{"id":1155021,"url":"https://alion.io/job/pnc-financial-services-group-software-engineering-group-manager-artificial-intelligence","title":"Software Engineering Group Manager- Artificial Intelligence","company":{"id":4228,"name":"PNC Financial Services Group","domain":"pnc.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/pnc","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"is_intermediary":false,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":97,"open_postings":78,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.295,"repost_share":0.013,"time_to_fill_p50_days":15,"computed_at":"2026-09-23T05:45:00Z"}},"role":"AI/ML","role_family":"AI/ML","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Pittsburgh, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":136000,"max_usd":247000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":637},"experience_years_min":8,"visa_sponsorship":true,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"CI/CD","optional":false},{"name":"Machine Learning","optional":false},{"name":"Platform Engineering","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-23T19:53:25Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-23","last_verified_at":"2026-09-24T00:17:23Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":0,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":0},"description":"Position Overview\nAt PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all of our employees feel respected, valued and have an opportunity to contribute to the company’s success. As a Software Engineering Manager within PNC's Technology organization, you will be based in Pittsburgh, PA.PNC is seeking a Software Engineering Group Manager to lead a large-scale AI Engineering organization responsible for designing, building, and scaling enterprise Artificial Intelligence solutions that drive innovation across the bank. This leader will oversee an engineering team focused on advancing AI platforms, frameworks, and development patterns that enable future AI-powered business capabilities.\nThe ideal candidate brings a unique blend of technical depth, AI engineering expertise, and proven people leadership. This individual will lead a team of highly skilled engineers who drive architecture and innovation efforts across the organization. The role requires a leader who can establish engineering strategy, influence technology direction, and enable teams to deliver scalable, secure, and production-ready AI solutions.\nKey Responsibilities:\nLeadership & Organizational Management\nBuild a high-performing engineering culture focused on velocity, innovation, accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning.\nInspire and retain top AI and software engineering talent while creating clear career progression opportunities.\nEstablish organizational goals, workforce planning strategies, and talent development programs aligned to business priorities.\nPartner with senior technology leaders to define long-term engineering strategy and investment priorities.\nCreate an environment where senior technical leaders can effectively drive innovation while maintaining delivery excellence.\nManage capacity planning, hiring, budgeting, and resource allocation across multiple initiatives and workstreams.\nAI Engineering Strategy & Technical Leadership\nDefine and execute the AI engineering roadmap, identifying technologies, frameworks, and tooling that enhance current and future AI capabilities.\nEvaluate emerging AI technologies and engineering patterns to drive innovation and improve developer productivity.\nProvide technical oversight for the design, development, and deployment of enterprise-scale AI solutions.\nGuide architectural decisions across AI applications, machine learning platforms, generative AI solutions, and intelligent automation initiatives.\nPartner with senior engineers and architects to establish engineering standards, reusable frameworks, and scalable development practices.\nEnsure AI solutions are built with security, resiliency, observability, and governance requirements embedded from inception.\nMaintain sufficient hands-on knowledge of AI engineering trends, platforms, and tools to effectively lead technical discussions and decision-making.\nSoftware Engineering Delivery\nLead the successful delivery of AI-powered products and platform capabilities from concept through production.\nEstablish and enforce software development lifecycle (SDLC) best practices, including code quality, automated testing, CI/CD, and release management.\nDrive adoption of modern engineering practices, cloud-native architectures, and platform engineering capabilities.\nPartner with product, architecture, data, and infrastructure teams to deliver scalable, enterprise-grade solutions.\nEnsure engineering teams meet commitments for quality, performance, availability, and security.\nStakeholder Partnership & Influence\nCollaborate with executive and business stakeholders to identify opportunities where AI can drive measurable business outcomes.\nTranslate strategic business objectives into technology initiatives and engineering priorities.\nCommunicate engineering strategy, delivery progress, risks, and investment recommendations to senior leadership.\nInfluence enterprise technology direction and advocate for AI engineering best practices across the organization.\nKey Skills & Qualifications:\nProgressive software engineering, data engineering, or technology leadership experience.\nExperience leading large-scale engineering teams and managing technical leaders.\nProven experience building, scaling, and leading high-performing engineering organizations.\nDemonstrated experience delivering AI, machine learning, or Generative AI solutions in enterprise environments.\nStrong understanding of modern software engineering principles, architecture patterns, and cloud-native development.\nAbility to balance strategic leadership responsibilities with technical oversight and architectural guidance.\nExceptional communication, stakeholder management, and executive presence skills.\nExperience leading cross-functional teams through technology transformation and innovation initiatives.\nBanking or financial services industry experience preferred.\n• Familiarity with regulatory, governance, and risk management requirements within highly regulated industries.PNC is an in-office company that fosters a supportive culture where employees can thrive and achieve balance. We encourage candidates to connect with their recruiter and hiring manager to understand workplace expectations and ensure the role aligns with their goals.PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.\nJob Description\nManages multiple development projects, development groups and/or application support functions for a major business segment.\nOversees the development and implementation of multiple, complex, organization-wide systems .\nAllocates and ensures resource arrangements during the application development life cycle .\nMaintains relationships with clients to ensure the implementation quality of application systems .\nProvides solutions or recommendations on complicated technology issues for application development and implementation .\nPNC Employees take pride in our reputation and to continue building upon that we expect our employees to be:\nCustomer Focused - Knowledgeable of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and able to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.\nManaging Risk - Assessing and effectively managing all of the risks associated with their business objectives and activities to ensure they adhere to and support PNC's Enterprise Risk Management Framework.\nPNC also has fundamental expectations of our people managers. As a manager of talent in PNC, you will be expected to:\nInclude Intentionally - Cultivates diverse teams and inclusive workplaces to expand thinking.\nLive the Values - Role models our values with transparency and courage.\nEnable Change - Takes action to drive change and innovation that will transform our business.\nAchieve Results - Takes personal ownership to deliver results. Empowers and trusts others in decision making.\nDevelop the Best - Raises the bar with every talent decision and guides the achievement of all employees and customers.\nQualifications\nSuccessful candidates must demonstrate appropriate knowledge, skills, and abilities for a role. Listed below are skills, competencies, work experience, education, and required certifications/licensuresneeded to be successful in this position.\nPreferred Skills\nApplication Development, Business Management, Customer Solutions, Design, Generative AI, Group Problem Solving, Machine Learning, People Management, Process Improvements, Release Management, Software Engineering Management, Software Solutions, User Experience (UX) DesignCompetencies\nApplication Delivery Process, Application Development (Client/Server), Application Development (Object-Oriented), Application Development Tools, Application Localization and Internationalization, IT Environment, Software Process Improvement (SPI)Work Experience\nRoles at this level typically require a university / college degree. Higher level education such as a Masters degree, PhD, or certifications is desirable. Industry-relevant experience is typically 8+ years. At least 5 years of prior management experience is typically required. Proven leadership experience with a moderate to large scope of responsibility is required. In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job specific certification(s), and experience (including military service) may be considered.Education\nBachelorsCertifications\nNo Required Certification(s)Licenses\nNo Required License(s)Language Assessments\nNo Required or Preferred Language AssessmentsBenefits\nPNC offers a comprehensive range of benefits to help meet your needs now and in the future. Depending on your eligibility, options for full-time employees include: medical/prescription drug coverage (with a Health Savings Account feature), dental and vision options; employee and spouse/child life insurance; short and long-term disability protection; 401(k) with PNC match, pension and stock purchase plans; dependent care reimbursement account; back-up child/elder care; adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement; educational assistance, including select programs fully paid; a robust wellness program with financial incentives.In addition, PNC generally provides the following paid time off, depending on your eligibility: maternity and/or parental leave; up to 11 paid holidays each year; 9 occasional absence days each year, unless otherwise required by law; between 15 to 25 vacation days each year, depending on career level; and years of service.To learn more about these and other programs, including benefits for full time and part-time employees, visit pncthrive.com.\nDisability Accommodations Statement\nIf an accommodation is required to participate in the application process, please contact us via email at . Please include “accommodation request” in the subject line title and be sure to include your name, the job ID, and your preferred method of contact in the body of the email. Emails not related to accommodation requests will not receive responses. Applicants may also call 877-968-7762 and say \"Workday\" for accommodation assistance. All information provided will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.\nAt PNC we foster an inclusive and accessible workplace. We provide reasonable accommodations to employment applicants and qualified individuals with a disability who need an accommodation to perform the essential functions of their positions.\nEqual Employment Opportunity (EEO)\nPNC provides equal employment opportunity to qualified persons regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or other categories protected by law.\nThis position is subject to the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA) and, for any registered role, the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 (SAFE Act) and/or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), which prohibit the hiring of individuals with certain criminal history.\nCalifornia Residents\nRefer to the California Consumer Privacy Act Privacy Notice to gain understanding of how PNC may use or disclose your personal information in our hiring practices.","description_format":"text","description_chars":11507,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":8,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Continuous learning","Life insurance","Parental leave"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Financial Services","Banking"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-23T19:53:25Z"}],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":15,"reasons":["conf:1","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-09-24T01:18:10Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/pnc-financial-services-group-software-engineering-group-manager-artificial-intelligence","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/pnc-financial-services-group-software-engineering-group-manager-artificial-intelligence.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-24T01:18:10Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers"}}