Vice President of Artificial Intelligence
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Vice President AI Overview A high growth, well funded fintech organisation is seeking a Vice President AI to lead the buildout and scale of its artificial intelligence capability.
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Overview
A high growth, well funded fintech organisation is seeking a Vice President AI to lead the buildout and scale of its artificial intelligence capability.
The company is entering a critical growth phase and looking to build a best-in-class AI function that drives competitive advantage across products and operations.
This role is focused on
defining strategy, hiring top talent, and scaling AI capability
, while delivering measurable business impact.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and execute the AI strategy, aligning initiatives to product roadmap and commercial goals
- Build and scale high performing AI teams across machine learning, data science, and engineering
- Own hiring strategy, workforce planning, and talent development to attract and retain top AI talent
- Establish scalable AI platforms, tooling, and MLOps frameworks to support production delivery
- Drive delivery of high impact AI use cases across fraud detection, risk modelling, automation, and customer experience
- Partner with product, engineering, and business leaders to embed AI into core offerings
- Introduce best practices across the AI lifecycle including model development, deployment, and monitoring
- Implement governance frameworks covering responsible AI, compliance, and model risk
- Mentor senior technical leaders and define clear career pathways across IC and management tracks
- Manage budgets, vendors, and external partnerships to accelerate capability buildout and scaling
Requirements
- 12 plus years experience across AI, machine learning, or data driven engineering
- Proven track record building and scaling AI teams in high growth environments
- Strong technical grounding in machine learning systems, data platforms, or AI engineering
- Experience operating at Director or VP level within a technology led organisation
- Demonstrated success delivering AI solutions into production at scale
- Experience within fintech, payments, or regulated industries preferred
- Strong executive stakeholder management and communication skills
- Understanding of AI governance, risk, and regulatory considerations
Why Join
- Well funded fintech scale up with strong backing and rapid growth trajectory
- Approximately 200 employees with ambitious expansion plans
- Opportunity to build AI capability from strong foundations
- High visibility role with direct impact on product and business strategy
- Leadership team fully aligned on AI as a core growth driver
Success Measures
- Successful hiring and scaling of high performing AI teams
- Establishment of scalable, production ready AI capability
- Delivery of AI driven solutions with measurable business impact
- Strong retention, engagement, and development of AI talent
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