This role pays more than
76%
of similar roles. Most pay
$179,737–$255,125
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$259k
versus about
$217k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
About Mastercard
Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry, processing transactions between financial institutions and merchants using its extensive network of credit, debit, and prepaid card products. Industry: Payments Technology & Financial Services
Mastercard currently has
116 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$122,000–$207,000
across 104 roles with salary data.
Director, Forward-Deployed AI Engineer - AI Mobilization & Transformation serves as an embedded leader within business units to identify high-value opportunities and develop production-grade AI solutions. This role focuses on mobilizing teams to adopt new ways of working by building high-impact use cases, creating reusable playbooks, and establishing a "train-the-trainer" model for internal capability growth. The position involves designing and deploying AI assistants, agents, and multi-agent orchestration systems while coaching engineers and product managers on prompt engineering and workflow automation. Key technologies include LLMs, RAG architectures, Copilot Studio, Azure AI, GitHub Copilot, and Claude Code. The role addresses the challenge of transitioning business units from experimentation to operationalized AI solutions by implementing modern engineering practices like evaluation frameworks and observability within a complex corporate environment to drive measurable productivity gains and organizational readiness.
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