Director, AI Platform Owner
Job Summary
Barings is building an enterprise AI platform to enable the safe, scalable, and governed adoption of AI agents and AI-powered solutions across the organization. We are seeking an AI Platform Manager to own the end-to-end operation, evolution, and governance of this platform as it moves from build into adoption and scale.
Primary Responsibilities
Own the end-to-end AI platform lifecycle, including roadmap, operating model, adoption strategy, and continuous improvement aligned to the enterprise AI reference architecture.
Act as the single point of accountability for the AI platform, coordinating across infrastructure, cloud, data, security, identity, integration, and application platform administrators.
Govern and manage a hybrid AI tool ecosystem spanning Microsoft-native platforms and approved third-party AI tools.
Define and operate platform guardrails covering access control, cost management, usage monitoring, model selection, tool onboarding, and lifecycle management.
Ensure responsible AI, regulatory alignment, and audit readiness in partnership with enterprise risk and compliance teams.
Oversee AI gateway and control-plane capabilities including usage tracking, rate limiting, observability, logging, and chargeback mechanisms.
Establish clear RACI models for platform ownership versus domain ownership.
Enable safe self-service AI development across low-code and pro-code tooling.
Owain platform-level standards, documentation, and onboarding playbooks.
Support demand management, prioritization, and platform fit assessment for AI use cases.
Qualifications
Experience owning or operating enterprise technology platforms.
Strong cross-team coordination skills in complex enterprise environments.
Understanding of AI platforms, agent-based architectures, and AI services.
Experience working in regulated or governance-heavy environments.
Knowledge of platform cost management, usage monitoring, and chargeback models.
Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities.
Experience with Microsoft AI ecosystem including Copilot, Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry, and Databricks.
Familiarity with AI gateway patterns, zero-trust architecture, and identity-centric access controls.
Understanding of Responsible AI, data classification, and AI risk management.
Experience operating platform observability and usage analytics.
Background in multi-vendor or hybrid platform environments.
AI & Agent Platforms: Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry
Data & MLOps: Databricks, Azure SQL, ADLS, Azure AI Search
Cloud & Integration: Microsoft Azure, API Management, Containers
Identity & Security: Azure Entra ID, Key Vault, RBAC
Observability & Governance: Logging, usage analytics, cost dashboards
Requisite Skills
Experience within financial services, asset management, or other regulated industries is strongly preferred.
Familiarity with enterprise-scale operating models and shared services environments is beneficial.
Additional Skills
Barings is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer; Minority/Female/Age/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Individual with Disability/Protected Veteran.