Hybrid SVP, Head of AI/ML Technology

at skillventory - A Leading Talent Research Firm

• Job title: SVP, Head of AI/ML Technology
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $185,000 - $400,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Cloud
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Westlake, United States

About the role

• SVP and Head of AI/ML Technology leading AI strategy and platform execution for a financial services company. Collaborating across various teams to ensure impactful AI deployment.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the execution of the company's AI strategy
• Establish the vision for an Enterprise AI/ML Platform
• Guide the development and deployment of standardized Core & Common AI Solutions
• Ensure secure, ethical, and impactful AI deployment throughout the organization
• Enable secure discovery, development, deployment, and oversight of models at scale across the company
• Own the vision, build and scale the AI/ML platform
• Implement necessary technology controls for Model Observability and Governance
• Lead the team building and managing reusable, high-value AI services
• Constantly evaluate emerging AI/ML technologies
• Partner closely with AI leaders and CIOs across different Business Units
• Establish rigorous Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and run the Platform Operations function

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced STEM degree preferred
• 15+ years of general experience and 10+ years of experience in leading teams with data engineers, software engineers, cloud architects, and ML Engineers (or data scientists) to deliver advanced analytics work products
• Hands-on experience building and operationalizing an Enterprise scale AI/ML platform capable of handling hundreds or thousands of production models
• Proven track record delivering industrialized, common AI services in a regulated environment
• Ability to drive organizational change by embedding AI/ML practices directly into core technology delivery teams
• Experience with major cloud platforms such as Snowflake and AWS (or other public cloud)
• Capability to drive open-source implementation, public cloud development environment with hands-on experience with development operations, automation, and testing technologies
• Strong executive communication & leadership presence, engaging with executive leadership (C-Suite)
• Consistent record of operations collaboration and delivery with the ability to build key relationships and influence business partners on enterprise objectives
• Ability to challenge the status quo and facilitate the exchange and creation of ideas to address business challenges and improve performance
• Excellent talent skills and agile operating model experience with the ability to develop impactful teams by setting clear goals and holding self and others accountable to standards of excellence
• Strategically minded; enabling ability to lead the development and implementation of an enterprise strategy and achieve financial and growth goals

Benefits

• comprehensive health care coverage and emotional well-being support
• market-leading retirement
• generous paid time off and parental leave
• charitable giving employee match program
• educational assistance including student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, and learning resources to develop your career