About the job
The AI Platform Owner plays a pivotal role in spearheading the development, scaling, and management of the enterprise AI platform for RAK Bank. This position leads the technical aspects of AI implementation, ensuring the secure, scalable, cost-effective, and reusable deployment of Large Language Models (LLMs), AI tools, and agentic capabilities across diverse business and technology applications.
As the primary accountable individual for the AI platform within both cloud and on-premise environments, this role must expertly balance agile innovation with operational stability, governance, and adherence to regulatory standards.
Core Responsibilities:
- Establish a comprehensive AI platform that facilitates rapid, secure, and scalable adoption of AI across the bank.
- Drive multiple AI initiatives spanning business, operational, risk, compliance, and technological domains.
- Oversee AI operations, ensuring robust controls on costs, performance, and reliability.
- Continuously enhance the platform in alignment with swift advancements in LLMs and AI technologies.
Key Duties:
- Ownership & Strategy: Develop the end-to-end roadmap and architecture for the AI platform, ensuring alignment with business and enterprise technology strategies. Evaluate options for AI tooling and models, including build, buy, or partner decisions.
- Technology Management: Manage the lifecycle of LLMs and SLMs, including model selection, evaluation, fine-tuning, and optimization strategies across multiple deployment environments.
- Platform Engineering: Lead the deployment and operational management of AI platforms in both public and private cloud settings, ensuring high availability, resilience, and compliance with data regulations.

