Artificial Intelligence Practice Lead, Levio

Responsibilities:

• Participate as senior technical (data science / AI) advisor in client projects as a billable asset for up to 40 hours per week (when possible) as an AI /data architect or similar role
• Participate in pre-sales business development activities including writing proposals, developing price estimates, and delivering pitches for new work.
• Direct or lead the strategy phase of client projects including discovery, evaluating, and recommending technical solutions
• Provide technical and program leadership, in conjunction with PMs and senior technical staff, with overall accountability for the success of client projects
• Partner with project managers to successfully manage client relationships
• Provide leadership, career direction, and mentorship to 5-7 direct reports as a manager (GPS), some of whom will also be managers (which we call Lead GPS)
• Participate in peer reviews of AI solution design, data architecture, and related activities
• Help team members progress toward their professional development goals through mentorship
• Provide input and leadership on developing and evolving Levio’s data and AI go-to-market and business development plans

Requirements & Skills:

• Strong programming experience in Python (including a robust knowledge of the Python ecosystem libraries – Pandas, Numpy, Scikit Learn, Keras, TensorFlow/PyTorch, NLTK, Gensim, Spacy)
• Managing and mentoring data scientists, ML engineers, and AI developers.
• Support proposal development for DS/ML/NLP/AI-related projects
• Deliver engaging, informative, well-organized presentations.
• Resolve and/or escalate issues in a timely fashion where appropriate.
• Conduct effective performance evaluations and mentor the customer support team through formal and informal channels.
• Engage direct reports in both formal and informal training programs.