Data Science Manager (Onshore )

Job Description

Looking for a workplace where people realize their full potential, are recognized for the impact they make, and enjoy the company of the peers they work with? Welcome to Zensar! Read on for more details on the role and about us.

What's this role about?

We are looking for someone who can lead the teams through thought exercises and planning or roadmaps in addition to having some practical hands-on experience. Ideally someone who has transitioned from a hands-on data scientist to a strategic leader.

Data Science & AI Manager - Healthcare

Location: 3 days Hybrid (Charlotte, NC)

Key Responsibilities

Agentic AI Strategy & System Orchestration

• Lead the strategy, architecture, and implementation of agentic AI systems for Healthcare Digital.
• Design and manage MCP servers that provide structured, secure tool access for AI agents across platforms including meal ordering, food production, and EVS task management.
• Build multi-agent systems with clear roles—e.g., planning agents, QA agents, data-retrieval agents, and operational copilots—that collaborate to support healthcare workflows.
• Develop governance and routing layers that enable AI agents to safely execute tasks, call tools, generate recommendations, and interact with structured operational data.
  
  

Product Intelligence & Embedded AI Agents

• Integrate agent-driven capabilities into Healthcare Digital’s platforms:
• Patient Meal Ordering: agentic nutrition checks, dietary rule enforcement, personalized recommendations.
• Food Production: prep-planning agents, demand forecasting agents, and waste-reduction optimization loops.
• EVS Task Management: task-ranking agents, routing agents, and real-time environmental monitoring copilots.
• Build AI copilots for associates and managers that support decision-making, reduce administrative load, and automate repetitive tasks.
• Ensure AI agents interact seamlessly with UI workflows, APIs, product logic, and underlying data systems.
  
  

Operational Data Science & Automation

• Build and deploy predictive models that feed agent decision-making, including:
• Meal demand forecasting
• EVS task prediction and prioritization
• Labor and staffing optimization
• Anomaly detection for operational issues
• Integrate model outputs with MCP-based agents to create closed-loop automation—agents that both detect and act, not just analyze.
• Translate findings into usable insights, dashboards, and operational recommendations for field teams.
  
  

Leadership & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Coach and mentor a team of data scientists, ML engineers, and AI engineers focused on agent development and MCP integration.
• Partner with Healthcare Leadership (Culinary, EVS, Clinical Nutrition, Operations) to drive AI adoption and prioritize high-value opportunities.
• Collaborate with IT, and enterprise AI teams to align on architecture, security, and platform standards.
• Communicate complex AI and agent-based system concepts to non-technical stakeholders in clear, practical language.
  
  

Data, Governance & Responsible AI

• Ensure all AI and agent systems adhere to governance frameworks, including privacy, compliance, and HIPAA.
• Establish monitoring, auditability, and retraining workflows for both models and agents.
• Implement agent safety controls, including sandboxed tool access, role-based permissions, and fallbacks for critical tasks.
  
  

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent professional experience.
• 6 years of experience in data science, AI engineering, or applied ML, including 2 years of team leadership or technical management.
• Hands-on experience building agentic AI systems, including:
• Multi-agent workflows
• Tool-using agents
• Planning/monitoring agents
• Strong experience with MCP servers or similar agent integration frameworks (e.g., LangChain tools, AutoGen, OpenAI tool calling).
• Proficiency in Python, SQL, ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn).
• Experience with cloud data and compute platforms (Azure, Databricks, AWS, or GCP).
• Strong understanding of LLMs, RAG pipelines, structured tool protocols, and knowledge graph integration.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder partnership, and product-oriented thinking.
  
  

Preferred

• Experience with healthcare, foodservice, hospitality, or operational environments.
• Familiarity with IoT data streams, workforce management systems, or real-time task operations.
  
  

Background in optimization, reinforcement learning, or continuous planning agents.

Advantage Zensar

We are a technology consulting and services company with 11, 800 associates in 33 global locations. More than 130 leading enterprises depend on our expertise to be more disruptive, agile and competitive. We focus on conceptualizing, designing, engineering, marketing, and managing digital products and experiences for high-growth companies looking to disrupt through innovation and velocity.

Zensar Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action Employer, encouraging diversity in the workplace. Please be assured that we will consider all qualified applicants fairly, regardless of race, creed, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizen status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, family medical leave status, or protected veterans’ status.

Zensar Is a Place Where You Are Free To Express Yourself In An Environment That Values Individuality, Nurtures Development And Is Mindful Of Wellbeing. We Put Our People And Customers At The Center Of Everything That We Do. Our Core Values Include

• Putting people first
• Client-centricity
• Collaboration
  
  

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