Lead Associate Principal, AI Solutions

The OCC

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Chicago, IL
Salary
$123,300–$167,900 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
64 days ago
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This role pays less than 88% of similar roles. Most pay $165,000–$224,000 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $146k versus about $194k for comparable roles.

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About The OCC

The OCC (Options Clearing Corporation) is the world''s largest equity derivatives clearing organization, acting as issuer and guarantor for options and futures contracts to promote stability and market integrity. Industry: Financial Clearing & Derivatives

The OCC currently has 39 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $123,100–$181,050 across 28 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Lead Associate Principal, AI Solutions

The Lead Associate Principal, AI Solutions serves as the primary interface between business functions and the AI transformation agenda. This role involves embedding with business units to identify opportunities, building transformation roadmaps, and owning the full lifecycle of use cases from problem definition to post-launch adoption. The individual will translate business problems into technically grounded requirements for engineering teams, assess technical feasibility, and lead vendor evaluations. Key technical competencies include knowledge of retrieval-augmented generation, agent frameworks, large language model evaluation, and data pipeline concepts. The role requires proficiency in process analysis, workflow mapping, and tools like Power BI, Tableau, Jira, and Notion. This position addresses the challenge of redesigning workflows within a regulated financial environment, specifically focusing on post-trade, clearing, custody, and capital markets infrastructure.

What you'll do

  • Embed with business functions to identify workflows where AI can create meaningful operational change.
  • Build and maintain an AI transformation roadmap sequencing initiatives by impact, feasibility, and readiness.
  • Own the full lifecycle of assigned use cases from problem definition and requirements to delivery and adoption.
  • Translate business problems into technically grounded requirements for the engineering team to begin architecture design.
  • Assess the technical feasibility of proposed use cases and lead vendor evaluations for non-centralized initiatives.
  • Provide technical guidance and governance guardrails for business units pursuing contained, citizen-led AI development.
  • Design and execute adoption plans to track usage and resolve friction post-launch.
  • Communicate roadmap progress, performance data, and risk flags to business stakeholders and leadership.

What we're looking for

  • 7 or more years of experience in financial services technology or strategy.
  • At least five years of experience in post-trade or capital markets infrastructure.
  • Domain knowledge in tokenization, collateral management, or extended-hours clearing and settlement operations.
  • Deep understanding of financial services or capital markets operations (experience in post-trade, clearing, or custody strongly preferred).
  • Working knowledge of modern AI architectures, including retrieval-augmented generation, agent frameworks, and LLM evaluation.
  • Track record of producing technical specifications for engineering teams and business cases for senior leadership.
  • Experience identifying technology opportunities and driving post-launch technology adoption.
  • Relevant AI product management, project management, or domain certification (preferred).

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