Head of AI Infrastructure & Machine Learning Ops

Head of AI Infrastructure & Machine Learning Ops

We are seeking an ambitious and visionary Head of AI Infrastructure & Machine Learning Ops to join our leadership team and play a critical role in scaling the infrastructure, tooling, and deployment capabilities for AI and ML systems across the Apex Group. Reporting directly to the Chief AI and Data Science Officer, this is a senior strategic appointment with global scope. The successful candidate will be responsible for building secure, scalable, and compliant platforms to accelerate AI innovation and ensure operational excellence in a highly regulated financial services environment.

Key Responsibilities:

The successful incumbent will initially be responsible for the following, with scope expanding as the function matures:

• Establish a scalable AI runtime environment to support rapid prototyping and early deployment of LLM agents and agentic workflows.
• Design and implement a robust MLOps stack with model versioning, CI/CD pipelines, and automated monitoring for operational resilience.
• Build secure, compliant AI development and deployment architectures while aligning with AI governance framework.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure infrastructure meets the evolving needs.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Proven leadership in designing scalable, cloud-native or hybrid AI/ML platforms that support experimentation and secure enterprise deployment.
• Deep expertise in MLOps strategy and execution, including end-to-end pipelines, CI/CD, model versioning, and retraining workflows.
• Hands-on experience with model deployment and runtime management across varied environments (batch, real-time, REST, edge), using tools like MLflow, SageMaker, Databricks, or other equivalent.
• Strong background in monitoring, observability, and incident response — including drift detection, fairness tracking, latency alerts, and recovery protocols.
• Skilled in building secure, compliant AI infrastructure aligned with regulatory standards (e.g., GDPR, EU AI Act).

Preferred Personal Attributes:

• Strategic thinker with strong operational and technical execution capabilities.
• Passionate about responsible AI, platform resilience, and infrastructure innovation.
• Comfortable working in high-ambiguity, fast-paced startup-like environments.
• Collaborative leader with strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• High integrity, accountability, and a commitment to ethical technology adoption.

What you will expose:

• Be part of a dynamic and fast-paced team that makes a genuine impact on the success of the entire organisation.
• Opportunity to work with a diverse, agile, and global team.
• Exposure to all aspects of the business, cross-jurisdiction.
• A genuinely unique opportunity to be part of an expanding large global business.
• Competitive remuneration in line with skills and experience.
• Training and development opportunities.

We pride ourselves in our commitment to fostering a connected and inclusive culture, all our opportunities at Apex have four (4) days in office requirement.

Salary ranges from USD $260,000 – USD $300,000.00 plus additional discretionary yearly bonus

based on corporate and individual's performance. Compensation within this range is dependent on

individual's skills, experience and qualifications.