As an Associate Director at the US-headquartered AI consulting and solutions company focusing on the financial services sector, your role will involve leading solutioning and innovation initiatives within the AI Innovations Lab. You will be responsible for designing, delivering, and scaling AI/ML solutions for clients in the financial services ecosystem. Your mix of hands-on technical expertise, strategic thinking, and leadership maturity will be crucial in steering high-impact engagements from concept to delivery. Collaboration across teams, driving innovation, and ensuring successful execution through alignment with client stakeholders and internal leadership will be key aspects of your role.

Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the design and delivery of AI/ML solutions across financial domains such as banking, payments, digital lending, and credit lifecycle management.
- Front-end with clients to translate complex business challenges into scalable AI solutions, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and measurable ROI.
- Manage cross-functional delivery teams, ensuring execution excellence and adherence to timelines, quality standards, and client expectations.
- Act as a thought leader and solution architect, continuously identifying opportunities for innovation using emerging technologies and AI algorithms.
- Take ownership of end-to-end AI program delivery, from ideation, POC development, and pilot testing to full-scale production deployment.
- Drive collaborative innovationpartnering with internal and external stakeholders to develop differentiated AI solutions tailored to financial services use cases.
- Provide technical mentorship and strategic direction to a high-performing team of data science consultants and AI engineers.
- Foster a culture of continuous experimentation and intellectual curiosity, with a focus on building from scratch and scaling impactful solutions.

Required Qualifications:
- 7 to 12 years of experience in AI, ML, or analytics, with demonstrated impact in financial services domains.
- Proven experience delivering AI solutions across the credit, payments, banking, or fintech landscape, preferably working with or consulting for credit providers or digital lending platforms.
- Deep understanding of the AI project lifecyclefrom business problem formulation to deployment and post-production monitoring.
- Hands-on expertise with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and programming tools such as Python, Spark, and SQL.
- Strong track record of leading technical teams and interfacing with senior client stakeholders, including product heads, data leaders, and transformation executives.
- Bachelors or Masters degree in a relevant field from a Tier 1 academic institution (Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or equivalent).

Preferred Qualifications (Good to Have):
- Exposure to Generative AI, LLMs, or agent-based AI frameworks.
- Experience in setting up or contributing to AI-based innovations, internal solution accelerators, or Centers of Excellence (CoE).

In this role, you will have the opportunity to shape AI strategy for some of the most innovative players in financial services. You will work in a collaborative and innovation-first culture, where your leadership will make a tangible difference in building and scaling next-generation AI solutions from the ground up. Competitive compensation, fast-track career growth, and the chance to shape the future of finance sectors are some of the benefits offered. As an Associate Director at the US-headquartered AI consulting and solutions company focusing on the financial services sector, your role will involve leading solutioning and innovation initiatives within the AI Innovations Lab. You will be responsible for designing, delivering, and scaling AI/ML solutions for clients in the financial services ecosystem. Your mix of hands-on technical expertise, strategic thinking, and leadership maturity will be crucial in steering high-impact engagements from concept to delivery. Collaboration across teams, driving innovation, and ensuring successful execution through alignment with client stakeholders and internal leadership will be key aspects of your role.

Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the design and delivery of AI/ML solutions across financial domains such as banking, payments, digital lending, and credit lifecycle management.
- Front-end with clients to translate complex business challenges into scalable AI solutions, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and measurable ROI.
- Manage cross-functional delivery teams, ensuring execution excellence and adherence to timelines, quality standards, and client expectations.
- Act as a thought leader and solution architect, continuously identifying opportunities for innovation using emerging technologies and AI algorithms.
- Take ownership of end-to-end AI program delivery, from ideation, POC development, and pilot testing to full-scale production deployment.
- Drive collaborative innovationpartner