Senior Analyst, AI Engineering

Overview

Job Description

Summary:

Raymond James is establishing enterprise-grade Generative AI capabilities through its Agentic AI initiative. We are seeking a Senior Analyst, AI Engineering to play a critical role in translating business needs into clear, executable requirements and ensuring disciplined delivery across AI engineering efforts. This role is critical to delivering RAI our best-in-class AI assistant for the firm.

• Lead requirements discovery with business stakeholders, translating needs into clear, testable requirements and user stories.
• Own and maintain high-quality backlogs including features, epics, stories, and tasks.
• Ensure requirements are well-defined, prioritized, and ready for engineering execution.
• Support agile delivery practices including sprint planning, backlog refinement, estimation, and capacity planning.
• Partner with engineering teams to ensure shared understanding of scope, acceptance criteria, and dependencies.
• Lead functional and user acceptance testing to validate delivered solutions meet business expectations.
• Coordinate defect tracking, triage, and resolution.
• Act as a trusted liaison between business partners and AI engineering teams.
• Contribute to establishing and reinforcing strong business analysis standards and delivery discipline.

• 5+ years of experience as a Business Analyst or similar role supporting technology delivery teams.
• Demonstrated experience writing detailed requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Strong experience working in agile delivery environments.
• Hands-on experience supporting testing and UAT activities.
• Strong understanding of business processes and enterprise operating models.
• Conceptual understanding of modern technology platforms, including data and AI systems.
• Exceptional organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

• Experience supporting AI, data, or analytics platforms. Experience working with enterprise-scale technology platforms.
• Ability to mentor junior analysts and influence delivery best practices.
• Financial services industry experience.

• This role is part of the Agentic AI team, responsible for building foundational AI capabilities for the enterprise.
• The Senior Analyst is expected to operate with a high degree of ownership, rigor, and accountability, helping ensure AI engineering efforts deliver business value with clarity and predictability.

Bachelor’s:
Business Administration, Bachelor’s:
Computer and Information Science (Required), Bachelor’s:
Information Technology

General Experience - 3 to 6 years

Less than 25%

Hybrid

At Raymond James our associates use five guiding behaviors (Develop, Collaborate, Decide, Deliver, Improve) to deliver on the firm's core values of client-first, integrity, independence and a conservative, long-term view.

• Grow professionally and inspire others to do the same
• Work with and through others to achieve desired outcomes
• Make prompt, pragmatic choices and act with the client in mind
• Take ownership and hold themselves and others accountable for delivering results that matter
• Contribute to the continuous evolution of the firm

At Raymond James – as part of our people-first culture, we honor, value, and respect the uniqueness, experiences, and backgrounds of all of our Associates. When associates bring their best authentic selves, our organization, clients, and communities thrive. The Company is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions on the basis of merit and business needs.