IMO Health · 7 months ago
Sr. Manager, NLP - AI Engineering
Rosemont, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$165K/yr - $223K/yr
10+ years expIMO Health is a clinical data intelligence business at the heart of a digital revolution in healthcare. As the Sr. Manager, NLP – AI Engineering, you will lead a team to advance Natural Language Processing and Generative AI capabilities, impacting healthcare solutions nationwide.
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Responsibilities
Lead and scale a high-performing team of NLP engineers and applied scientists, instilling a culture of technical excellence, curiosity, and impact
Define and drive the strategic vision for NLP and Generative AI initiatives across IMO’s internal tools and client-facing products
Mentor and develop team members through structured feedback, goal setting, and tailored growth paths to support long-term career advancement
Provide hands-on technical leadership across architecture design, system scalability, and performance optimization for high-throughput NLP systems
Drive innovation by applying advanced NLP techniques—including LLMs, AI agents, semantic analysis, and predictive modeling—to complex healthcare problems
Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Clinical Informatics to identify, scope, and deliver high-impact NLP-driven features and tools
Oversee model deployment in production environments, implementing robust MLOps pipelines, CI/CD workflows, and monitoring frameworks
Establish and refine team OKRs, implement Agile best practices, and promote strong documentation and reproducibility standards
Stay on the forefront of NLP research and GenAI advancements, bringing new insights into team strategy and solution design
Champion best practices in responsible AI, ensuring ethical, explainable, and equitable applications of language technologies in healthcare
Qualification
Required
Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, NLP, or a related field
10+ years of experience in AI/ML and NLP, with proven success delivering production-grade NLP solutions
5+ years of leadership experience, managing NLP or data science teams in a fast-paced, innovative environment
Strong domain experience in healthcare or life sciences, with a deep understanding of industry-specific data, standards, and challenges
Demonstrated expertise in applying modern NLP and LLMs (e.g., GPT-4, LLaMA 3, Claude) to real-world use cases
Advanced proficiency in Python and the ML/NLP ecosystem (e.g., Hugging Face, PyTorch, spaCy, Transformers)
Proven track record of designing and scaling distributed systems and high-volume transactional applications
Deep experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), MLOps tools (SageMaker, Lambda, Airflow), and infrastructure-as-code frameworks
Success managing global or distributed teams, with a focus on inclusion, accountability, and continuous improvement
Strong communication, planning, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence technical direction across departments
Preferred
Prior experience in healthcare NLP use cases, such as clinical text extraction, terminology normalization, or medical coding
Contributions to open-source projects, academic publications, or industry research collaborations
Company
IMO Health
IMO Health is a clinical data intelligence business at the heart of a digital revolution in healthcare.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
unknownKey Investors
Ascension VenturesWarburg Pincus
2022-03-31Acquired
2017-02-17Series Unknown
2016-10-10Private Equity
Leadership Team
Ann Barnes
Chief Executive Officer
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