• Leads the execution of deliverables with the risk and engineering teams ensuring projects are completed on time and within predefined requirements and budgets. • Accountable for team performance within assigned projects, including software engineering and MLOps initiatives. • Serves as subject matter expert on multiplatform applications and ML infrastructure, determining course of action under the direction of systems leadership. • Directs the system development lifecycle including the design, coding, testing, documentation, maintenance, and support of proprietary and purchased software systems and applications. • Leads the design, implementation, and scaling of enterprise MLOps platforms and capabilities, including CI/CD pipelines for ML, model versioning, automated testing, monitoring, and model lifecycle management. • Establishes best practices for model deployment, observability, performance monitoring, drift detection, and retraining strategies. • Partners with Data Science, Risk, Compliance, Legal, and Information Security teams to ensure machine learning systems meet regulatory, governance, and risk management requirements. • Implements and oversees ML governance frameworks including model documentation, validation, explainability, auditability, fairness/bias monitoring, and model risk management controls. • Ensures adherence to enterprise data governance, privacy, and AI risk policies, including responsible AI standards. • Recommends innovation and improvements to policy or procedures; has the latitude to make decisions affecting mid- to long-term operational results. • Develops long- and short-term business and technology strategies aligned to AI/ML roadmaps. • Responsible for managing operating costs and budgets, including infrastructure investments for ML platforms. • Makes decisions on pay, performance, appraisals, schedules, discipline, and hiring. • Builds and leads a high-performing MLOps and engineering organization, establishing clear career paths and leadership development for managers and senior engineers.