Vice President, AI Ecosystem & Developer Platform

We are building a next-generation AI Ecosystem-an internal “App Store for AI-enabled products” that enables teams to rapidly discover, integrate, and scale trusted AI capabilities across the enterprise.

This role will lead the strategy and execution of a developer-first platform that standardizes how AI is built, secured, consumed, and scaled-driving adoption through reusable components, curated catalogs, and seamless integration into engineering workflows.

You will operate at the intersection of platform engineering, developer experience, and AI governance, shaping an ecosystem that accelerates innovation while maintaining enterprise trust and compliance.

Responsibilities:

AI Ecosystem Platform & Catalogs

• Design and operationalize a centralized AI App Store experience for internal developers
• Build and maintain curated catalogs, including:
• MCP Server Catalog (Model Context Protocol servers)
• Reusable Agents Catalog
• Prompt and Context Libraries
• Evaluation Templates and benchmarking frameworks
• Ensure discoverability, standardization, and high-quality onboarding across all assets

Secure AI Access & Integration

• Lead development of a secure AI browser experience and SaaS integrations
• Define patterns for safe, compliant AI consumption across tools and workflows
• Establish enterprise guardrails for identity, data access, and usage governance

API & Gateway Enablement

• Extend and operationalize Kong AI Gateway capabilities
• Build and manage custom Kong plugins for:
• Enable consistent, secure, and scalable AI access patterns

Developer Experience & Adoption

• Deliver a best-in-class developer starter kit, documentation, and quickstart guides
• Champion internal developer experience through:
• Clear integration patterns
• Self-service onboarding
• High-quality documentation and examples
• Drive adoption through usability, reliability, and ecosystem engagement

Ecosystem Strategy & Collaboration

• Define and execute an ecosystem-first strategy across teams and domains
• Partner with platform, security, and application teams to ensure alignment
• Identify reusable capabilities and scale them across the organization

Impact

• Establish a standardized, secure, and scalable AI consumption model across the enterprise
• Accelerate delivery of AI-enabled products through reusable components and patterns
• Reduce duplication and risk while increasing velocity and innovation
• Position the organization as a leader in enterprise AI platform engineering

What are we looking for?

We’re looking for strong collaborators who deliver exceptional client experiences and thrive in fast-paced, team-oriented environments. Our ideal candidates pursue greatness, act with integrity, and are driven to help our clients succeed. We value those who embrace creativity, continuous improvement, and contribute to a culture where we win together and create and share joy in our work.

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, developer platforms, API ecosystems, or enterprise technology platforms.
• Minimum of 5+ years of leadership experience managing platform, developer experience (DX), API, or AI engineering teams.
• Minimum of 3+ years of experience building and scaling AI/LLM-enabled platforms, products, or developer tooling, including agents, MCP servers, and AI integration patterns.
• Minimum of 3+ years of hands-on experience with API management platforms such as Kong, Apigee, MuleSoft, AWS API Gateway, or Azure API Management.
• Experience building and driving adoption of enterprise-scale internal platforms, developer marketplaces, service catalogs, app stores, or ecosystem products used across multiple engineering teams.

Core Competencies

• Proven Developer Champion mindset-deep empathy for internal engineering teams
• Developer Champion: Deep empathy for internal engineering teams with a focus on usability, simplicity, and developer productivity.
• Customer-Obsessed: Prioritizes speed, clarity, and a best-in-class developer experience.
• Ecosystem Thinker: Designs reusable, composable solutions that scale across teams and business units.
• Adoption-Focused: Measures success through platform usage, integration velocity, and developer satisfaction.
• Collaborative Leader: Builds alignment across platform, security, product, and engineering organizations.
• Bias for Action: Delivers practical, high-impact solutions in a rapidly evolving AI landscape.
• Strategic Platform Builder: Proven ability to create and scale enterprise platforms, standards, and reusable capabilities.

Preferences:

• Experience with: Kong AI Gateway / API gateways, MCP servers and emerging AI integration patterns, and Enterprise-grade platform and tooling development
• Experience in building internal platforms, marketplaces, or ecosystem products
• Understanding of AI/LLM integration patterns, prompt engineering, and agent frameworks
• Experience implementing AI governance, security controls, identity and access management, and enterprise AI standards.
• Strong understanding of prompt engineering, RAG, context management, tool calling, and AI evaluation frameworks.
• Experience partnering with Engineering, Security, Architecture, and Product leaders to define platform strategy and execution., Amazon Web Services (AWS), Application Programming Interface (API), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Benchmarking, Brokerage, Business Model, Business Services, Continuous Improvement, Customer Experience, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Ecosystems, Establish Priorities, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Identity Data Management, Interviewing Skills, Leadership, MCP - Microsoft Certified Professional, Machine Tool, Microsoft Windows Azure, Multiplatform/Cross-Platform, Onboarding, Product Engineering, Programming Tools, Security Architecture, Software Engineering, Software as a Service (SaaS), System Integration (SI), Team Player, Usability Engineering, Wealth Management, Web Browsers, Web Client Plug-ins

$163,900.00 - $273,100.00

Actual base salary varies based on factors, including but not limited to, relevant skill, prior experience, education, base salary of internal peers, demonstrated performance, and geographic location. Additionally, LPL Total Rewards package is highly competitive, designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play - such as 401K matching, health benefits, employee stock options, paid time off, volunteer time off, and more. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that LPL has to offer!

LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: LPLA) is among the fastest growing wealth management firms in the U.S. As a leader in the financial advisor-mediated marketplace(6) , LPL supports over 32,000 financial advisors and the wealth management practices of approximately 1,100 financial institutions, servicing and custodying approximately $2.3 trillion in brokerage and advisory assets on behalf of approximately 8 million Americans. The firm provides a wide range of advisor affiliation models, investment solutions, fintech tools and practice management services, ensuring that advisors and institutions have the flexibility to choose the business model, services, and technology resources they need to run thriving businesses. For further information about LPL, please visit www.lpl.com.

At LPL, independence means that advisors and institution leaders have the freedom they deserve to choose the business model, services, and technology resources that allow them to run a thriving business. They have the flexibility to do business their way. And they have the freedom to manage their client relationships, because they know their clients best. Simply put, we take care of our advisors and institutions, so they can take care of their clients.