Director, Forward-Deployed AI Engineer, AI Mobilization & Transformation
Mastercard
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This role pays more than 52% of similar roles. Most pay $177,675–$246,150 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $214k versus about $212k for comparable roles.
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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.
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Manager, 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 transforming workflows by designing and deploying AI assistants, multi-agent systems, and orchestration frameworks while building internal capabilities through hands-on coaching and "train-the-trainer" models. You will translate complex business challenges into practical applications of LLMs, RAG architectures, and agentic flows to automate decision processes. The role requires expertise in Copilot Studio, Azure AI, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and other orchestration platforms. Key responsibilities include creating reusable playbooks, establishing reference architectures, and promoting responsible AI governance. You will work to move teams from experimentation to operationalized solutions, ultimately ensuring that internal partners can independently leverage AI tools and techniques to drive measurable productivity gains across the enterprise.
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