Managing Director AI Systems Architect

Our client, a leading global financial institution, is seeking a senior AI Systems Architect to define how AI becomes a structural capability within their capital markets platform. Reporting directly to the global CTO, this will be a high profile role working with global business stakeholders and requiring an experienced Architect with extensive Capital Markets product experience and knowledge. Some of the key responsibilities will include: * Owning the AI architectural doctrine, governing how AI is embedded across the full Capital Markets product suite. * Establishing the AI governance and model policy — covering model selection, prompt and RAG management and audit trace retention in a regulated environment. * Representing the architecture externally, facing off to regulators, external auditors and clients on AI governance, risk frameworks, and architectural decisions. To be eligible for this role you will require: * Hands-on experience building or architecting front-office trading, pricing, or risk systems within a capital markets environment is essential. * Production-grade AI systems architecture experience — agentic frameworks, LLM orchestration, RAG, model governance, and AI/deterministic execution boundary design. * A proven track record of defining architectural direction independently. * Experience engaging regulators, external auditors, and clients on model governance, AI risk, and architectural compliance. * The seniority and gravitas to operate at CTO level — executive presence, strategic framing, and the confidence to define and defend a multi-year AI vision. Please email your cv directly in word format to guy@theedgepartnership.com By submitting your application, you acknowledge that your personal information may be processed using secure recruitment technologies, including AI-assisted tools, for recruitment, assessment, interview documentation, candidate representation, and related business purposes. Further information is available in our Privacy Policy. Please note that due to the high number of applications only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you do not hear from us in the next 7 business days, we regret to inform you that your application for this position was unsuccessful.