Director, Applied AI Engineering

About Invesco
As one of the world’s leading independent global investment firms, Invesco is dedicated to rethinking possibilities for our clients. By delivering the combined power of our distinctive investment management capabilities, we provide a wide range of investment strategies and vehicles to our clients around the world. If you're looking for challenging work, intelligent colleagues, and exposure across a global footprint, come explore your potential at Invesco.
What’s in it for you?
Our people are at the very core of our success. Invesco employees get more out of life through our comprehensive compensation and benefit offerings including:
Flexible paid time off
Hybrid work schedule
401(K) matching of 100% up to the first 6% with a discretionary supplemental contribution
Health & wellbeing benefits
Parental Leave benefits
Employee stock purchase plan
Job Description
About the Role:
Oversees technology development solutions through new and existing applications, systems architecture, applications, data infrastructure/warehouses and machine learning algorithms and infrastructure (applications for the firm including both internal and external products). Includes maintenance and support of applications. Reviews system requirements and business processes; codes, tests, debugs and implements software solutions.
Provides management recommendations regarding the firm's short- and long-term information systems and technology strategy, including information technology cost and benefit analysis. Interfaces with business, information systems and technology managers on planning and implementation.
Responsibilities of the Role:
This is a global role within the D2E2 organization, reporting to the Global Head of AI Products, Analytics & Innovation.
Serves as the senior delivery and transformation leader for AI across the enterprise, accountable for turning AI strategy into scaled, adopted outcomes.
Partners with the department head to shape AI strategy and roadmap, bringing the delivery and adoption lens to strategic decisions.
Leads the AI Transformation Team, including AI Strategists, Change Experience Managers, Digital Owners, and Business Architects.
Directs the AI Delivery Pods covering Technical Project Managers, Data Engineers, Solution Integration Engineers, Data Scientists, and Domain Representatives.
Owns the enterprise AI delivery roadmap, ensuring every initiative has a clear timeline, resource plan, owner, and measurable outcome tied to business priorities.
Owns and manages the AI backlog across all business partners, making prioritization calls based on impact, feasibility, and organizational readiness.
Maintains full visibility into the AI delivery pipeline, ensuring stakeholders across Distribution, Marketing, Finance, HR, ICAR, and other functions and the Innovation Council have a direct line of sight into progress, sequencing, and timelines.
Tracks transformation outcomes, reporting business value, adoption, and change readiness to the AI Steering Committee and ELT.
Retains operational ownership of deployed AI solutions through clear accountability frameworks for performance monitoring, model governance, and continuous improvement.
Partners with Ashish on the broader AI talent strategy - builds, leads, and scales the AI Transformation organization, hiring senior technical leaders and applied AI engineers who bring depth in applied AI, and on improving AI literacy and fluency across D2E2 and partner functions.
This role sits within the D2E2 organization, reporting to Ashish, and supports Distribution, Marketing, Finance, HR, ICAR, and other functions, with a focus on turning AI strategy into delivered, adopted outcomes.
Requirements of the Role:
(i) AI Delivery and Productionization
Run integrated AI Delivery Pods from concept through pilot, scale, and steady-state operations.
Apply a product-led delivery model with defined release cadences, MLOps standards, and post-launch support.
Move AI solutions from proof of value to enterprise-scale production with predictable cost and quality.
(ii) AI Transformation Team
Direct the AI Strategist function to convert enterprise priorities into sequenced AI use cases with clear value cases.
Direct Change Experience Managers and Digital Owners to embed adoption, training, and process redesign into every rollout.
Direct Business Architects to anchor AI initiatives in capability, process, and data blueprints.
(iii) Adoption, Governance, and Outcomes
Operate AI delivery governance, including stage-gates, prioritization scoring, funding requests, and outcome tracking.
Report KPIs for adoption, productivity uplift, revenue impact, and cost-to-serve reduction by use case and by function.
Own model lifecycle governance in partnership with Risk and Compliance, covering validation, monitoring, retraining, and decommissioning.
(iv) Talent, Capability, and AI Fluency
Build the AI Transformation organization with a deliberate mix of strategists, architects, engineers, and change leaders.
Identify and recruit senior technical leaders and applied AI engineers in partnership with Ashish.
Lead enablement programs to raise AI literacy and fluency across D2E2 and business partners.
The salary range for this position in Downers Grove, IL is $215,000 - $225,000 year. The total compensation offered for this position includes salary and incentive pay and will vary based on skills, experience and location
Full Time / Part Time