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TEAM OVERVIEW 

KKRs Technology team is pivotal in building and supporting the firms technological foundation. Recognized as a key business enabler, technology at KKR accelerates global scale and business transformation. The team drives excellence by evolving technology into platform-based capabilities, enhancing agility and business impact. 

POSITION SUMMARY 

KKR is seeking an entrepreneurial and technically profound Director of AI Platforms to architect and lead the firms AI-first transformation. This executive will possess deep expertise in Generative AI and Machine Learning, with a proven track record of building and scaling AI-powered business platforms. You will be at the forefront of leveraging cutting-edge technologies to create firm-wide, mission-critical services that drive competitive advantage in the financial sector. 

You will have an energetic and visionary leadership style, responsible for a global team focused on designing, developing, and deploying enterprise-scale AI capabilities. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of technology at KKR, leading the charge on a new generation of Agentic architectures, knowledge graphs, and semantic search to unlock unprecedented insights from vast data sets. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 

• AI Platform Strategy & Execution: Define, build, and scale a centralized AI platform to enable a new generation of intelligent, business-facing applications. Drive the adoption of Generative AI, NLP, and ML across the firm. 

• Agentic Architecture: Spearhead the development and scaling of multi-agent interactions leveraging protocols like MCP and A2A to create sophisticated, autonomous systems. 

• Knowledge & Data Innovation: Architect and deploy knowledge graph and semantic search capabilities that leverage state-of-the-art managed services from leading AI providers. Enable sophisticated text and image-based extractions from financial and unstructured data. 

• Leadership & Mentorship: Lead, mentor, and inspire a high-performing team of AI engineers. Foster a culture of technical excellence, rapid prototyping, and continuous delivery of business value. 

• Global Service Deployment: Oversee the end-to-end lifecycle of globally deployed, mission-critical AI services, ensuring they are scalable, secure, and reliable across multiple cloud environments (AWS, GCP). 

• Stakeholder Partnership: Serve as a trusted advisor to business and technology leaders, translating complex AI concepts into strategic business opportunities and driving firm-wide adoption. 

QUALIFICATIONS 

• Bachelors or masters degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field. 

• 10+ years of experience in software or AI engineering, with at least 5 years in a leadership role building and scaling AI platforms or related capabilities. 

• Deep technical expertise in Generative AI, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing. 

• Proven experience with Agentic architectures and the development of multi-agent systems. 

• Hands-on experience with knowledge graphs, semantic search, and large-scale data processing for text and image-based information extraction. 

• Experience with and a strategic understanding of managed AI services across leading cloud providers (AWS, GCP, etc.). 

• Demonstrated ability to lead a team and build firm-wide deployed global services in a fast-paced, enterprise environment. 
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with a track record of influencing and aligning stakeholders. 

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