Head of ML Engineering & Delivery (Hybrid)

Archer; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanguard is seeking a leader to head a team of Machine Learning Engineers responsible for designing, deploying, and scaling AI/ML solutions that support Financial Advisory Services. You will partner with Product, Data Science, Architecture, and Technology to deliver production-grade AI with governance and reliability.

The role drives end-to-end delivery from architecture planning through deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement, ensuring alignment to enterprise standards and business

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent; graduate degree preferred.
• Minimum of eight years related work experience.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership in hiring, coaching, talent development, performance management, and compensation decisions per HR policies.
• Defines AI/ML solution architectures and translates initiatives into roadmaps, epics, and engineering workstreams.
• Leads cross-functional delivery across Product, Data Science, Platform, and Engineering teams to production solutions.
• Establishes engineering practices, reusable frameworks, and platform capabilities for scalable AI/ML initiatives.
• Oversees design and evolution of data, feature, and model pipelines for reliable AI/ML systems.
• Applies ML, statistics, optimization, and experimentation to operationalize predictive capabilities.
• Assesses data quality and model inputs with Data Science for successful model development.
• Drives observability, monitoring, incident management, and continuous improvement for production AI/ML systems.
• Ensures adherence to governance, security, risk, compliance, and model lifecycle requirements.
• Engages stakeholders to translate complex requirements into actionable technical solutions.
• Supports planning and execution of strategic objectives balancing delivery and organizational needs.
• Establishes scalable operating models and service standards for AI/ML products.
• Communicates strategy, progress, and impact to senior leaders.
• Participates in special projects as assigned.

Skills

AI/ML leadership

Team leadership

Production-grade AI

Governance & compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

Architecture planning

Data pipelines

Performance monitoring

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Graduate degree preferred

Job description

Vanguard is seeking a leader to head a team of Machine Learning Engineers responsible for designing, deploying, and scaling AI/ML solutions that support Financial Advisory Services. You will partner with Product, Data Science, Architecture, and Technology to deliver production-grade AI with governance and reliability.

The role drives end-to-end delivery from architecture planning through deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement, ensuring alignment to enterprise standards and business