Director of AI
Senior Director of AI Strategy & Delivery
SS&C Technologies · Financial Technology / Financial Services Software · 5000+ employees · 📍 Basildon, England, United Kingdom
SS&C Technologies is hiring a senior AI leader to own both strategy and end-to-end delivery of AI initiatives across a large, global fintech enterprise undergoing significant AI transformation.
AI Maturity
building
Why Role Exists
Transformation
Company Stage
public
Source
linkedin
Key Responsibilities
- Define and drive AI strategy aligned to business objectives across SS&C product and service lines
- Lead end-to-end delivery of AI programmes, from ideation through production deployment
- Engage senior stakeholders and business units to identify and prioritise AI use cases
- Build and manage cross-functional AI delivery teams and governance frameworks
- Track and report on AI initiative outcomes, ROI, and organisational capability maturity
Requirements
- Proven experience leading AI/ML strategy and delivery in a large enterprise environment
- Strong background in financial services, fintech, or data-intensive regulated industries
- Demonstrated ability to bridge technical AI teams and senior business stakeholders
- Track record of delivering AI programmes at scale from concept to production
Signals
- ⚠ No salary or compensation range disclosed
- ⚠ Sparse job description provided — scope and reporting line unclear
- ⚠ No previous posting history to benchmark against
- ⚠ Location limited to Basildon, England — may limit senior candidate pool
- ✓ SS&C is a publicly listed, financially strong global fintech with $5B+ annual revenue
- ✓ Dual strategy-and-delivery mandate signals real organisational authority
- ✓ AI investment in financial services is accelerating — role likely has meaningful budget
- ✓ SS&C manages trillions in AUM/AUA, providing rich data assets for AI applications