ML Engineering Lead: AI Platform & Delivery

Vanguard; Town of Charlotte (NY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanguard in New York region seeks a senior AI/ML leader to guide architecture, delivery, and governance across product, data science, platform and engineering teams.

You will translate strategic initiatives into roadmaps and epics, establish scalable operating models, and ensure enterprise standards while partnering with business stakeholders. A minimum of eight years of related experience and an undergraduate degree are required; Vanguard offers a hybrid working model and does not sponsor visas.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent; graduate degree preferred.
• Minimum of eight years related work experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead recruitment, coaching, talent development, performance management, and compensation decisions.
• Define AI/ML solution architectures with architects and translate strategies into roadmaps, epics, and engineering workstreams.
• Lead cross-functional delivery across Product, Data Science, Platform, and Engineering teams to drive solutions from concept to production.
• Establish engineering practices, reusable frameworks, and platform capabilities to improve scalability and delivery efficiency for AI/ML initiatives.
• Oversee data, feature, and model pipelines for reliable AI/ML solutions.
• Apply ML, statistics, optimization, and experimentation to operationalize predictive capabilities.
• Evaluate data quality and model inputs with Data Science teams to support model development.
• Drive operational excellence through automation, observability, monitoring, incident management, and continuous improvement for production AI/ML systems.
• Ensure adherence to governance, security, risk, compliance, and model lifecycle management.
• Engage stakeholders to translate complex requirements into actionable technical solutions.
• Support departmental planning and execution of strategic objectives while balancing delivery commitments.
• Establish scalable operating models and service standards for long-term AI/ML product sustainability.
• Communicate technical strategy and progress to senior leaders.
• Participate in special projects and other duties as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Hiring

Coaching

Talent development

Performance management

Compensation decisions

AI/ML architectures

Roadmaps

Engineering collaboration

Cross-functional collaboration

Data quality evaluation

Operational excellence

Governance

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Graduate degree preferred

Job description

Vanguard in New York region seeks a senior AI/ML leader to guide architecture, delivery, and governance across product, data science, platform and engineering teams.

You will translate strategic initiatives into roadmaps and epics, establish scalable operating models, and ensure enterprise standards while partnering with business stakeholders. A minimum of eight years of related experience and an undergraduate degree are required; Vanguard offers a hybrid working model and does not sponsor visas.