Head of AI Product
About the Team
This role sits at the intersection of applied AI, product strategy and financial markets knowledge. It is not a research role and it is not a pure engineering management role. The successful candidate will have hands-on familiarity with the current generation of language model and search technologies, and a clear-eyed view of where they create durable commercial value versus where they introduce risk.
How You'll Make an Impact
- Own the AI product strategy for Fitch Solutions, defining where AI creates measurable value in content processing, search, delivery and analyst workflow
- Lead the design and delivery of semantic and vector search capabilities that make the unified content estate discoverable across BUs and delivery channels
- Define the approach to entity extraction, document classification and content enrichment using natural language processing and large language model techniques
- Establish governance standards for AI-generated or AI-assisted content, including accuracy, auditability and model risk management appropriate to a regulated financial data environment
- Partner with the Head of Data Products to ensure AI capabilities are built on a well-structured, consistently tagged content layer
- Evaluate, select and manage relationships with AI infrastructure and model providers, making build versus buy decisions with a long-term commercial lens
- Own the model operations and lifecycle framework, ensuring models in production are monitored, evaluated and updated systematically
- Represent AI capabilities to commercial and client-facing teams, translating technical capability into product propositions that resonate in financial markets
You May Be a Good Fit If
- Applied experience delivering natural language processing, semantic search or large language model-based products in a production environment; not solely in research or proof-of-concept settings
- Working knowledge of retrieval-augmented generation architectures, vector databases and embedding models, alongside a realistic view of their limitations
- Experience managing model risk in a regulated or compliance-sensitive environment; financial services, legal technology or healthcare data preferred
- Demonstrated ability to translate AI capability into product propositions with clear commercial logic, not technology for its own sake
- Track record of leading cross-functional teams through the ambiguity of early-stage AI product development
What Would Make You Stand Out
- Familiarity with financial markets content including credit research, sovereign risk and macroeconomic data, and the precision requirements this imposes on AI-generated output
- Experience with MCP or API-first product delivery models
- Prior exposure to knowledge graph or structured ontology integration with language models
Benefits
- Hybrid Work Environment: 3 days a week in office required based on your line of business and location
- A Culture of Learning & Mobility: Dedicated trainings, leadership development and mentorship programs designed to ensure that your time at Fitch will be a continuous learning opportunity
- Investing in Your Future: Retirement planning and tuition reimbursement programs that empower you to achieve your short and long-term goals
- Promoting Health & Wellbeing: Comprehensive healthcare offerings that enable physical, mental, financial, social, and occupational wellbeing
- Supportive Parenting Policies: Family-friendly policies, including a generous global parental leave plan, designed to help you balance career and family life effectively
- Inclusive Work Environment: A collaborative workplace where all voices are valued, with Employee Resource Groups that unite and empower our colleagues around the globe
- Dedication to Giving Back: Paid volunteer days, matched funding for donations and ample opportunities to volunteer in your community
Pay
Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $300,000 and $350,000 per year. Actual salaries will be determined on an individualized basis and may vary based on factors including but not limited to education, training, experience, past performance, and other job-related factors. Base pay is one part of Fitch's total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, discretionary bonuses, long-term incentives, and other benefits sponsored by Fitch.