CareerPlan

Data and AI Portfolio, Director

Sunnyvale, CA, USFull-time$163k–$245k2026-11-06 → 2026-11-09

Core

Own the data and AI portfolio spanning customer-facing and enterprise AI, driving strategy to client value and turning pilots into production deployments.

Role type

Senior IC portfolio director (AI/ML strategy & delivery)

Builds

Customer-facing AI and Enterprise AI products and platforms

Domain

Fintech, payments, financial services

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

portfolio management, investment prioritization, stage-gated delivery, LLM architecture fluency, agent orchestration, go-to-market partnership, executive stakeholder management, responsible AI governance

Preferred skills

banking/payments domain experience, enterprise AI platforms (OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, Azure), agent frameworks (LangGraph, MCP), AI unit economics

Technologies

LLMs, RAG, agent orchestration, LangGraph, MCP, OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, Azure

Responsibilities

Decide portfolio investment and sequencing; run stage-gated pilot-to-production model; shape reusable platform roadmap; partner on launch readiness and sales enablement; lead strategic client engagements; manage delivery dependencies with model/cloud partners; enforce responsible AI standards; report portfolio performance to senior leadership

Seniority

Director, strategic leadership