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Solstice Advanced Materials · 1 day ago

Sr AI Manager

Morris Plains, NJ

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$190K/yr - $220K/yr

10+ years exp

Solstice Advanced Materials is a leading global specialty materials company that advances science for smarter outcomes. As a Sr. AI Manager, you will lead the delivery of end-to-end AI initiatives across the enterprise, focusing on responsible AI practices and collaboration to enhance operational efficiency and strategic outcomes.

ElectronicsHeating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC)ManufacturingSemiconductor

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Manage delivery and support operations for Gen AI and AI, supervising AI initiatives considering user needs, new capabilities, and tech advancements

Oversee Gen AI, Classical AI, Data Science and Automation initiatives across Enterprise functions such as Supply Chain, Finance, Commercial, Customer Experience, Legal, HR and others

Manage and govern AI, GenAI models, AI Apps through experimentation and production lifecycles with MLOPs, LLMOps, AI Gateway and AI Observability tools

Accelerate Applied Gen AI Initiatives with creating a rapid iteration loop from idea to execution in line with responsible AI principles. Guide and steer Corporate AI Risk Council balancing risk, compliance and speed for Gen AI adoption

Drive evaluation & observability first mindset bringing Gen AI reliability to the center stage. Strategize around creating a robust data flywheel ensuring a roadmap for continuous learning systems

Effectively use Gen AI to drive efficiency and optimization throughout the enterprise ecosystem. Collaborate with fellow Data Engineers and Analysts ensuring Data, Analytics and AI strategies share a common vision

Provide technical guidance on AI portfolio & strategy, effort sizing & estimation, as well as build vs buy vs wait decisions

Effectively communicate by simplifying AI concepts for a diverse range of stakeholders

Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture, Security to help establish standards, frameworks and reference implementations for compound AI systems bringing clarity on classification aware data use and safe AI/Gen AI practices

Translate and align key research advancements in AI into actionable strategy for Solstice Advanced Materials, pushing the envelope with state of art, enterprise ready AI solutions

Qualification

AIPythonMLOpsAI GovernanceSQLAzure AI SearchAI/ML PlatformsData EngineeringDeep LearningTeam ManagementCommunication SkillsProblem SolvingCollaborationOwnership

Required

A master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Applied Mathematics or related field

Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in AI and Analytics, with a demonstrated track record of production grade enterprise-scale application development

Expert-level proficiency in Python, SQL with hands-on knowledge of modern data engineering tools and practices

Foundational understanding of AI concepts like Self-attention, Transformer architecture, Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback, Deep Learning, MCP etc

Prior experience with Azure AI Search, Qdrant, Postgres Vector or similar vector databases

Due to compliance with U.S. export control laws and regulations, candidate must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, or have asylum or refugee status in the U.S

Preferred

Experience managing high-performing engineering teams and mentoring junior engineers in complex technical environments

AI & Advanced Analytics: Hands-on experience with AI/ML platforms (Azure OpenAI, Databricks, MLOps) and implementing enterprise-scale machine learning solutions

Experience implementing end-to-end AI & Gen AI solutions especially around RAG, Graph RAG systems or similar semantic search systems

Preference alignment or Supervised Fine Tuning of LLMs

Large scale data preparation for training LLMs

Experiment design or evaluation dataset creation for optimizing AI models

Predictive, forecasting or timeseries AI/ML models

AI/ML Framework such as Pytorch, TensorFlow or Scikit Learn

AI Agent/Workflow Framework such as Langchain, Langgraph, CrewAI, OpenAI SDK, Semantic Kernel

Strong ability to translate complex AI concepts to business stakeholders and drive consensus across diverse teams

Experience and domain knowledge of enterprise systems of records such as SAP for ERP, Salesforce for CRM and associated E2E processes etc

Background in enterprise domains such as Commercial, Finance, Supply Chain, Customer Experience and others

Prior publication record in top tier journals or conferences such as NeurIPS, AAAI, EMNLP, MICA or similar

Experience with AI Reliability, Trust and Safety, Responsible AI governance frameworks

Advanced experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices, Terraform/Bicep, Docker/Kubernetes, and cloud-native architecture in enterprise environments

Working knowledge of languages such as Spark, Scala, Rust, C#, Java or similar

Familiarity with IT Operations, ITIL practices and other service management frameworks

Ownership and Pride in your work and willingness to work in a diverse, cross-functional environment