Job Specifications
AI Solutions Lead
New York, NY (Hybrid)
A leading investment management firm is looking for a AI Solutions Lead to join its technology team in New York. This is a hands-on role focused on designing, building, and deploying AI solutions that improve how investment and business teams operate. You’ll work across the full lifecycle—from early experimentation and proof-of-concept through production deployment—helping deliver AI capabilities that support investment research, portfolio operations, client reporting, distribution, and internal business teams. The ideal candidate enjoys building quickly, validating ideas, and scaling solutions that demonstrate measurable impact.
What You’ll Do
Develop and deploy AI-driven applications and internal tools, moving projects from concept to production
Design LLM-based solutions including retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), agent workflows, structured outputs, and tool integrations
Integrate enterprise AI platforms such as ChatGPT Enterprise, Microsoft Copilot, and Perplexity into a Microsoft-centric technology environment
Evaluate build vs. buy decisions, running vendor pilots and assessing cost, scalability, and risk before recommending solutions
Implement LLMOps best practices, including prompt versioning, evaluation datasets, testing frameworks, monitoring, and rollback strategies
Build secure retrieval pipelines for internal knowledge and documents, ensuring proper handling of permissions, sensitive data, and compliance requirements
Turn prototypes into scalable services and APIs, with robust monitoring and automated deployment pipelines
Partner with investment and business teams to understand workflows, identify automation opportunities, and measure ROI
Work closely with security, risk, and compliance teams to establish safeguards around AI usage, including protection against prompt injection and data leakage
Technologies & Tools
Experience with some of the following is highly relevant:
Microsoft ecosystem: Power Apps, Power Automate, Dataverse, Power BI
LLM platforms: ChatGPT Enterprise, Azure OpenAI, GPT APIs
Enterprise AI tools: Microsoft Copilot, Perplexity Enterprise, Wand.ai
Development tools: REST APIs, Azure Bot Framework, Copilot Studio, AI Builder
AI engineering concepts: retrieval pipelines, embeddings, evaluation frameworks, agentic workflows
What We’re Looking For
Strong hands-on experience building and deploying AI/LLM-powered applications
Ability to move quickly from prototype to production-ready systems
Experience working within cloud environments and modern software architectures
Comfort collaborating with both technical teams and business stakeholders
Experience in financial services or investment management is helpful but not required
This role is ideal for someone who wants to apply cutting-edge AI technologies to real business problems and see their work used directly by investment professionals.
About the Company
Mission Staffing, Inc. is a leader in executive search. At Mission, we place permanent & temporary Accounting/Finance, HR, Administrative, Front Office and Operations professionals with many of the premier Investment Banks, Hedge Funds, Private Equity, Real Estate & CPA firms in the New York Metropolitan area. We pride ourselves on establishing a trustworthy partnership with both candidates and clients.
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