Newfire Global Partners

Director, AI & ML

Newfire Global Partners

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: MassachusettsUnited States

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Salary

💰 $210,000 - $245,000 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Define and execute a multi-year AI roadmap aligned to product evolution and regulatory constraints (CMS, Medicaid, HIPAA, NCQA).
  • Architect scalable ML and generative AI systems embedded in software products.
  • Evaluate and select appropriate model strategies (predictive models, RAG pipelines, fine-tuned LLMs, reasoning models, agentic workflows).
  • Recruit and develop a small (4 to start), experienced team of ML engineers and applied AI specialists.
  • Establish experimentation standards, prompt engineering practices, evaluation benchmarks, and model lifecycle processes.
  • Create a culture of pragmatic, production-focused AI engineering.
  • Deliver end-to-end ML/AI solutions, including: risk prediction models, intelligent document summarization, RAG-based or knowledge-graph-based systems, fine-tuned LLM applications, agentic automation workflows.
  • Ensure solutions are measurable, reliable, and embedded into production workflows.
  • Establish robust MLOps pipelines (training, validation, deployment, monitoring).
  • Implement model observability, drift detection, and performance monitoring.
  • Partner with Security and Compliance to define responsible AI standards (fairness, bias evaluation, explainability, audit trails).
  • Design PHI-safe AI environments and secure data pipelines.
  • Partner with Product and Clinical leaders to identify high-value AI use cases.
  • Translate complex AI concepts into executive-ready business cases.
  • Guide organizational AI literacy and responsible adoption.

Requirements

  • BS in Computer Science, Data Analytics, ML/AI, or related field
  • Minimum 10+ years in ML/AI engineering or applied data science
  • Minimum 4+ years leading teams or building AI functions in a Senior Manager or Director role
  • Proven track record delivering production ML, generative AI, and/or agentic systems at scale.
  • Demonstrated experience with relevant frameworks and patterns, e.g.,
  • Model evaluation and benchmarking
  • LLM fine-tuning (e.g., LoRA, instruction tuning)
  • RAG and/or KG architectures
  • Agentic systems & workflows
  • HuggingFace ecosystem
  • PyTorch / TensorFlow
  • MLOps (CI/CD for ML, monitoring, versioning)
  • Experience deploying and running ML/AL in cloud-native environments (AWS preferred)
  • Demonstrated experience applying governance and guardrails to AI and agentic systems
  • Strong understanding of regulated data environments (healthcare preferred)
Benefits
  • Remote-first environment with company provided computer
  • Thirteen paid holidays per year (average)
  • Medical, dental and vision coverage with multiple levels of coverage
  • HSA, FSA and Dependent Care accounts
  • Short-term and Long-term disability
  • Life and accidental death insurance
  • Discounted voluntary benefits, such as additional life insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Flexible vacation time
  • 401(k) with employer matching and immediate vesting
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
machine learninggenerative AIpredictive modelsRAG pipelinesfine-tuned LLMsMLOpsmodel evaluationagentic workflowsdata analyticsAI engineering
Soft Skills
leadershipteam developmentcommunicationorganizational skillsproblem-solvingstrategic thinkingcollaborationadaptabilitymentoringexecutive communication