Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. NR Consulting is seeking a Director of Applied AI & Data Science who will be a senior technical leader responsible for designing, engineering, and operationalizing production grade AI solutions. This role focuses on building scalable AI systems and providing oversight for teams to ensure solutions meet regulatory standards and are production-ready.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deploy advanced statistical, machine learning, and AI models supporting insurance, actuarial, claims, and investment decision making
• Design and deliver LLM enabled analytics and Deep Research solutions, including RAG based approaches over structured and unstructured data
• Perform hands on data analysis, feature engineering, and model development using enterprise platforms (Snowflake, PostgreSQL, DB2)
• Define model success metrics, validation approaches, and explainability standards aligned to business and regulatory expectations
• Partner with data engineers and architects to produce models, establish monitoring, and manage model lifecycle and drift
• Apply responsible AI practices including bias assessment, transparency, and documentation for audit and compliance review
• Communicate analytical insights and model outcomes clearly to business leaders and technical stakeholders
• Collaborate across analytics, engineering, risk, and compliance teams to ensure scalable, governed AI and analytics delivery

Skills

• Strong experience with Python and SQL and production system development
• Experience with Snowflake and relational databases such as PostgreSQL
• Experience with API development, pipelines, and system integration
• Experience with monitoring, CI/CD, and operational lifecycle management of AI systems
• Proven ability to lead technical teams and deliver complex solutions
• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, or ML engineering
• 3+ years delivering production AI/ML and/or GenAI solutions (RAG, agents, or similar)
• Experience in financial services or other regulated industries
• Experience with DB2 or legacy-to-cloud data migration

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