Associate Director – AI Engineering

S&P Global

As an Associate Director of AI Engineering at S&P Global, lead the design and scale of AI-driven pipelines. Collaborate with teams to integrate AI into core offerings and oversee high-impact projects.

Posted 5/21/2026full-timeNew York City • New Jersey, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $150,000 - $190,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the design, development, and scaling of AI-driven pipelines to transform workflows across S&P Global.
Partner with product, engineering, data science, and business teams to integrate AI into core offerings across SPGI.
Work with executive leadership to prioritize AI investments and resource allocation.
Engage with external stakeholders (partners, vendors, academia) to foster innovation and collaboration.
Establish best practices for AI model development, deployment, and monitoring.
Ensure ethical AI use, compliance with regulations, and mitigation of bias and risks.
Develop policies for data privacy, security, and responsible AI adoption.
Oversee AI pilot programs and scaling of successful initiatives.
Define KPIs to measure AI impact on business performance.
Drive AI adoption across the organization through training and change management.
Establish monitoring frameworks for AI system to system performance and drift analysis.
Develop governance models for ethical AI agent deployment and compliance.

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years work experience with 5+ years in the AI space
Experience with LLMs: Gemini, llama, gpt etc. and OCR: textract, tesseract etc.
Strong understanding of the use of neural networks, embeddings, transformers etc.
Cloud platforms (AWS SageMaker, Azure ML; etc)
Orchestration tools (eg Prefect; etc)
Agentic toolkits (LangChain, LlamaIndex, AutoGen, Google Agentic Framework)
Experience in productionizing AI applications.
Strong programming skills in python and common AI frameworks
Experience with multi-modal LLMs and integrating vision and text for autonomous agents.
Proficient written and oral communication in English.
Excellent presentation skills with a high degree of comfort speaking with senior executives, IT Management, and developers.
Experience in deployment and management of applications utilizing cloud-based infrastructure.
Right to work requirements: This role is open only for candidates with indefinite right to work within the USA.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.
Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.
Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.
Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.
Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.
Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.

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Hard Skills & Tools

AI-driven pipelinesLLMsneural networksembeddingstransformersproductionizing AI applicationspythonmulti-modal LLMsdata privacyethical AI

Soft Skills

communicationpresentation skillscollaborationchange managementleadershipinnovation fosteringresource allocationprioritizationtrainingstakeholder engagement