Job Description
Accentuate Staffing is seeking a Director of AI & Machine Learning with strong strategic vision, deep hands-on technical expertise, and a proven ability to build and lead high-performing teams delivering scalable, ethical AI solutions. The ideal candidate will also excel at aligning advanced machine learning capabilities with business objectives and driving innovation across the organization.
Responsibilities:
Manage and Develop Staff
- Responsible for establishing and implementing a safe working environment that meets all licensure, regulatory, and accreditation requirements
- Lead, train and develop the members of the Artificial Intelligence team and assist them in delivering clear and actionable information
- Develops plans to monitor and manage staff productivity and success in meeting assigned objectives
- Ensure staff are well trained in policies, procedures, and business processes
- Reviews, make recommendations and implement the needed systems and tools to successfully fulfill corporate objectives and to support staff and team members
- Lead the identification and development of the Artificial Intelligence Team roles, configuration and recruitment
- Provide solution design guidance to the Artificial Intelligence team, ensuring delivery of best-in-class solutions for the challenges at hand
- Leads ongoing coaching and mentoring to staff on new technology tools and practices, including change management practices, to support a learning environment to advance team skills
- Ensure all staff are treated with respect and dignity
- Ensure standards are transparent and applied consistently, impartially, and ethically over time and across all staff members
- Work to resolve conflicts and disputes, ensuring that all participants are given a voice
- Effectively communicate feedback and provide ongoing coaching and mentoring to staff and support a learning environment to advance team skills and professional development
- Cultivate and encourage efforts to expand cross-team collaboration and partnership
Oversee Artificial Intelligence Operations
- Lead the development and implementation of AI/ML initiatives across the organization, ensuring alignment with business objectives and strategies
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, build, and deploy AI/ML models and solutions
- Oversee the collection, processing, and analysis of large datasets from various sources to fuel AI/ML models
- Develop and maintain relationships with external partners, vendors, and academia to stay ahead of the curve in AI/ML innovation
- Ensure the successful deployment of AI/ML solutions across the organization, including training, support, and ongoing maintenance
- Foster a culture of innovation and experimentation, encouraging collaboration and knowledge sharing across the organization
- Develop, define, and enforce best practices, processes, policies and system security to ensure alignment with all corporate strategy and goals
Communication and Collaboration
- Lead in a consultant role in advising executive and senior leadership on complex and high-risk strategic and contractual operational IT initiatives
- Collaborate with leaders across the organization to help them understand and identify the value drivers to improve business operations and meet organizational objectives
- Communicate corporate initiatives with both technical and non-technical executives and other team members, using active leadership skills across project team and the business community
- Develop cross-departmental teams and analytics business application expertise throughout the organization
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics or a related technical field and 5 (five) years of experience with increasing responsibilities in managing and supporting information technology
- Strong technical expertise in AI/ML algorithms, data modeling, and data engineering
- Excellent analytical, strategic conceptual thinking, strategic planning and execution skills
- Experience with AI/ML platforms and tools, such as TensorFlow or PyTorch
- Experience with GenAI Models, such as Meta Llama and Mistral AI
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain AI concepts
- Planning and organizational skills
- Demonstrated skills in Microsoft Project, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint and other commonly used software and data analysis software
- Proven track record of delivering successful AI/ML projects and solutions
- Strong business acumen, including industry, domain-specific knowledge of the enterprise and its business units
- Ability to identify and calculate risk levels and implement mitigation techniques.
- Ability to work effectively with, manage, motivate and get results from diverse stakeholders, including executive and senior leadership.
- Ability to work across multiple, distributed, functional groups
- Specific experience with clinical management information systems is a plus.
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
- Productivity and reporting applications such as Data Analytics
- Business processes and their interrelationship gained through 5 (five) or more years of related experience
- Analyzing and resolving complex issues, both logical and interpersonal
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