AI/ML Technical Product Owner

AI Technical Product Owner

Preferred Qualifications

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced AI Technical Product Owner to join our dynamic Applied AI/ML team at TDS. You will play a crucial role in gathering business requirements, writing user stories, designing and implementing effective technology solutions, and driving product roadmaps for our AI initiatives.

We are always looking for people driven to be at the cutting edge of machine learning in research, engineering, and impactful applications.

Responsibilities

• Translate broad business problems into sharp AI/ML use cases, and craft use cases into product visions.
• Help intake and assess AI use cases submitted by business for review and bring in required stakeholders to consider moving the use case through the approval process.
• Own machine learning products from vision to backlog; prioritizing features and defining minimum viable releases; maximizing the value your products generate, and the ROI of your pod.
• Guide Agile pods on continuous improvement, ensuring that the next sprint is delivered better than the previous.
• Work closely with stakeholders to identify, refine and (occasionally) reject opportunities to build machine learning products; collaborate with support functions such as risk, technology, model risk management and incorporate interfacing features.
• Develop and maintain user documentation and training materials for new system implementations.
• Facilitate the professional & technical development of your colleagues through mentorship and feedback.
• Anticipate resource needs as solutions move through the model lifecycle, scaling pods up and down as models are built, perform, degrade, and need to be rebuilt.
• Champion model development standards, industry best-practices, and rigorous testing protocols to ensure model excellence.
• Self-direct, with the ability to identify meaningful work in down times and effectively prioritize in busy times.
• Drive value through product, feature, and release prioritization, maximizing ROI & modeling velocity.
• Be an exceptional collaborator in a high-interaction environment.
• Serve as the TDS representative for all Enterprise-wide AI initiatives (M365 CoPilot).
• Assist in drafting model development reports and enforce enterprise AI governance standards for all AI/ML projects across the investment bank.

Business Skills

• Stakeholder management & communication
• Business process analysis & improvement
• Product roadmap development
• User story creation and prioritization
• Market and competitive analysis
• Presentation & negotiation skills
• Risk assessment & mitigation.
• Change management.
• Data analysis & reporting

Technical Skills

• Coding ability in Python, R, Java, SQL, and/or Scala.
• Familiarity with AI and related concepts such as machine learning, LLMs, data engineering, MLOps is a plus.
• Knowledge of cloud architecture, with experience in Azure or GCP being a plus.
• Understanding of best practices in software development (plus).

Qualifications

• Master's degree in data science, artificial intelligence, computer science, operations research, or related fields.
• Certified Scrum Product Owner and/or Certified Scrum Master, or equivalent experience, is a significant plus.
• Strong communication, business acumen, and stakeholder management competencies.
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to plan, execute, and track progress on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently as well as in a team environment.
• Proficient in agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and experienced with requirements management tools and methodologies (Jira, BRDs, FRSs).
• Ability to conduct ad-hoc analysis, reporting, and create presentation materials to support executive decision making.

The IT Senior Developer TDS provides a broad range of system solutions development to business problems through the development and programming of applications / systems.

Depth & Scope:

• Responsible for analyzing a broad range of business requirements, conducting program / system research and analysis to identify key components for solutions delivery and problem resolution
• Develops new applications and performs unit / component test for new application development initiatives aligned to business needs and in accordance with technology architecture standards
• Ensures effective communication of solutions development requirements for respective area and contributes to project plans, estimations, timelines and status updates to support management team / clients on prioritizing new and existing projects against IT requirements and business objectives
• Informs key stakeholders of any issues that may impact other areas of the project and resolves or escalates issues as required
• Supports business inquiries and business activities through execution of small enhancements and break / fix implementations (e.g. source code changes)
• Works with Business Analysts / Systems Analysts, other technology Developers / Solution Designers to ensure the configuration and custom components meet application requirements and performance goals
• Creates and maintains quality code, ensures defect free programming consistent with standards; provides code maintenance and supports during testing cycles and post-production deployment and participate in reviewing peer coding
• Adheres to standard security coding practices to ensure application is free of most common coding vulnerabilities
• Participates in identifying and recommending development / testing solutions / tools in support of project / application objectives
• Completes unit and integration testing for conformance to standards and adherence to design specifications
• Complies with well-defined enterprise technology delivery practices and standards and project management disciplines by participating in scope assessment, risk and cost analysis
• Assists in the development / maintenance of comprehensive processes for prevention of issues and participate in problem determination and timely resolution of incidents applying appropriate quality measures
• Perform Systems Administration of applications / environments supported by the LOB, monitors application / service performance, and performs configuration, backup, authentication & tuning
• Ensure both state-of-health monitoring and monthly SLA targets are in place, and are being met
• Provides technical expertise during Incident management, analyzes incident reports and outages, performs impact assessment for incidents and facilitates internal and external communication throughout incident resolution
• Continuously enhances knowledge / expertise in area and keeps current with leading-edge technologies, emerging trends/developments and grows knowledge of the business, applications, infrastructure, analytical tools and techniques
• Prioritizes and manages own workload in order to deliver quality results and meet timelines as assigned
• Supports a positive work environment that promotes service to the business, quality, innovation and teamwork and ensures timely communication of issues/ points of interest
• Identifies and recommends opportunities to enhance productivity, effectiveness and operational efficiency of the business unit and/or team
• Establishes effective relationships across multiple business and technology partners, program and project managers
• Participates in knowledge transfer within the team and business units
• Impact assessment for incidents and facilitates internal and external communication throughout incident resolution

Education & Experience:

• College degree, or specialized training / equivalent work experience
• 3-5 Years of related experience

Who We Are

TD Securities offers a wide range of capital markets products and services to corporate, government, and institutional clients who choose us for our innovation, execution, and experience. With more than 6,500 professionals operating out of 40 cities across the globe, we help clients meet their needs today and prepare for tomorrow. Our services include underwriting and distributing new issues, providing trusted advice and industry-leading insight, extending access to global markets, and delivering integrated transaction banking solutions. In 2023, we acquired Cowen Inc., offering our clients access to a premier U.S. equities business and highly-diverse equity research franchise, while growing our strong, diversified investment bank. We are growth-oriented, people-focused, and community-minded. As a team, we work to deliver value for our clients every day.

Our Total Rewards Package

Our Total Rewards package reflects the investments we make in our colleagues to help them and their families achieve their financial, physical and mental well-being goals. Total Rewards at TD includes base salary and variable compensation/incentive awards (e.g., eligibility for cash and/or equity incentive awards, generally through participation in an incentive plan) and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, savings