Head of Enterprise AI/ML Engineering (Remote)

UnitedHealth Group; Schaumburg (IL); Remote; USD 177,000 - 303,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Equity stock purchase

401k contribution

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group seeks a Director of AI/ML Engineering to lead the vision, architecture, and deployment of enterprise AI/ML initiatives that drive measurable business value and accelerate digital transformation. You will direct the engineering, automation, and operationalization of scalable AI/ML platforms, products, and services, including Generative AI and intelligent automation.

You’ll guide globally distributed teams, ensure security and governance, and partner with business leaders to

Qualifications

• 15+ years in software engineering with AI/ML focus.
• 5+ years designing cloud-native AI/ML workloads (Azure/AWS).
• 4+ years leading large AI/ML teams (20-50+ members).
• 2+ years implementing AI/ML with Databricks and AIDLC practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, architect, and deploy enterprise AI/ML solutions.
• Lead and mentor distributed engineering teams.
• Establish standards for AI governance, MLOps, and lifecycle management.
• Partner with stakeholders to drive measurable business value.
• Advance adoption of LLMs, RAG, and intelligent automation.

Skills

Software engineering

AI/ML

Cloud-native

Leadership

Databricks

AIDLC

ROI/Business outcome

Global collaboration

Education

B.S. in CS/AI/DS

Tools

Databricks

MLOps platforms

Job description

UnitedHealth Group seeks a Director of AI/ML Engineering to lead the vision, architecture, and deployment of enterprise AI/ML initiatives that drive measurable business value and accelerate digital transformation. You will direct the engineering, automation, and operationalization of scalable AI/ML platforms, products, and services, including Generative AI and intelligent automation.

You’ll guide globally distributed teams, ensure security and governance, and partner with business leaders to