practices

The Successful Applicant

  • 10+ years of overall experience, with strong exposure across AI, data, or digital product delivery
  • Proven track record of building and deploying AI/ML or LLM based solutions in production
  • Strong technical understanding of AI architectures, data pipelines, and modern cloud environments (Azure preferred)
  • Experience designing AI agents, automation solutions, or data driven applications
  • Commercial mindset with the ability to evaluate cost, ROI, and vendor solutions
  • Experience working in financial services, investment environments, or data-intensive businesses is highly preferred
  • Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work across business, technology, and investment teams
  • Comfortable operating in a lean, fast moving environment without large internal teams

What's on Offer

  • Opportunity to build and deliver meaningful AI use cases from the ground up
  • A lean, high visibility environment with direct interaction with senior leadership
Contact
Ruwise Sheriff
Quote job ref
JN-052026-7021421

Job summary

Sector
Technology
Subsector
Senior Technical
Industry
Financial Services
Location
International
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Ruwise Sheriff
Job reference
JN-052026-7021421