AVP Applied AI, Small Business
Core
Leads data science, traditional machine learning, and agentic AI capabilities supporting The Hartford's Business Insurance to deliver scalable, production-ready models and AI-driven decision systems for complex risks and bespoke products.
Role type
Senior IC Applied AI Portfolio Lead (AVP)
Builds
Production-ready AI models and decision systems for Business Insurance specialty markets
Domain
Insurance / Applied AI / Regulated Enterprise
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Leading large complex AI portfolios in regulated environments, team leadership and succession planning, AI governance and model risk management, unstructured data and retrieval strategies (RAG, embeddings, OCR), portfolio-level technical direction and architectural oversight, translating strategy into multi-year investment plans, executive-level communication of technical trade-offs
Preferred skills
Master's or Ph.D. in ML/Data Science/CS, experience with generative and agentic AI, familiarity with hybrid and dense retrieval patterns
Technologies
Generative AI, Agentic AI, RAG, Retrieval-augmented systems, OCR, Embeddings, Hybrid retrieval, Dense retrieval, Reranking
Responsibilities
Own delivery and risk outcomes for large Applied AI portfolios, ensure solutions meet security and fairness standards, lead and develop high-performing teams of AI scientists, provide portfolio-level technical direction and governance, evaluate architectural choices and operational risk signals, oversee evaluation and monitoring practices across the portfolio, align AI delivery with business outcomes through partnership with senior leaders, oversee portfolio-level planning and financial stewardship
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities
