MSCI’s AI Engineering division is building a next-generation platform to enable the sustainable deployment and validation of intelligent systems across internal and client-facing services. As a Vice President in MSCI’s Core AI teams you will be directly responsible for ensuring execution across MSCI’s shared AI platforms, connecting AI agents with services, data, and operational logic across the firm. This role will shape governance, design standards, and tooling used to define and manage these interfaces for MSCI's internal users and future external partners. 

Responsibilities: 

• Contribute to the evolution of AI integrations and discoverability tooling across internal and external-facing platforms. 

• Establish integration standards and governance mechanisms for AI/data connectivity with internal APIs and services. 

• Drive value creation on top of MSCI Services inside industry AI Solutions like ChatGPT, Claude, AgentSpace and others. 

• Drive cross-cloud implementation (Azure, GCP) of low-latency, secure, and entitlement-aware integration methods for agent workflows. 

• Partner with AI/ML platform teams to define APIs and patterns enabling real-time model supervision, feedback, and optimization. 

• Work with legal, compliance, and risk partners to meet data security, privacy, and sovereign hosting requirements across geographies. 
• You will collaborate closely with engineers, AI researchers, product leads, and control functions to establish reliable patterns and services that drive efficiency, improve validation and observability, and uphold MSCI’s standards for privacy, entitlements, and governance. 

Desired Experience and Qualifications: 

• Proven leadership experience in technical product/platform teams, ideally within ML infrastructure or enterprise integration domains. 

• 10+ years of relevant experience in AI engineering roles, managing client facing solutions at scale 

• Strong knowledge of API design, identity & access management, entitlement models, and service mesh/network security in GCP and/or Azure environments. 

• Familiarity with LLMs, agents, orchestration frameworks, and the data/validation challenges they pose. 

• Track record of designing developer tooling and protocols used by distributed teams. 

• Ability to align complex technical needs with regulatory and operational requirements in large financial organizations. 

What we offer you

• Transparent compensation schemes and comprehensive employee benefits, tailored to your location, ensuring your financial security, health, and overall wellbeing.

• Flexible working arrangements, advanced technology, and collaborative workspaces.

• A culture of high performance and innovation where we experiment with new ideas and take responsibility for achieving results.

• A global network of talented colleagues, who inspire, support, and share their expertise to innovate and deliver for our clients.

• Global Orientation program to kickstart your journey, followed by access to our Learning@MSCI platform, LinkedIn Learning Pro and tailored learning opportunities for ongoing skills development.

• Multi-directional career paths that offer professional growth and development through new challenges, internal mobility and expanded roles.

• We actively nurture an environment that builds a sense of inclusion belonging and connection, including eight Employee Resource Groups. All Abilities, Asian Support Network, Black Leadership Network, Climate Action Network, Hola! MSCI, Pride & Allies, Women in Tech, and Women’s Leadership Forum.

At MSCI we are passionate about what we do, and we are inspired by our purpose – to power better investment decisions. You’ll be part of an industry-leading network of creative, curious, and entrepreneurial pioneers. This is a space where you can challenge yourself, set new standards and perform beyond expectations for yourself, our clients, and our industry.

MSCI is a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community. With over 50 years of expertise in research, data, and technology, we power better investment decisions by enabling clients to understand and analyze key drivers of risk and return and confidently build more effective portfolios. We create industry-leading research-enhanced solutions that clients use to gain insight into and improve transparency across the investment process.

MSCI Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of the firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy (including unlawful discrimination on the basis of a legally protected parental leave), veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. MSCI is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, please email Disability.Assistance@msci.com and indicate the specifics of the assistance needed. Please note, this e-mail is intended only for individuals who are requesting a reasonable workplace accommodation; it is not intended for other inquiries.

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