Senior Applied AI Leader — Drive Production-Ready Solutions

American Family Insurance Group; Madison (WI); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 255,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) + pension plan

Annual incentive

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Student loan repayment

Paid-family leave

Job summary

American Family Insurance Group is seeking a Senior Manager to lead a team within Applied AI, delivering AI/ML solutions into business workflows with clear business value. This role combines people leadership with hands-on technical guidance, code reviews, and architecture input to ensure production‑ready, measurable outcomes.

In Madison, WI, the Senior Manager will manage external engagements, partner with cross-functional teams, and drive value realization while embedding responsible AI

Responsibilities

• Lead AI solution delivery: manage development and delivery of applied AI, machine learning, and analytics solutions addressing high-value business problems.
• Embed responsible AI practices with governance expectations across functions such as security, privacy, risk, and compliance.
• Advance process-level AI transformation by redesigning high-value workflows and integrating AI capabilities into end-to-end business journeys.
• Develop reusable AI solution patterns with platform engineering to reduce custom builds and improve governance, observability, and support.

Job description

American Family Insurance Group is seeking a Senior Manager to lead a team within Applied AI, delivering AI/ML solutions into business workflows with clear business value. This role combines people leadership with hands-on technical guidance, code reviews, and architecture input to ensure production‑ready, measurable outcomes.

In Madison, WI, the Senior Manager will manage external engagements, partner with cross-functional teams, and drive value realization while embedding responsible AI