What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Applied AI & Data Science position at Iris Software Inc.?
Iris's Fortune 100 direct client is looking for a Director of Applied AI & Data Science in New Haven, Connecticut 06510. Please find below the job description and share your updated resume with me at Himanshu.pal@irissoftware.com
Job Title: Director of Applied AI & Data Science
Location: New Haven, Connecticut (Hybrid – 2-3 days a week in office)
About the Role
- Senior leadership role responsible for delivering enterprise AI solutions across insurance, investments, and membership domains.
- Combines hands-on technical expertise with team leadership and strategic direction.
- Focus on building scalable ML systems and Generative AI solutions (LLMs, RAG, knowledge assistants).
- Develop and deploy AI/ML models for actuarial, claims, underwriting, and investment use cases.
- Lead end-to-end productionization including APIs, pipelines, CI/CD, monitoring, and MLOps.
- Ensure integration with enterprise data platforms like Snowflake, PostgreSQL, and DB2.
- Drive Responsible AI practices, including explainability, bias mitigation, governance, and compliance.
- Define model metrics, validation strategies, and manage model lifecycle and performance.
- Lead and mentor AI/data science teams, providing architectural and technical guidance.
- Collaborate cross-functionally (engineering, risk, compliance, business) to deliver business-impacting AI solutions.
Why Join Us?
- Competitive Compensation and benefits.
- Opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects.
- Collaborative and innovative work culture.
About Iris Software Inc.
With 4,000 associates and offices in India, the U.S.A., and Canada, Iris Software delivers technology services and solutions that help clients complete fast, far reaching digital transformations and achieve their business goals. A strategic partner to Fortune 500 and other top companies in financial services and many other industries, Iris provides a value-driven approach - a unique blend of highly-skilled specialists, software engineering expertise, cutting-edge technology, and flexible engagement models. High customer satisfaction has translated into long-standing relationships and preferred-partner status with many of our clients, who rely on our 30 years of technical and domain expertise to future-proof their enterprises. Associates of Iris work on mission-critical applications supported by a workplace culture that has won numerous awards in the last few years, including Certified Great Place to Work in India; Top 25 GPW in IT & IT-BPM; Ambition Box Best Place to Work, #3 in IT/ITES; and Top Workplace NJ-USA.