FOO Manager, Platform Management, Innovation and AI

About Invesco

As one of the worlds leading independent global investment firms Invesco is dedicated to rethinking possibilities for our clients. By delivering the combined power of our distinctive investment management capabilities we provide a wide range of investment strategies and vehicles to our clients around the world. If youre looking for challenging work intelligent colleagues and exposure across a global footprint come explore your potential at Invesco.

Whats in it for you

Our people are at the ver y core of our success. Invesco employees get more out of life through our comprehensive compensation and benefit offerings including:

• Flexible paid time off

• Hybrid work schedule

• 401(K) matching of 100% up to the first 6% with a discretionary supplemental contribution

• Health & wellbeing benefits

• Parental Leave benefits

• Employee stock purchase plan

Job Description

Your Team:
Platform Management sits within Front Office Operations and partners closely with Technology Operations Risk and Business stakeholders to deliver scalable reliable and compliant platform capabilities. The team focuses on translating business needs into durable solutions that improve efficiency transparency and control across investment and enterprise workflows. We emphasize practical delivery governance and long-term operational ownership rather than experimentation alone. Innovation automation and responsible AI adoption are key enablers of our strategy.

Your Role:
The FOO Manager for Innovation and AI is responsible for designing and delivering applied AI and automation solutions that enhance operational performance across enterprise and investment platforms. This role bridges business operations and technology to translate complex problems into scalable production-ready solutions with measurable outcomes. The position emphasizes responsible AI practices working with an established governance ecosystem but still capable of creating a governance process from the ground up and deploy into regulated environments. You will provide leadership and direction while acting as a trusted advisor to stakeholders across the organization.

You Will Be Responsible For:
Designing and delivering applied AI and automation solutions that improve efficiency accuracy scalability or decision-making

• Partnering with technology and platform teams to deploy AI solutions into production environments

• Navigate complex conversations and architectural design discussions with Information Security Cloud Engineering Legal & Compliance Enterprise Architecture and business partners to Ensuring AI solutions are auditable secure and aligned with enterprise architecture standards

• Contributing to model deployment monitoring (performance drift cost latency) and operational resilience

• Applying responsible AI principles including transparency human-in-the-loop controls and bias awareness

• Aligning AI initiatives with internal policies compliance expectations and regulatory considerations

• Define and track key performance metrics to evaluate AI solutions providing data-driven recommendations for production readiness.

• Communicating AI concepts risks and tradeoffs clearly to non-technical stakeholders

The Experience You Bring:

• Strong programming experience in Python; SQL strongly preferred

• Hands-on experience delivering generative AI solutions (e.g. LLMs RAG prompt strategies)

• Solid understanding of machine learning fundamentals data preparation LLMs logging of chain of reasoning to understand LLM logic at any given time and model evaluation

• Familiar with modern orchestration frameworks such as LangChain LangGraph AWS Strands Agents or the Google Gen AI SDK to build agents that plan and execute multi-step tasks.

• Experience deploying AI or advanced analytics solutions beyond proof-of-concept

• Familiarity with production environments including cloud platforms and APIs

• Experience operating in regulated or risk-sensitive industries strongly preferred

• Ability to align technical solutions to operational goals and measurable o utcomes

• Strong communication and stakeholder partnership skills

• Hands-on experience with agentic frameworks (e.g. LangGraph Strands Agents) and cloud-native AI services like Amazon Bedrock a PLUS.

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The salary range for this position in Downers Grove is $165000 - $185000. The total compensation offered for this position includes salary and incentive pay and will vary based on skills experience and location

Full Time / Part Time

Full time

Worker Type

Employee

Job Exempt (Yes / No)

Yes

Workplace Model

Pursuant to Invescos Workplace Policy employees are expected to comply with the firms most current workplace model which as of October 1 2025 includes spending at least four full days each week working in an Invesco office. This reflects our belief that spending time together in the office helps us build stronger relationships collaborate more easily and support each others growth and development.

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The job holder may be required to perform other duties as deemed appropriate by their manager from time to time.

Invescos culture of inclusivity and its commitment to diversity in the workplace are demonstrated through our people practices. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race creed color religion sex gender gender identity sexual orientation marital status national origin citizenship status disability age or veteran status. Our equal opportunity employment efforts comply with all applicable U.S. state and federal laws governing non-discrimination in employment.

Required Experience:

Manager