Truist · 1 month ago
Head of AI Enablement - TD&O Wholesale
Charlotte, NC
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
10+ years expTruist is a leading financial services company, seeking a Head of AI Enablement to design and deploy enterprise-grade AI solutions across Wholesale Technology, Data and Operations. This role involves collaborating with business executives and engineering teams to translate business needs into scalable AI applications, ensuring security and performance at scale.
BankingFinanceFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Translate complex business requirements into engineered AI and GenAI solutions that deliver measurable business outcomes
Architect and lead the development of LLM-based, agentic, and machine-learning systems that integrate with enterprise data and technology platforms
Guide engineering teams in model development, fine-tuning, and deployment, ensuring performance, security, and compliance
Build reusable frameworks, APIs, and components to accelerate AI adoption across product lines
Partner directly with the TD&O Divisional Leaders and their engineering, product, and operations teams to identify high-impact use cases and embed AI capabilities into existing workflows
Serve as a trusted engineering partner to business executives, translating strategic goals into technical blueprints
Foster a builder culture rooted in experimentation, delivery, and responsible innovation
Establish and enforce AI engineering standards—including model observability, version control, and performance telemetry in partnership with Enterprise Architecture and the Policy, Standards, Practices Governance team
Stay ahead of emerging AI technologies, tools, and frameworks; continuously assess opportunities to integrate frontier capabilities
Qualification
Required
Technical Expertise: Proven experience designing, deploying, and maintaining AI or GenAI systems in production—such as LLM-based solutions, agentic architectures, or advanced ML pipelines
Engineering Leadership: 10+ years leading product, platform, or applied AI engineering teams in high-scale environments (e.g., cloud, SaaS, fintech, or large-scale enterprise systems)
Architectural Fluency: Deep understanding of modern AI infrastructure, including vector databases, model orchestration, RAG pipelines, and MLOps/DevOps integration
Applied Business Translation: Ability to engage directly with business leaders to convert strategic goals into technical blueprints and deliver working solutions
Ethical and Regulatory Awareness: Demonstrated knowledge of Responsible AI frameworks, model risk governance, and secure data management practices in regulated industries
Communication and Influence: Ability to earn trust across senior leadership, from CIOs to product executives, by articulating AI's value in business terms
Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related technical field (advanced degrees preferred) or equivalent experience
Preferred
Prior experience at a technology or product company, leading AI platform or applied ML development at scale
Hands-on experience with enterprise AI frameworks (Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, LangChain, AutoGen, CrewAI, or similar)
Demonstrated success establishing AI engineering standards, reusable frameworks, or AI Centers of Excellence
Experience delivering GenAI applications for customer engagement, operations, or risk functions in complex organizations
Industry leadership through publications, open-source contributions, or conference presentations
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life insurance
Disability
Accidental death and dismemberment
Tax-preferred savings accounts
401k plan
Vacation
Sick days
Paid holidays
Defined benefit pension plan
Restricted stock units
Deferred compensation plan
Company
Truist
Truist is the sixth-largest commercial bank in the U.S.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2021-01-01Seed
Leadership Team
Michael Maguire
Chief Financial Officer
James Cordovana
SVP of Cloud Security Enterprise Architect
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