Director of Artificial Intelligence
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Location: Toronto (Hybrid)
Type: Full-Time / Contract-to-Hire
Salary: $140,000-$230,000
Overview
Seeking a senior AI Delivery Leader to drive the execution of enterprise AI and GenAI initiatives. This individual will bridge business and technology teams, lead cross-functional delivery efforts, and ensure AI solutions translate into measurable business outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end delivery of AI and GenAI programs from strategy through execution.
Partner with business leaders, product owners, architects, and engineering teams to define requirements and deliver outcomes.
Drive Agile delivery, roadmap planning, solution design, and stakeholder management.
Oversee AI solutions built within Microsoft and AWS ecosystems.
Provide leadership across multiple workstreams while maintaining hands-on involvement in delivery and architecture discussions.
Required Qualifications
10+ years of technology delivery leadership experience within Financial Services, ideally Wealth or Capital Markets.
Proven experience delivering AI/GenAI solutions leveraging Microsoft and AWS technologies.
Strong Agile leadership experience beyond standard Scrum execution.
Ability to operate strategically while also diving into detailed delivery, architecture, and execution challenges.
Exceptional stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with GitHub Copilot and AI-assisted development platforms.
Background leading enterprise-scale transformation and modernization initiatives.
Experience working closely with business product owners to define AI use cases and adoption strategies.