PWC

AI Engineer / Data Scientist, AI Sr. Manager

PWC • $119K — $299K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred.
  • Minimum of 6 years of relevant experience in AI and data science.
  • Proven expertise in AI implementation and complex data analysis.
  • Strong programming skills and experience with data modeling.
  • Experience managing data infrastructure and integration projects.
  • Ability to lead cross-functional teams in AI deployment and monitoring.
  • Excellent communication skills for translating technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design and development of AI and machine learning solutions.
  • Transform raw data into actionable insights for decision-making.
  • Design and optimize algorithms and systems for automation.
  • Manage complex data analysis to enhance data quality.
  • Implement data modeling techniques for robust client solutions.
  • Collaborate with teams to validate outcomes and incorporate client feedback.
  • Direct teams through challenges while maintaining composure in ambiguity.
  • Set strategy and quality standards for evaluating AI system performance.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • 401k retirement plan with company match.
  • Generous holiday and vacation policies.
  • Personal and family sick leave.
  • Annual discretionary bonus eligibility.
Full Job Description
Industry/Sector
Not Applicable

Specialism
Assurance

Management Level
Senior Manager

Job Description & Summary

The Opportunity

As part of the AI Engineering team within the Digital Assurance & Technology team, you will play a pivotal role in transforming raw data into actionable insights, enabling informed decision-making and driving business growth. Within our Assurance practice, you will focus on developing and implementing advanced AI and machine learning solutions to drive innovation and enhance business processes. Your work will involve designing and optimizing algorithms, models, and systems to enable intelligent decision-making and automation. You will set direction and quality standards across work streams and teams for testing and evaluation of AI-enabled systems, technical evidence and control effectiveness, and reusable capabilities that support responsible, reliable AI deployment across multiple teams.

As a Senior Manager, you will leverage your skills and professional network to deliver quality results. You will motivate and coach others, collaborating to solve complex problems. With increased autonomy, you will apply sound judgment, recognizing when to take action and when to escalate. Your ability to develop and sustain diverse and inclusive teams, along with your commitment to excellence, contributes to the success of our firm.

In this role, you will lead large projects and innovate processes, focusing on achieving results and maintaining operational excellence. You will interact with clients at a strategic level, driving overall project success. Your influence and skills will be crucial in crafting clear, impactful messages and applying systems thinking to identify underlying problems and opportunities.

Responsibilities

- Leading the design and development of advanced AI and machine learning solutions to drive innovation and enhance business processes

- Transforming raw data into actionable insights to support informed decision-making and business growth

- Designing and optimizing algorithms, models, and systems for intelligent decision-making and automation

- Managing complex data analysis and integration to improve data quality and infrastructure

- Implementing data modeling techniques to support robust data solutions for clients

- Collaborating with teams to validate outcomes with clients and incorporate feedback into project development

- Directing teams through complex challenges, maintaining composure in ambiguous situations

- Initiating coaching conversations to develop and sustain high-performing, diverse, and inclusive teams

- Setting strategy and quality standards for evaluating AI system behavior, performance, robustness, bias, explainability, and failure modes.

- Establishing standards for reviewing technical controls and evidence, and documenting defensible findings, limitations, and recommendations.

- Directing the development of reusable evaluation tools, automated testing, reference datasets, monitoring capabilities, and evidence workflows across teams.

What You Must Have

- At least a Bachelor's degree

- At least 6 years of experience

What Sets You Apart

- Preference for at least one of the following fields of study: Analytics/Data Science, Artificial Intelligence/Robotics, Computer Science/Information Systems, Engineering

- Demonstrating advanced skills in AI implementation and complex data analysis

- Utilizing programming languages and data modeling for innovative solutions

- Excelling in managing data infrastructure and integration projects

- Applying deep learning and machine learning techniques effectively

- Leading teams through complex data-driven projects with strategic advising

- Leading cross-functional teams responsible for production AI deployment, monitoring, evaluation, and incident response

- Establishing rigorous evaluation standards covering failure modes, bias, drift, hallucinations, explainability, and guardrails

- Guiding architecture trade-offs and developing methods to measure and communicate technical and business outcomes across AI initiatives

- Translating technical findings, limitations, and architecture trade-offs for executive clients and non-technical stakeholders

- Developing technical leaders and managers across teams

Travel Requirements
Up to 20%

Job Posting End Date

The salary range for this position is: $119,000 - $299,930. For residents of Washington state the salary range for this position is: $119,000 - $337,000. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. All hired individuals are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, personal and family sick leave, and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance

About PWC

PwC is a multinational professional services network of firms headquartered in London, United Kingdom, operating as partnerships under the PwC brand. PwC ranks as the second-largest professional services network in the world and is considered one of the Big Four accounting firms, along with Deloitte, EY and KPMG. PwC firms operate in 157 countries, 742 locations, with 276,000 people. As of 2020, 26% of the workforce worked in the Americas, 26% in Asia, 32% in Western Europe, 5% in Middle East and Africa and 11% in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
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284,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1998

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