Remote AI Practice Lead, Insurance Innovation

EPAM Systems; San Jose (CA); Remote; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance

Health Savings Account

401(k) matching

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Employee discounts

Stock purchase plan

Discretionary bonus

LTI program

Job summary

EPAM Systems seeks an AI leader to drive innovation and delivery across the Insurance portfolio. You’ll oversee the full lifecycle of AI solutions, from ideation to production, shaping strategy and leading multidisciplinary teams.

You will build new capabilities in a fast-evolving market and mentor teams while collaborating with clients to shape go-to-market offerings. This role emphasizes hands-on data science leadership and enterprise-grade ML delivery.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience as a data science lead, machine learning engineering lead, or similar roles in insurance, reinsurance, Brokerage , Managing General Agent/Underwriter, Risk Management/Loss Control, or consulting for insurance, or reinsurance, etc.
• 5+ years in a leadership role with team management responsibilities
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex concepts to diverse audiences
• Hands-on experience in at least one domain: computer vision, natural language processing, recommender systems, or time series analytics
• Machine learning engineering and production delivery experience, including ML/LLMOps and cloud platforms
• Knowledge of technologies such as Databricks, Snowflake, or agentic orchestration tools (LangChain, Omnigent, Semantic Kernel)
• Working knowledge of at least one programming language, ideally Python
• Understanding of data science engineering excellence and the modern software development lifecycle for artificial intelligence products
• Consulting experience in a professional services environment

Responsibilities

• Work with clients and internal teams to shape the AI, machine learning, and agentic business and technology vision and go-to-market offerings
• Manage end-to-end data science, artificial intelligence, and agentic projects and programs
• Lead multidisciplinary workshops and design sessions with customers
• Develop high-quality proposals in collaboration with subject matter experts and consultants
• Contribute to the evolution of data science, artificial intelligence, and agentic offerings
• Grow team capacity and capability, build new competencies, mentor team members, and champion transformation with stakeholders

Skills

Leadership

Data science leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Domain expertise in insurance

ML engineering and production delivery

MLops/LLMOps

Databricks

Snowflake

LangChain

Omnigent

Semantic Kernel

Python

Consulting experience

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

LangChain

Omnigent

Semantic Kernel

Python

Job description

EPAM Systems seeks an AI leader to drive innovation and delivery across the Insurance portfolio. You’ll oversee the full lifecycle of AI solutions, from ideation to production, shaping strategy and leading multidisciplinary teams.

You will build new capabilities in a fast-evolving market and mentor teams while collaborating with clients to shape go-to-market offerings. This role emphasizes hands-on data science leadership and enterprise-grade ML delivery.