Director, AI/ML Engineering for Enterprise LLM/RAG (Remote)

Optum; Eden Prairie (MN); Remote; USD 177.000 - 303.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Optum is a global healthtech leader delivering care through technology. We seek a senior AI/ML leader to build and grow a high-performing engineering organization responsible for LLMs, RAG, AI agents, and decision-support tools across the Enterprise Finance domain.

You will partner with Finance, Security, Compliance, and Architecture to deliver trusted, governed AI capabilities. You’ll define strategy, lead a team of engineers and technical leaders, establish standards for prompt engineering and

Qualifikationen

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, AI/ML engineering, data science, or related technical fields.
• 5+ years leading engineering organizations and developing technical leaders.
• Experience delivering enterprise-scale AI and machine learning solutions in production.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives involving business, technology, security, compliance, and risk stakeholders.
• Solid understanding of generative AI, LLMs, AI agents, RAG architectures, model evaluation, and AI governance.
• Proven excellent executive communication, organizational leadership, and strategic planning skills.

Aufgaben

• Define and execute the AI/ML engineering strategy and roadmap supporting Enterprise Finance
• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing team of AI/ML engineers and technical leaders
• Drive the design, development, and scaling of AI solutions including LLMs, RAG, agentic workflows, and decision-support applications
• Establish engineering standards for prompt engineering, model evaluation, observability, governance, and Responsible AI
• Partner with Finance, Data Engineering, Security, Privacy, Compliance, and Architecture teams to deliver trusted, governed AI capabilities
• Ensure AI solutions are built on trusted enterprise data and aligned with enterprise risk requirements
• Oversee AI operations, monitoring, model performance, drift detection, and continuous improvement
• Communicate AI strategy, business value, risks, and investment priorities to senior leadership

Kenntnisse

AI/ML leadership

Executive communication

Strategy planning

Cross-functional work

LLMs/RAG expertise

Software engineering

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Jobbeschreibung

Optum is a global healthtech leader delivering care through technology. We seek a senior AI/ML leader to build and grow a high-performing engineering organization responsible for LLMs, RAG, AI agents, and decision-support tools across the Enterprise Finance domain.

You will partner with Finance, Security, Compliance, and Architecture to deliver trusted, governed AI capabilities. You’ll define strategy, lead a team of engineers and technical leaders, establish standards for prompt engineering and