ML Engineering Manager, GenAI & Production AI

Vanguard; Town of Charlotte (NY); Hybrid; CAD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanguard seeks a Machine Learning Engineering Manager to lead a high-performing team responsible for building, operating, and evolving Vanguard’s production AI, ML, and GenAI solutions across Personal Wealth Technology.

You will partner with Data Scientists, Product Owners, and ISG methodology teams to transform research into reliable, scalable production systems, while actively engaging in solution architecture, design, and Agile delivery.

Qualifications

• Minimum of eight years data analytics, programming, database administration, or data management experience.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Graduate degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Machine Learning Engineers delivering scalable, secure, reliable, and extensible AI solutions.
• Develop, maintain, support, and evolve a portfolio of production machine learning and generative AI models.
• Partner with Investment Strategy Group methodology teams to operationalize financial advice, portfolio construction, and personalization models.
• Ensure production readiness through monitoring, alerting, validation, testing, observability, and incident management practices.
• Drive engineering excellence, DevOps, MLOps, LLMOps, and FinOps disciplines.
• Shape AI and ML roadmaps alongside Data Scientists, Product Owners, and stakeholders.
• Provide technical direction and architectural guidance for complex AI and ML initiatives.
• Build trusted relationships across technology and business teams to influence strategy and delivery outcomes.
• Establish standards and best practices that enable safe, trustworthy, explainable, and scalable AI solutions.
• Drive adoption of GenAI and agentic solutions within the engineering organization to improve efficiency, automation, and delivery quality.
• Hire, coach, mentor, and develop future technical leaders.

Skills

Leadership experience

ML engineering

MLOps

LLMOps

GenAI

Cloud-native

Education

Undergraduate degree

Graduate degree preferred

Job description

Vanguard seeks a Machine Learning Engineering Manager to lead a high-performing team responsible for building, operating, and evolving Vanguard’s production AI, ML, and GenAI solutions across Personal Wealth Technology.

You will partner with Data Scientists, Product Owners, and ISG methodology teams to transform research into reliable, scalable production systems, while actively engaging in solution architecture, design, and Agile delivery.