Director, Data Scientist Management
BNY Mellon · City of London, England, United Kingdom
Financial Services · 10,001+ employees
About the role
Lead the end-to-end development of complex AI solutions on the ELIZA platform while providing technical direction to cross-functional pods. Design and implement responsible AI frameworks, including transparency standards and risk controls, while mentoring junior team members.
What they look for
Requirements
Requires a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a technical field and significant experience delivering AI/ML solutions in enterprise environments. Candidates must possess deep expertise in LLMs, NLP, and agentic systems, alongside strong leadership and communication skills.
Benefits
Full description
In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:
- Lead complex, end to end AI solution development. On BNY’s AI platform ELIZA—from problem shaping and experimentation to deployment, adoption, and measurable business impact.
- Provide technical direction to pods; guide prioritization, trade offs, and architecture decisions across Product, Engineering, Operations, and Governance.
- Design and embed responsible AI practices into solutions—clear evaluation methods, transparency standards, risk controls, and human oversight patterns—while helping shape the AI Hub’s responsible AI framework.
- Partner with platform teams to deliver scalable, observable, secure capabilities; establish drift/quality monitoring and cost aware performance.
- Mentor juniors; uplift engineering quality via documentation, reusable accelerators, and communities of practice.
- Contribute to AI Hub standards, reference architectures, and platform components.
To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, AI, Data Science, Engineering/Management (advanced degree preferred).
- Significant experience delivering AI/ML in enterprise environments with proven ownership of multi phase or multi pod programs.
- Deep applied experience across LLMs/NLP, agentic systems, retrieval architectures, robust evaluation, and enterprise grade delivery.
- Demonstrated ability to simplify complexity, set technical direction, and drive outcomes across teams.
- People leadership: Strong leadership skills with experience in mentoring and developing team members
At BNY, our culture allows us to run our company better and enables employees’ growth and success. As a leading global financial services company at the heart of the global financial system, we influence nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Every day, our teams harness cutting-edge AI and breakthrough technologies to collaborate with clients, driving transformative solutions that redefine industries and uplift communities worldwide.
Recognized as a top destination for innovators, BNY is where bold ideas meet advanced technology and exceptional talent. Together, we power the future of finance – and this is what #LifeAtBNY is all about. Join us and be part of something extraordinary.
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- America’s Most Innovative Companies, Fortune, 2025
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- “Most Just Companies”, Just Capital and CNBC, 2025
Our Benefits and Rewards:
BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life’s journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter.
BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.
