Senior Director of Product - AI Foundational Models

FICO (NYSE: FICO) is a leading global analytics software company, helping businesses in 100+ countries make better decisions. Join our world-class team today and fulfill your career potential! The Opportunity As a Technical Product Management leader for AI Foundational Models, you will enable the development and proliferation of FICO’s diverse range of Foundational AI models into products and solutions that will power the next-generation decision intelligence on the FICO Platform. As part of our dynamic team, your strategic product leadership will be instrumental in transforming cutting-edge AI capabilities into enterprise-grade solutions that enhance decision-making and operational efficiency for leading financial services organizations in risk management, fraud prevention, and credit decisioning worldwide. - VP, Product Management What You’ll Contribute • Collaborate closely with the FICO AI Innovation Development (AIID) team to understand FICO’s generative AI innovation strategy and formulate internal integration and go to market plans. • Integrate FICO’s breakthrough Focused Foundation Model into a wide range of FICO products and solutions. • Design and advance AI models and system innovations in close collaboration with cross-functional teams, including AIID, Software Engineering, and Pre-Sales - to ensure high-quality performance and delivery. • Orchestrate the full product development lifecycle, ensuring AI innovations align with business objectives and deliver measurable customer value. • Develop market strategy for broad adoption / support of FICO’s Focused Foundation Model including marketing materials, pricing guidance, and use case development. • Implement robust performance frameworks to measure LLM implementation impact, driving continuous improvement associated with data-driven insights. • Maintain deep market intelligence on the rapidly evolving LLM ecosystem, leveraging insights about foundation model providers, technical innovations, and competitive dynamics. What We’re Seeking • Product leader with deep technical expertise in large language models with a passion for delivering real-world impact - ready to shape the future of AI-powered products and platform capabilities. • Innovation minded individual inspired by solving AI right, excited by the AI invention coming from AIID and powering critical decisioning using Focused Foundation Models built on responsible AI frameworks. • 8-12 years of experience in product management, platform strategy, or AI/ML solutions, demonstrating the ability to lead large-scale, cross-functional initiatives and make high-impact, strategic product decisions in complex technical environments. • Proven success defining and implementing comprehensive data and model governance strategies for enterprise AI applications. • Inquisitive continuous learner with a passion for the fast-paced evolution of AI/GENAI solutions. • Prior experience managing, scaling and delivering high-quality, on-time AI/ML projects. • MS or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Mathematics, Physics, or related field preferred. • Requires on-site presence at the FICO office in San Diego, CA. • Willingness to travel up to 10%. Our Offer to You • An inclusive culture strongly reflecting our core values: Act Like an Owner, Delight Our Customers and Earn the Respect of Others. • The opportunity to make an impact and develop professionally by leveraging your unique strengths and participating in valuable learning experiences. • Highly competitive compensation, benefits and rewards programs that encourage you to bring your best every day and be recognized for doing so. • An engaging, people-first work environment offering work/life balance, employee resource groups, and social events to promote interaction and camaraderie. • The targeted base pay range for this role is: $158,000 to $248,000 with this range reflecting differences in candidate knowledge, skills and experience. ​ #LI-RR1 #LI-remote Why Make a Move to FICO? At FICO, you can develop your career with a leading organization in one of the fastest-growing fields in technology today – Big Data analytics. You’ll play a part in our commitment to help businesses use data to improve every choice they make, using advances in artificial intelligence, machine learning, optimization, and much more. FICO makes a real difference in the way businesses operate worldwide: • Credit Scoring — FICO® Scores are used by 90 of the top 100 US lenders. • Fraud Detection and Security — 4 billion payment cards globally are protected by FICO fraud systems. • Lending — 3/4 of US mortgages are approved using the FICO Score. Global trends toward digital transformation have created tremendous demand for FICO’s solutions, placing us among the world’s top 100 software companies by revenue. We help many of the world’s largest banks, insurers, retailers, telecommunications providers and other firms reach a new level of success. Our success is dependent on really talented people – just like you – who thrive on the collaboration and innovation that’s nurtured by a diverse and inclusive environment. We’ll provide the support you need, while ensuring you have the freedom to develop your skills and grow your career. Join FICO and help change the way business thinks! Learn more about how you can fulfil your potential at www.fico.com/Careers FICO promotes a culture of inclusion and seeks to attract a diverse set of candidates for each job opportunity. We are an equal employment opportunity employer and we’re proud to offer employment and advancement opportunities to all candidates without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. Research has shown that women and candidates from underrepresented communities may not apply for an opportunity if they don’t meet all stated qualifications. While our qualifications are clearly related to role success, each candidate’s profile is unique and strengths in certain skill and/or experience areas can be equally effective. If you believe you have many, but not necessarily all, of the stated qualifications we encourage you to apply. Information submitted with your application is subject to the FICO Privacy policy at Apply tot his job