Senior Agentic AI Scientist for Enterprise AI & LLMs

Vanguard; Malvern (Chester County); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Vanguard’s Center of AI and Intelligence seeks a Senior Data Scientist to lead the design, build, governance, and deployment of AI/ML solutions that automate knowledge-intensive business processes. You will collaborate with GC and Finance, risk, compliance, and technology teams to deliver trusted, scalable AI with measurable impact.

The role emphasizes applying ML, LLMs, and agentic workflows to transform operations while ensuring governance, explainability, and business outcomes.

Qualifications

• Agentic AI design experience across systems.
• Hands-on NLP with unstructured text.
• 3+ years delivering AI/ML in production.
• 5+ years Python experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and build advanced ML models for insights that drive decisions.
• Architect enterprise knowledge systems across platforms.
• Define evaluation frameworks for trust, coverage, explainability.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to prioritize high-value AI problems.
• Deploy AI solutions with governance and scalability.

Skills

Agentic AI

LLMs

NLP

Python

Communication

Cross-functional

Production ML

Education

MS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

RAG

Orchestration

Job description

Vanguard’s Center of AI and Intelligence seeks a Senior Data Scientist to lead the design, build, governance, and deployment of AI/ML solutions that automate knowledge-intensive business processes. You will collaborate with GC and Finance, risk, compliance, and technology teams to deliver trusted, scalable AI with measurable impact.

The role emphasizes applying ML, LLMs, and agentic workflows to transform operations while ensuring governance, explainability, and business outcomes.