Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Strategic Education, Inc. is seeking an Associate Manager in AI and Data Science to lead a team of Data Scientists focused on delivering scalable analytics and machine learning solutions. This role combines leadership and technical oversight to drive AI initiatives that align with organizational goals.
Responsibilities
- This role leads, mentors, and develops a team of Data Scientists and analytics professionals while providing technical guidance, career development, and performance feedback
- The position balances people leadership with hands-on contributions, dedicating approximately half of the time to analytics, machine learning, and AI solution development
- The individual establishes team standards, workflows, and best practices, and partners with business stakeholders to identify and prioritize high-value analytics and AI opportunities aligned with organizational goals
- Responsibilities include guiding the design, development, deployment, and operationalization of machine learning and LLM-powered solutions, driving Generative AI use cases such as summarization, classification, embeddings, and decision support, and enabling scalable deployment through CI/CD pipelines, Airflow orchestration, and MLOps practices
- The role ensures model performance, governance, and reliability, translates analytical outcomes into actionable business insights, and builds executive-ready dashboards and data storytelling capabilities using Power BI or similar tools
- Additionally, the role collaborates cross-functionally with Engineering, Product, IT, and business teams, promotes responsible AI and data governance practices, drives process improvements and operational efficiencies, supports hiring and onboarding, and fosters a collaborative, innovative, and continuous learning culture across the team
Skills
- Strong leadership and team management skills with the ability to mentor and develop high-performing analytics teams
- Expertise in machine learning, statistical modeling, and advanced analytics techniques
- Hands-on experience with Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), and related use cases (e.g., summarization, classification, retrieval, embeddings)
- Proficiency in Python (preferred), SQL, and data manipulation frameworks (e.g., pandas, NumPy)
- Experience with ML frameworks and libraries (e.g., scikit-learn, LightGBM, TensorFlow, PyTorch)
- Knowledge of MLOps practices, including model deployment, monitoring, CI/CD pipelines, and workflow orchestration (e.g., Airflow)
- Experience working with cloud platforms (e.g., GCP, Azure, AWS) for scalable analytics and AI solutions
- Strong data visualization and storytelling skills using tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or similar platforms
- Ability to translate complex analytical and AI concepts into clear, actionable business insights
- Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills with a data-driven mindset
- Effective stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Understanding of data governance, responsible AI practices, and data privacy standards
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and drive initiatives in a fast-paced environment
- 5+ years of experience in data science, advanced analytics, AI, or related fields
- Proven experience delivering production-grade ML or AI solutions
- Experience leading cross-functional analytics initiatives
- Bachelor's degree in data science, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related quantitative field required
- 1+ years of people leadership, technical leadership, or team lead experience preferred
- Experience operationalizing GenAI or LLM-based applications preferred
- Master's degree in data science, Computer Science, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field preferred
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans
- Well-being incentives
- Parental leave
- Paid time off
- Certain paid holidays
- Tax saving accounts (FSA, HSA)
- 401(k) retirement benefit
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Tuition assistance
- Entertainment and retail discounts
- Overtime pay, if applicable
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