AI and Control Automation Lead - Vice President

**Job Summary:** The Vice President, AI and Control Automation Lead, is a critical leadership role responsible for driving the strategy, development, and execution of data-driven control automation and advanced AI initiatives. This role serves as a recognized technical authority, translating complex business problems into scalable, governed AI and automated systems. The ideal candidate will lead teams to deliver these solutions into production, requiring a blend of deep technical expertise in both traditional data analytics and modern AI, strategic thinking, and exceptional communication skills to ensure robust risk management, operational efficiency, and regulatory compliance. **Key Responsibilities & Impacts:** **Strategic Leadership & AI Strategy:** * Represent the USCC Controls Automation team, leading complex control-related and AI-driven business projects from conception to implementation. * Define the overarching AI architecture and strategy, owning reference architectures, design patterns, and technology roadmaps for AI adoption that align with enterprise standards. * Drive multi-faceted System of Records (SOR) migrations impacting hundreds of jobs, coordinating seamlessly with Technology and Operations partners. * Collaborate strategically with AIM partners to ensure successful completion and implementation of all automation projects. **Advanced Technical Solution Design & Delivery:** * Architect and deliver enterprise AI solutions end-to-end, from problem framing and feasibility through to build, integration, and production deployment. * Leverage expert-level proficiency in SQL, Advanced SAS, EDW, Big Data, Oracle, and other analytical tools within a UNIX environment to perform sophisticated risk, financial, and data analyses. * Design and implement agentic and multi-agent AI systems, defining orchestration patterns, tool integration, and human-in-the-loop decision points. * Establish prompt and context engineering as a formal discipline, creating reusable pipelines, evaluation frameworks, and retrieval patterns (RAG) to improve reliability. * Architect robust infrastructure solutions, demonstrating a deep understanding of CyberArk FID architecture and NDM processes to support a scalable and secure automation environment. **Governance, Risk & Stakeholder Engagement:** * Embed AI risk, control, and governance by design, leading model risk assessments, implementing guardrails, and ensuring auditability to deliver validation-ready solutions. * Develop compelling proposals and effectively communicate complex data insights, AI architectures, and strategic recommendations to senior management to secure alignment and approvals. * Lead discussions in audit reviews and regulatory forums, engaging effectively with Quality Control, Operations, Technology, and Risk partners. * Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) and trusted advisor to senior stakeholders on both control automation and AI capabilities. **Mentorship & Team Development:** * Lead, mentor, and scale engineering teams by setting high engineering standards for both data analytics and AI development. * Provide direct leadership to junior team members, fostering their technical growth in both traditional analytics and modern AI design patterns. * Guide senior engineers on advanced AI design and structure project delivery for growth from proof-of-concept to enterprise scale. **Qualifications:** * Experience: 10+ years in technology delivery, including 3+ years of proven experience designing and shipping production-grade AI/GenAI solutions. * AI Technical Expertise: Hands-on depth in agentic frameworks, LLM orchestration, prompt and context engineering, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). * Data & Analytics Expertise: Expert-level proficiency in SQL, Advanced SAS, EDW, Big Data, Oracle, and other analytical tools within a UNIX environment. * Infrastructure Knowledge: Deep understanding of CyberArk FID architecture and NDM processes. * Enterprise Delivery: Proven track record of delivering complex technical solutions within a large, regulated enterprise. * Leadership & Communication: Strong stakeholder communication, influencing skills, and demonstrated team leadership and mentorship capabilities. •Working Environment: office setting, minimal travel required. • Effort: minimal physical effort required. 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