Director, Tech Lead - AI Engineer

The Engineering team is seeking a Senior Level candidate to lead the adoption and enablement of Claude Code and AI-powered development tools across Prudential. This exciting position will offer a qualified individual the opportunity to lead a team of engineers who are passionate about leveraging cutting-edge AI technology to transform the software development lifecycle and enhance developer productivity.
We are looking for someone who is self-motivated, has a passion for emerging AI technologies, strong presentation skills, and a desire to drive organizational change through innovative tooling and best practices.
The successful candidate will work on defining, building, and maintaining a comprehensive Claude Code ecosystem that includes custom plugins, skills, sub-agents, and slash commands. They will also be responsible for keeping the organization at the forefront of AI trends in the SDLC space.
This position requires an individual with strong analytical, programming, problem-solving, organizational, technical, and communication skills who must be able to work on complex projects with minimal guidance while effectively communicating progress to leadership and stakeholders.

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* What you will do:

**  - Demonstrate leadership experience managing teams focused on developer tooling, automation, and AI-powered development platforms  - Effectively lead a team responsible for architecting, building, maintaining, and supporting Claude Code plugins, skills, sub-agents, and custom commands  - Manage a highly technical Agile Delivery Team focused on AI tooling and developer experience  - Strong experience with AI development tools, prompt engineering, and LLM integration patterns  - Deliver end-to-end solutions using innovative approaches to integrate AI capabilities into the SDLC  - Design and implement custom Claude Code extensions including:  - MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers and integrations  - Custom skills for specialized workflows  - Sub-agents for autonomous task completion  - Slash commands for streamlined developer workflows  - Work with internal and external stakeholders to continuously improve upon AI tooling capabilities and develop technology roadmaps    
** Evangelization and Training**  - Create and deliver compelling presentations to leadership and stakeholders on Claude Code adoption metrics, ROI, and strategic initiatives  - Run regular office hours to support developers and answer questions about Claude Code capabilities  - Develop comprehensive training materials including documentation, tutorials, video content, and hands-on workshops  - Evangelize AI best practices and trends in the SDLC space including AI-assisted development, prompt engineering, autonomous agents, and workflow automation  - Build a community of practice around AI-powered development tools within Prudential    
** Innovation and Trend Monitoring**  - Stay current with the latest AI trends, tools, and best practices in software development  - Evaluate emerging AI technologies and their potential application to Prudential's development workflows  - Assess and evaluate MCP servers and integrations for security, reliability, and enterprise fit  - Identify opportunities to leverage AI for improving code quality, security, testing, and deployment processes  - Drive continuous innovation in how development teams leverage AI capabilities    
** Governance and Best Practices**  - Establish security and compliance guidelines for AI tool usage  - Define standards for prompt engineering, agent development, and integration patterns  - Implement metrics and monitoring to track adoption, usage patterns, and productivity gains  - Work with Info Sec and compliance teams to ensure AI tool usage meets enterprise requirements    
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* What you bring:

**  - At least 5 - 8 years of experience working in technology and 2 - 4 years of technical leadership experience  - Extensive development/automation experience in an enterprise environment, either through 1st person implementation or driving a team that achieved such outcomes  - Demonstrated experience with AI/LLM tools and platforms (Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, or similar)  - Strong…