Delivery Enablement Lead AI - Technology

Janus Henderson Investors•Denver, CO

3d•$145,000 - $160,000•Hybrid

About The Position

This role sits within the Office of the Chief Technology Officer function of Janus Henderson Investors’ Global Technology organization. Global Technology consists of ~450 employees across the UK, the US, Australia, and other APAC countries. Janus Henderson has adopted Agile ways of working to support the effective delivery of technology and business change across its Value Streams. The Delivery Enablement Lead is responsible for enabling successful delivery across multiple teams, products and technology domains. This is achieved by driving alignment, removing impediments, managing dependencies and providing visibility of delivery performance. The role operates primarily at a Value Stream Level, partnering with Product Managers, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Technology Leads and senior stakeholders to ensure strategic initiatives are delivered effectively and efficiently. The Delivery Enablement Lead acts as a servant leader and delivery facilitator, helping teams maintain momentum while driving operational excellence, governance and continuous improvement across the organisation.

Requirements

Experience supporting AI Platform & Tooling Strategy and Governance for model integration layers, and developer tooling (e.g., Copilot, prompt management, evaluation pipelines)
Demonstrable experience delivering AI transformation programmes in complex organisations.
Experience supporting executive governance and preparing senior leaders for strategic meetings.
Proven ability to deputise for senior leaders and represent organisational priorities with credibility.
Strong track record of influencing senior stakeholders and facilitating executive decision-making.
Experience managing cross-functional programmes involving Technology, Data, Security and Business teams.
Strong organisational, planning and stakeholder management skills.
Experience managing risks, dependencies and strategic delivery issues.
Excellent facilitation, negotiation and communication skills.
Familiarity with Agile delivery methodologies and portfolio governance.
Experience operating within regulated or large enterprise environments.
Familiarity with agent-orchestration layers, model-evaluation harnesses, or LLM-backed product features at production scale

Nice To Haves

Experience in Financial Services or related field
Knowledge of risk, compliance, and governance frameworks relevant to regulated industries.
Experience with enterprise AI governance frameworks and Responsible AI practices.
Experience operating within regulated or large enterprise environments.
Experience with Agile delivery tooling, including Jira and associated reporting platforms.
SAFe RTE certification or equivalent Agile qualifications desirable.

Responsibilities

Support the AI Enablement Lead in preparing for and coordinating key governance and leadership forums.
Develop executive-quality briefing materials, agendas, decision papers and action tracking.
Track strategic AI initiatives and provide visibility of progress, risks, dependencies and decisions.
Deputise for the Head of AI Engineering in governance forums, executive meetings and stakeholder engagements.
Represent the AI Engineering function across Technology and Business leadership meetings.
Build trusted relationships with stakeholders across Technology, Risk, Security, Legal, Data and Business functions.
Influence and facilitate executive decision-making to remove blockers and maintain momentum across AI initiatives.
Coordinate delivery of strategic AI initiatives
Monitor delivery milestones, dependencies, risks and outcomes across multiple AI initiatives.
Support operational readiness and successful adoption of AI-enabled solutions.
Facilitate decision-making sessions with senior business and technology leaders.
Prepare recommendations and options papers to support informed executive decisions.
Build consensus across diverse stakeholder groups where priorities compete.
Escalate delivery, governance or organisational issues appropriately and drive timely resolution.
Support implementation and continuous improvement of AI governance frameworks.
Coordinate governance activities relating to AI tooling, model usage, risk, compliance and responsible AI practices.
Maintain visibility of key AI risks, issues, dependencies and mitigation plans.
Ensure governance decisions are documented, communicated and embedded across programmes.
Coordinate activities across Technology, Data, Security, Infrastructure, Architecture, Risk, Legal and Procurement teams.
Promote collaboration across business and technology functions to enable successful AI adoption.
Identify organisational dependencies and facilitate resolution of cross-functional issues.
Identify opportunities to improve AI governance, delivery practices and operating models.
Promote effective ways of working across AI programmes and governance forums.
Share lessons learned and embed best practice across AI initiatives.
Support continuous evolution of the organisation’s AI Enablement capability.

Benefits

Hybrid working and reasonable accommodations
Generous Holiday policies
Excellent Health and Wellbeing benefits including corporate membership to Wellhub
Paid volunteer time to step away from your desk and into the community
Support to grow through professional development courses, tuition/qualification reimbursement and more
Maternal/paternal leave benefits and family services
Unique employee events and programs including a 14er challenge
Complimentary beverages, snacks and all employee Happy Hours
Annual Bonus Opportunity: Position may be eligible to receive an annual discretionary bonus award from the profit pool. The profit pool is funded based on Company profits. Individual bonuses are determined based on Company, department, team and individual performance.
competitive compensation
pension/retirement plans
various health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits