
Director, AI & ML
Newfire Global Partners
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Massachusetts • United States
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Salary
💰 $210,000 - $245,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
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