Who We Are

BankUnited (NYSE: BKU) is a national bank headquartered in Miami Lakes, Florida with banking centers in Florida, the New York metropolitan area, Dallas and Atlanta. BankUnited has two subsidiaries, Pinnacle Public Finance headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona and Bridge Funding Group headquartered in Hunt Valley, Maryland. We pride ourselves on our entrepreneurial and collaborative culture encompassing the best minds, the brightest talent and the boldest decision makers.

BankUnited is honored to announce that we have been included on the Newsweek and Statista America’s Most Trusted Companies Award List!

BankUnited has been recognized by Newsweek for two outstanding awards in 2023 as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces and as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Job Starters , which acknowledges our commitment to creating an exceptional workplace.

Our Culture

At BankUnited, we foster a diverse and inclusive environment where all employees have the opportunity to advance, grow and achieve their goals. Our rally cry is to GO FOR MORE, a call to action to go above and beyond to provide the best customer experience to every client and to GO FOR MORE in your career.

Why BankUnited

Working for BankUnited offers you exciting challenges and opportunities to advance your professional development, while empowering you to deliver and be your best. We are happy to report the average tenure according to LinkedIn insights is 8.3 years. We strive to provide a competitive benefits plan to our employees and are proud to have been nationally ranked #1 as one of the 2023 Healthiest 100 Workplaces in America by Springbuk and awarded HEALTHIEST EMPLOYER by the South Florida Business Journal since 2020.

As a company, we believe we are only as successful as our people and are committed to providing training and innovative resources that prepare you to reach your full potential. That's why in addition to tuition reimbursement, we provide our employees with exciting career coaching, courses and training through our own GO FOR MORE Academy and mentoring opportunities through our iCARE (Inclusive Community of Advocacy, Respect and Equality) program.

At BankUnited, we strive to provide our employees with a work life balance. Specifically, retail branches operate 5 days a week Monday – Friday, excluding evening and/or weekend hours. For many of our positions, we offer a hybrid work environment, as well as a remote work environment for designated positions.

If you thrive in a fast-paced collaborative work environment, Apply Now and start your journey with BankUnited today!

JOB DESCRIPTION

SUMMARY: The AI Architect and Transformation Lead is a leadership role which will entail both strategy as well as more tactical technology assessment. From a strategy position, this role will engage with various levels of the organization (department heads, team leads, executive management, risk & compliance, etc.) to lead the intake and development of potential AI use cases which will directly influence the strategic direction of the Bank's adoption of AI. The AI Architect and Transformation Lead will report to the Director of Enterprise Architecture as part of the broader Chief Technology Officer and in doing so will play an integral role in maturing the Bank's AI framework by providing thought leadership and oversight for AI-enabled application design and development. This role will also work with various business teams to understand their goals and requirements while conversely engaging technical engineering teams to align how AI would be best leveraged to solve the business problem and/or to achieve the desired outcome. Assistance in the definition of AI architecture frameworks and patterns for reuse as well as engagement with Risk Management teams to help define AI processes and controls will also be a key function.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties and special projects may be assigned:

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to identify opportunities for using AI to enhance business processes and achieve desired outcomes.
• Work across engineering teams to recommend suitable AI technologies and solutions to address identified opportunities.
• Establish a deep understanding of our customers' business needs and communicate key insights/findings/requirements to engineering teams.
• Conduct PoCs to demonstrate the value and feasibility of AI solutions to the lines of business.
• Advise on the selection and implementation of appropriate AI technologies based on business needs and technical considerations.
• Perform risk assessments of AI solutions, identifying potential risks and recommending effective mitigation strategies.
• Translate the vision of business leaders into realistic technical implementations, while identifying misaligned initiatives and impractical use cases.
• Contribute toward the development of a comprehensive AI Architecture framework inclusive of patterns and guidelines that support the deployment, evaluation, and management of AI solutions.
• Contribute to the definition of the Bank's AI/ML technical direction and architectural vision, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and AI transformation efforts.
• Assist toward the selection of appropriate AI technologies from a pool of open-source and commercial offerings, considering deployment models and integration with existing tools.
• Understand LLM model architecture and evaluate its use (embedded or otherwise) as part of 3rd party platform evaluation.
• Contribute to the successful execution of AI-powered applications using an agile methodology.
• Work closely with security and risk leaders to identify and mitigate risks, ensuring ethical AI implementation and compliance with upcoming regulations.
• Work with the HR training department to develop and roll out appropriate AI training.
• Help AI product managers and business stakeholders to understand the potential and limitations of AI when planning new products.
• Build positive relationships with various lines of business to understand their goals and objectives.
• Assist toward the preparation of AI Architecture design for Architecture Review Board approval.
• Identify/research forward-looking AI use-cases that will drive the AI roadmap for the bank.
• Provide leadership, oversight and guidance on AI application design and development.
• Contribute to the establishment of technology standards for AI.
• Adhere to and comply with applicable federal and state laws, regulations and guidance, including those related to anti-money laundering (i.e. Bank Secrecy Act, US PATRIOT Act, etc.).
• Adhere to Bank policies and procedures and complete required training.
• Identify and report suspicious activity.

EDUCATION

Bachelor's Degree in any of Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Data Science or a related field required.

EXPERIENCE

• 3+ years of experience translating business requirements into technical requirements and design documents required.
• 3+ years of experience with application architecture analysis, design, and delivery required.
• 3+ years of full application development life cycle implementations required.
• Experience working with Traditional AI and GenAI Technologies required.
• Experience in a project team lead role and road mapping exercises required.
• Banking/Financial background or experience a plus required.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

• Relevant certifications in Cloud platform and data technologies a plus preferred.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Excellent communication skills and business acumen.
• Ability to communicate technical topics in a clear, succinct, and relevant way.
• Working knowledge of AI / ML frameworks and tools.
• Working knowledge of data science, data engineering, and software development principles.
• Consistently demonstrate a professional, positive, and approachable attitude, demeanor, and discretion.