About CLS: CLS is the trusted party at the centre of the global FX ecosystem. Utilized by thousands of counterparties, CLS makes FX safer, smoother and more cost effective. Trillions of dollars' worth of currency flows through our systems each day.
Created by the market for the market, our unrivalled global settlement infrastructure reduces systemic risk and provides standardization for participants in many of the world's most actively traded currencies. We deliver huge efficiencies and savings for our clients: in fact, our approach to multilateral netting shrinks funding requirements by over 96% on average, so clients can put their capital and resources to better use.
CLS products are designed to enable clients to manage risk most effectively across the full FX lifecycle - whether through more efficient processing tools or market intelligence derived from the largest single source of FX executed data available to the market.
Our ambition to make a positive difference starts with our people. Our values underpin everything that we do at CLS and define our working environment:
- Pivotal purpose
- Trusted guardian
- Targeted innovation
- Facilitate connections
- Delivering excellence
- Inclusive culture
Job information: - Functional title - Vice President, AI Specialist
- Department - Technology
- Corporate level - Vice President
- Report to - Director, Enterprise Architect
- Location - Iselin, NJ or New York, NY
- Expected full-time salary range between $ 140,000 - $180,000 + variable compensation + 401(k) match + benefits.
Note: Disclosure as required by NJ/NY Pay Transparency Law of the expected salary compensation range for this role.
What you will be doing:
The AI Specialist supports the evolution and maintenance of CLS's technology strategy and ensures AI solutions are aligned with CLS's overall business goals. Reporting into the CTO organization, the AI Specialist is responsible for staying current on emerging technologies in the AI space, contributing to AI project design and implementation, and collaborating with business units to shape and execute AI use cases. The AI Specialist partners closely with the AI Governance Officer, solution architects, and engineering teams to support technical feasibility, architecture design, vendor/tooling evaluation, and implementation.
The AI Specialist plays a central role in enabling the responsible use of Artificial Intelligence at CLS, ensuring technical rigor in all AI-related development and operations. They support project teams with architectural oversight, vendor/tool selection, and issue resolution, and provide guidance on AI technical risks, performance, and optimization.
The AI Specialist will be responsible for:
- Remaining current in the AI domain from a technology perspective, including toolsets, platforms, and frameworks, and providing regular insights to the AI Committee and CLS leadership.
- Providing technical guidance on the development and execution of AI solutions to support CLS's business strategy.
- Collaborating with the AI Governance Officer and business stakeholders to identify and prioritize AI use cases.
- Developing training and communications to improve AI awareness across technology and business teams.
- Supporting AI-related project design and delivery, including assessments of third-party vendors and tooling for each use case.
- Working closely with the solution architecture and engineering teams to ensure that AI solutions are technically sound and aligned with CLS architecture standards.
- Participating in troubleshooting and incident resolution processes related to AI technologies.
- Supporting AI governance during project execution, including technical controls and compliance with CLS risk standards.
What we're looking for:
- Prior experience in technology strategy, innovation, or architecture roles, ideally with exposure to AI, machine learning, and emerging technologies.
- Strong understanding of the evolving AI ecosystem and emerging technologies relevant to the financial services industry.
- Familiarity with AI frameworks and toolsets including cloud-based ML platforms, open-source libraries, and vendor ecosystems.
- Demonstrated experience in developing and implementing AI architectures or integrating AI products.
- Ability to evaluate third-party solutions and provide recommendations based on performance, integration complexity, and risk.
- Solid understanding of regulatory expectations and industry frameworks such as NIST AI RMF, UK/EU AI Act, and ISO standards.
- Excellent collaboration skills and the ability to work across business and technology functions.
- Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to clearly communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Passion for responsible AI innovation and a continuous learning mindset.
Professional qualifications / certifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical discipline.
- Relevant technical certifications in architecture, cloud, or AI/ML platforms are desirable.
- Knowledge of AI governance frameworks and technology risk standards (e.g., ISO 27001, NIST) is highly desirable.
Our commitment to employees: At CLS, we celebrate inclusion and consider this to be one of our strongest assets. We are committed to fostering an environment in which everyone feels comfortable to be who they are, and inclusion is valued. All employees have access to our inclusive benefits, including:
- Holiday - UK/Asia: 25 holiday days and 3 'life days' (in addition to bank holidays). US: 23 holiday days.
- 2 paid volunteer days so that you can actively support causes within your community that are important to you.
- Generous parental leave policies to ensure you can enjoy valuable time with your family.
- Parental transition coaching programmes and support services.
- Wellbeing and mental health support resources to ensure you are looking after yourself, and able to support others.
- Employee Networks (including our Women's Forum, Black Employee Network and Pride Network) in support of our organisational commitment to embrace and always be learning more about inclusivity.
- Hybrid working to promote a healthy work/life balance, enabling employees to work collaboratively in the office when needed and work from home when they don't.
- Active support of flexible working for all employees where possible.
- Monthly 'Heads Down Days' with no meetings across the whole company.
- Generous non-contributory pension provision for UK/Asia employees, and 401K match from CLS for US employees.
- Private medical insurance and dental coverage.
- Social events that give you opportunities to meet new people and broaden your network across the organisation.
- Annual flu vaccinations.
- Discounts and savings and cashback across a wide range of categories including health and retail for UK employees.
- Discounted Gym membership - Complete Body Gym Discount/Sweat equity program for US employees.
- All employees have access to Discover - our comprehensive learning platform with 1000+ courses from LinkedIn Learning.
- Access to frequent development sessions on a number of topics to help you be successful and develop your career at CLS.
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