Chief Ai Architect

Our direct client, is hiring a Ai Chief Architect to lead Enterprise Architecture for the firm and to lead their applied AI and automation. This a fulltime position located in Philadelphia.

This is a unique opportunity to set the technical standards and reference patterns that guide how the organization builds technology, and you ll personally build and lead a small, high-caliber team of forward-thinking AI engineers who use AI to take on some of the firm s biggest business challenges. This is a hands-on leadership role, and a highly visible one. You ll work directly with senior business leaders across wealth management, brokerage, and operations. .

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong Background in Wealth Management
• Experience building or overhauling a reference architecture and pattern library from a less mature starting point.
• Hands-on experience with the Atlassian suite (Jira, Confluence), ideally including migrating a team of Azure DevOps.
• Familiarity with the regulatory and supervisory environment for broker-dealers and registered investment advisors (data retention, entitlements, recordkeeping, exam readiness).
• Experience partnering with a dedicated data office or Chief Data Officer function.
• Direct, hands-on experience with enterprise deployments of Claude or ChatGPT, rather than only casual personal use.
• Broad familiarity across SaaS platforms (like Salesforce or ServiceNow), web engineering, and full-stack engineering enough to know who to bring in for a given initiative.

If you have the proven Ai Expertise and Chief leadership skills, Select Apply Now and a Vega Staffing Specialist will reach out to you.