Senior AI Data Science Manager — Generative AI & LLM Lead

KeyBank; Ohio; Hybrid; USD 116,000 - 216,000; Full time

Job summary

KeyBank in the United States is seeking a Senior Manager, Data Science to lead a team of data scientists focused on AI-powered solutions across sales enablement, onboarding, servicing, and risk assessment. You will shape prompt engineering, data curation, model evaluation, and responsible AI practices.

This role balances hands-on technical leadership with people management, partnering with risk, compliance, and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality, ethically sound deployments that meet

Qualifications

• Master's or Ph.D. in a quantitative field with 7+ years of relevant experience.
• Minimum 2+ years of direct people or team leadership.
• Proven ability to guide cross-functional partners through complex modeling and evaluation decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a Data Science team focused on AI-powered solutions across multiple use cases.
• Guide evaluation methodologies, model risk, and regulatory compliance.
• Collaborate with business and risk partners to translate AI concepts for stakeholders.
• Drive responsible AI governance and ethics across projects.

Skills

Team leadership

Generative AI

Python (ML)

LLM libraries

Data manipulation (Pandas/NumPy)

Regulatory compliance

Communication

Education

Master's or PhD in quantitative field

Tools

Hugging Face Transformers

LangChain

OpenAI API

Pandas

NumPy

Vector databases

MLOps

Job description

KeyBank in the United States is seeking a Senior Manager, Data Science to lead a team of data scientists focused on AI-powered solutions across sales enablement, onboarding, servicing, and risk assessment. You will shape prompt engineering, data curation, model evaluation, and responsible AI practices.

This role balances hands-on technical leadership with people management, partnering with risk, compliance, and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality, ethically sound deployments that meet