Director, AI Strategy and Operations

What You'll Do
This is a senior IT leadership role at a highly regulated and systemically important financial institution. The role requires an individual who can successfully interface with OCC's executive management. As an executive level leader, effective and polished communication, strong leadership and team development, resource management discipline, and the ability to effectively execute on multiple fronts are baseline expectations for this role. The firm is responsible for operating within the global financial market infrastructure as a critical service provider to market participants. OCC places critical emphasis on compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and maintains high standards for information confidentiality, operational integrity and system availability. For the right candidate this is a highly rewarding and challenging role that requires well developed leadership, problem solving, strategic decision making, and execution capabilities. The candidate will also possess a willingness and demonstrated ability to drive organizational change.
Lead the development and deployment of AI-driven solutions across our organization. This senior executive will focus on building and managing a product that ensures efficient user access and entitlements, selects and maintains AI models tailored for the organization's specific needs, and provides robust operational support.
As a member of the AI & Analytics Governance Working Group recommend use cases, evaluate risks associated with application of AI, and propose solutions to manage risks.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary duty satisfactorily.
Lead the technology organization by:

• Cross-functional Leadership: Collaborate with senior executives and cross-functional teams to integrate AI solutions across the organization. Specifically work with Head of Data, Security, and IT teams to drive consensus and finalize solution designs
• Risk Management: Identify potential risks related to AI deployment and implement mitigation strategies.
• Compliance: Support demonstrating compliance through participating in regulatory and internal audit exams
• Project Oversight: Managing projects / processes, working independently with limited supervision.
• Talent Acquisition: Identify and recruit top technical talent to build and sustain a high-performing AI team.
• Talent Management: Coaching and reviewing the work of lower-level professionals.
• AI Product Development: Lead the creation of an AI products that enable self-service while preserving the guard rails for user access, entitlements, secure and appropriate access to AI tools and data.
• Model Selection and Management: Oversee the selection and deployment of AI models, ensuring they are appropriate for specific organizational tasks and objectives.
• Model Testing and Applicability: Ensure AI models are routinely tested, updated, and validated for ongoing applicability to our unique OCC (Organizational, Compliance, and Control) problems.
• Customization for OCC Use Cases: Seed and tailor AI models to fit specific OCC use cases, enhancing their relevance and effectiveness.
• Data Sourcing and Integration: Source data from internal systems to feed AI models, ensuring they provide responses tailored to OCC-specific requirements.
• Operational Support: Provide advanced operational support for the AI system, stepping in to assist level one support when additional expertise is needed.
• Innovation and Strategy: Stay abreast of AI trends and technologies, continuously driving innovation and ensuring the company remains at the forefront of AI advancements.
• Performance Metrics: Establish and monitor KPIs to measure the success and impact of AI initiatives.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Manage a team of managers and individual contributors

Qualifications:
The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary functions.

• Candidates will be evaluated based on their ability to demonstrate a proven track record of proficiency at the following competencies and organizational objectives:
• Ability to quickly gain credibility as a strong, professional executive who can provide clear leadership for IT.
• Demonstrate and embed the behaviors and competencies that create a risk aware and regulatory compliance and internal control mindset within the organization.
• Ability to navigate and analyze complex or ambiguous issues that may not have definitive answers, and confidently provide effective guidance to relevant stakeholders.
• Strong decision-making capabilities, with a proven ability to weigh the relative costs and benefits of potential actions and identify the most appropriate one.
• An ability to effectively influence (and be influenced by) others to appropriately modify opinions, plans, or behaviors.
• An ability to communicate complex and technical issues to diverse audiences, orally and in writing, in an easily-understood, authoritative, and actionable manner.

Technical Skills:

• None

Education and/or Experience:

• Minimum of 10 years' experience in senior leadership roles requiring leadership through influences vs. having a large team of direct reports.
• Ideally financial industry experience and/ or at a highly complex regulated technology organization.
• Depth and breadth of experience leading in a highly dynamic technology and business landscape.
• Proven ability to establish and execute technology strategy to deliver business outcomes; ability to conceive and implement enterprise-wide strategies and manage the associated governance processes.

Certificates or Licenses:

• None

Who We Are
The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization. Founded in 1973, OCC is dedicated to promoting stability and market integrity by delivering clearing and settlement services for options, futures and securities lending transactions. As a Systemically Important Financial Market Utility (SIFMU), OCC operates under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. OCC has more than 100 clearing members and provides central counterparty (CCP) clearing and settlement services to 19 exchanges and trading platforms. More information about OCC is available at www.theocc.com.
What We Offer
A highly collaborative and supportive environment developed to encourage work-life balance and employee wellness. Some of these components include:
A hybrid work environment, up to 2 days per week of remote work
Tuition Reimbursement to support your continued education
Student Loan Repayment Assistance
Technology Stipend allowing you to use the device of your choice to connect to our network while working remotely
Generous PTO and Parental leave
Competitive health benefits including medical, dental and vision
Step 1
When you find a position you're interested in, click the 'Apply' button. Please complete the application and attach your resume.
Step 2
You will receive an email notification to confirm that we've received your application.
Step 3
If you are called in for an interview, a representative from OCC will contact you to set up a date, time, and location.
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OCC is an Equal Opportunity Employer