AI Engineering VP

MSCI’s AI Engineering division is working to transform user experience through AI powered interfaces and seeking an engineering lead with deep experience in AI products in financial domains to spearhead this effort. You will work with stakeholders across MSCI to deliver best-in-class AI user experiences that blend MSCI’s powerful IP with cutting edge AI to empower our clients to make better investment decisions faster. The successful candidate will have a track record of working at the cutting edge and incorproating innovations in AI into products successfully and at scale. We look forward to creating exciting products together.

You will collaborate closely with engineers, AI researchers, product leads, and control functions to establish reliable patterns and services that drive efficiency, improve validation and client experience, and uphold MSCI’s standards for privacy, entitlements, and governance.

• Contribute to the evolution of AI user interfaces through enterprise grade solutions with an eye to optimizing performance and user experience.
• Establish integration standards and governance mechanisms for AI/data connectivity with internal APIs and services.
• Drive value creation on top of MSCI Services inside industry AI Solutions like ChatGPT, Claude, AgentSpace and others.
• Drive cross-cloud implementation (Azure, GCP) of low-latency, secure, and entitlement-aware integration methods for agent workflows into enterprise user experiences.
• Understand client needs and support product teams in delivering solutions to client problems in scallable, stable infrastrucutre.
• Work with legal, compliance, and risk partners to meet data security, privacy, and sovereign hosting requirements across geographies.

• Proven leadership experience in technical product/platform teams, ideally within ML infrastructure or enterprise integration domains.
• 10+ years of relevant experience in AI engineering roles, managing client facing solutions at scale
• Strong knowledge of API design, identity & access management, entitlement models, and service mesh/network security in GCP and/or Azure environments.
• Familiarity with LLMs, agents, orchestration frameworks, and the data/validation challenges they pose.
• Track record of delivering AI products in financial industry applications.
• Ability to align complex technical needs with regulatory and operational requirements in large financial organizations.

What we offer you

• Transparent compensation schemes and comprehensive employee benefits, tailored to your location, ensuring your financial security, health, and overall wellbeing.

• Flexible working arrangements, advanced technology, and collaborative workspaces.

• A culture of high performance and innovation where we experiment with new ideas and take responsibility for achieving results.

• A global network of talented colleagues, who inspire, support, and share their expertise to innovate and deliver for our clients.

• Global Orientation program to kickstart your journey, followed by access to our Learning@MSCI platform, LinkedIn Learning Pro and tailored learning opportunities for ongoing skills development.

• Multi-directional career paths that offer professional growth and development through new challenges, internal mobility and expanded roles.

• We actively nurture an environment that builds a sense of inclusion belonging and connection, including eight Employee Resource Groups. All Abilities, Asian Support Network, Black Leadership Network, Climate Action Network, Hola! MSCI, Pride & Allies, Women in Tech, and Women’s Leadership Forum.

At MSCI we are passionate about what we do, and we are inspired by our purpose – to power better investment decisions. You’ll be part of an industry-leading network of creative, curious, and entrepreneurial pioneers. This is a space where you can challenge yourself, set new standards and perform beyond expectations for yourself, our clients, and our industry.

MSCI is a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community. With over 50 years of expertise in research, data, and technology, we power better investment decisions by enabling clients to understand and analyze key drivers of risk and return and confidently build more effective portfolios. We create industry-leading research-enhanced solutions that clients use to gain insight into and improve transparency across the investment process.

MSCI Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of the firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy (including unlawful discrimination on the basis of a legally protected parental leave), veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. MSCI is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, please email Disability.Assistance@msci.com and indicate the specifics of the assistance needed. Please note, this e-mail is intended only for individuals who are requesting a reasonable workplace accommodation; it is not intended for other inquiries.

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