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LPL Financial · 3 months ago

Distinguished Architect, Artificial Intelligence

LPL Financial is among the fastest growing wealth management firms in the U.S., focusing on providing innovative financial solutions. The Distinguished Architect, Artificial Intelligence, will drive the vision, design, and governance of AI solutions, establishing the enterprise AI strategy and collaborating with various leaders to identify high-value AI use cases in wealth management.

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Responsibilities

Define and Govern AI/ML/Agentic AI Architecture: Develop enterprise AI reference architectures, patterns, and guardrails — including multi-agent orchestration, reasoning frameworks, and AI safety controls
AI Governance Council Leadership: Contribute to the design and enforcement of LPL’s AI governance framework through active participation in the AI Governance Council, ensuring consistency with the Architecture Review Board (ARB) and Data Design Authority (DDA)
Identify High-Value Use Cases: Partner with business and product leaders to prioritize AI opportunities such as advisor copilots, agent-based onboarding, autonomous compliance monitoring, and personalized financial insights
Enable Responsible AI: Drive enterprise adoption of explainability, bias monitoring, risk assessment, and regulatory compliance frameworks for both predictive models and autonomous agents
Partner and Influence: Collaborate across domains — including data, infrastructure, application, and security architecture — to enable secure, scalable deployment of AI and agentic systems
Blueprint and Standards Leadership: Ensure AI/agentic AI solutions are represented in enterprise blueprints and align with LPL’s modernization strategy
Thought Leadership: Evangelize LPL’s AI strategy internally and externally, representing the firm in regulatory, industry, and client-facing forums

Qualification

AI/ML architectureAI governanceAgentic AI frameworksFinancial services experiencePythonMLOps/AgentOpsAWS/Azure certificationsThought leadershipCollaboration skillsCommunication skills

Required

15+ years in enterprise technology and architecture, with 7+ years in AI/ML/advanced analytics
Experience participating in or leading AI governance councils, model risk committees, or equivalent regulatory forums
Proven expertise with AI agent frameworks (LangChain, AutoGen, CrewAI, or equivalent) and multi-agent system design
Strong track record designing AI/ML systems in regulated industries (financial services strongly preferred)
Strong understanding of wealth management, trading, or securities domains, with ability to link AI to advisor and investor value

Preferred

Graduate degree in Computer Science, AI, Data Science, or related field preferred
Financial services experience, especially in wealth management, advisory, or trading
Demonstrated thought leadership in responsible AI or agentic AI (publications, regulatory engagement, industry consortiums)
AWS/Azure cloud certifications with AI/ML specialization

Benefits

401K matching
Health benefits
Employee stock options
Paid time off
Volunteer time off

Company

LPL Financial

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LPL Financial provides investment solutions and tools for independent financial advisors.

H1B Sponsorship

LPL Financial has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (106)
2024 (105)
2023 (122)
2022 (127)
2021 (65)
2020 (44)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$2.5B
2025-03-31Post Ipo Equity· $1.5B
2024-06-03Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2010-11-18IPO

Leadership Team

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Rich Steinmeier
Interim CEO
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Sid Vyas
Chief Technology Officer/EVP
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