AI Engineering Transformation Director - Director

Job Title:
AI Engineering Transformation Director

Corporate Title:
Director

Location:
Cary, NC

Who we are:

*In short – an essential part of Deutsche Bank’s technology solution, developing applications for key business areas.*

*Our Technologists drive Cloud, Cyber and business technology strategy while transforming it within a robust, hands-on engineering culture. Learning is a key element of our people strategy, and we have a variety of options for you to develop professionally. Our approach to the future of work champions flexibility and is rooted in the understanding that there have been dramatic shifts in the ways we work.*

*Having first established a presence in the Americas in the 19th century, Deutsche Bank opened its US technology center in Cary, North Carolina in 2009. Learn more about us here.*

Overview

This role acts as a senior technical and transformation advisor to executive stakeholders, explicitly linking engineering change to business outcomes, risk posture, and cost efficiency. It supports transformation initiatives by defining clear success metrics, adoption thresholds, and exit criteria, with accountability focused on outcomes rather than activity. The role translates enterprise and technology strategy into scalable platforms, standards, and reference implementations that teams can adopt without bespoke support. It represents the engineering perspective in engagement with security, risk, and control functions—including Chief Information Security Officers (CISO), architecture, model risk, and audit—to ensure requirements are designed in rather than retrofitted. The role also ensures AI‑enabled solutions meet security, safety, governance, and quality requirements across the full lifecycle, from experimentation through production and decommissioning.

What We Offer You

• A diverse and inclusive environment that embraces change, innovation, and collaboration
• A hybrid working model, allowing for in-office / work from home flexibility, generous vacation, personal and volunteer days
• Employee Resource Groups support an inclusive workplace for everyone and promote community engagement
• Competitive compensation packages including health and wellbeing benefits, retirement savings plans, parental leave, and family building benefits
• Educational resources, matching gift and volunteer programs

What You’ll Do

• Define and enforce clear guardrails for experimentation, including what can be delegated to teams versus what requires central review or approval
• Establish and maintain governance quality for AI engineering, including transparency, traceability, human‑in‑the‑loop controls, and ongoing compliance obligations
• Lead enablement at scale through learning programs, communities of practice, and self‑service tooling, while delegating delivery and operational support to dedicated teams
• Sponsor and steer vendor and ecosystem engagement, setting strategic direction while delegating evaluations, pilots, and integrations
• Build and develop senior technical leaders who can independently own platforms, enablement, and governance streams
• Regularly review adoption, usage, and impact data to rebalance investment, retire initiatives, and reinforce what is working

How You’ll Lead

• Lead enablement at scale through learning programs, communities of practice, and self‑service tooling, while delegating delivery and operational support to dedicated teams
• Sponsor and steer vendor and ecosystem engagement, setting strategic direction while delegating evaluations, pilots, and integrations
• Build and develop senior technical leaders who can independently own platforms, enablement, and governance streams

Skills You’ll Need

• Deep hands‑on engineering background with the ability to assess technical quality, architectural tradeoffs, and delivery risk without micromanaging teams
• Demonstrated experience leading large‑scale engineering or AI transformations, including moving from experimentation to enterprise default
• Proven ability to design operating models and governance that enable speed while meeting regulatory, security, and risk expectations
• Experience working effectively with CISO, risk, and control functions in regulated environments, leading from the engineering side
• Strong judgment balancing innovation, delivery, safety, security, cost, and long‑term sustainability; Track record of building platforms, standards, or internal products that achieve voluntary adoption at scale

Skills That Will Help You Excel

• Ability to translate ambiguous strategy into concrete priorities, metrics, and execution plans
• Credible executive communicator, able to simplify complex technical topics and challenge constructively
• Early‑adopter mindset with evidence of disciplined experimentation, learning, and course correction
• Strong interest in modern engineering and AI tools, paired with a pragmatic approach to risk, governance, and operational readiness

Expectations

It is the Bank’s expectation that employees hired into this role will work in the Cary office in accordance with the Bank’s hybrid working model.

Deutsche Bank provides reasonable accommodations to candidates and employees with a substantiated need based on disability and/or religion.

The salary range for this position in Cary is $170,000 to $225,000. Actual salaries may be based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s skill set, experience, education, work location and other qualifications. Posted salary ranges do not include incentive compensation or any other type of remuneration.

Deutsche Bank Benefits

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