Director of Applied ML & AI Strategy

SentiLink Corp; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 210,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan with employer match

Flexible paid time off

Company-wide in-person events

Home office stipend

Job summary

SentiLink Corp seeks a Head of Applied ML to own a major ML domain end to end and lead a team of 4 now, expanding to 6 by the end of 2026. You will review proposals, drive modeling decisions, and remove blockers while staying closely connected to the work.

The role emphasizes production ML, data governance, and collaboration with Product, Engineering, and Risk. You will shape AI strategy across fraud and identity models, with strong leadership and technical credibility.

Qualifications

• 10+ years with ML or statistics; 7+ years with PhD; 6+ years of ML leadership across two+ companies.
• Experience leading ML or data science teams in fraud, identity, fintech, or related risk domains.
• Bachelor’s/Master’s/PhD in quantitative field.
• Production ML modeling experience and production-grade Python code/tests.
• Strong practical ML and statistics knowledge; quick scoping with standard tooling.

Responsibilities

• Directly manage a team of applied ML scientists, currently 4, expanding to 6 by end of 2026.
• Own strategy and execution for the applied ML domain: roadmap, priorities, resourcing, results.
• Mentor on modeling decisions, review PRs, and guide production systems.
• Partner with leadership, Product, Engineering, and Risk to meet timelines.
• Own fraud/identity models across data lifecycle: features, training, deployment, monitoring.
• Research new fraud patterns and design analyses to inform product decisions.
• Advise on AI strategy and safe data governance practices.

Skills

Team management

Applied ML

Production ML

Python

Data science

Modeling decisions

Communication with leadership

Code reviews

Education

Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in CS/Stats/Math/Physics

Tools

Python

PostgreSQL

AWS

XGBoost

scikit-learn

pandas

Elasticsearch/OpenSearch

Neo4j

MLflow/Flyte

Job description

SentiLink Corp seeks a Head of Applied ML to own a major ML domain end to end and lead a team of 4 now, expanding to 6 by the end of 2026. You will review proposals, drive modeling decisions, and remove blockers while staying closely connected to the work.

The role emphasizes production ML, data governance, and collaboration with Product, Engineering, and Risk. You will shape AI strategy across fraud and identity models, with strong leadership and technical credibility.