Davies North America

Lead Associate - Data / AI

Davies North America  •  Pune, IN (Onsite)  •  1 day ago
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Job Description

Lead Associate - Data / AI

Department: IT

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Pune


Imagine being part of a team that's not just shaping the future but actively driving it. At Davies, we're at the forefront of innovation and excellence, blending cutting-edge technology with top-tier professional services. As a vital part of the global Davies Group, we help businesses navigate risk, optimize operations, and spearhead transformation in the insurance and regulated sectors.

Key Responsibilities

We're on the lookout for a full-time Machine Learning Technical Lead. This role provides technical leadership for AI, machine learning, and advanced analytics initiatives while guiding engineers, data scientists, and business stakeholders from concept through production.
  • Lead the design, development, deployment, and monitoring of machine learning and generative AI solutions across the organization.
  • Define enterprise standards, architecture patterns, MLOps practices, and model governance frameworks.
  • Partner with business leaders to identify high-value use cases and translate them into scalable AI solutions.
  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship to data scientists, ML engineers, analytics teams, and developers.
  • Oversee model lifecycle management including feature engineering, training, evaluation, deployment, drift monitoring, and retraining.
  • Build and optimize machine learning pipelines using Azure, Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, Python, and related technologies.
  • Ensure security, compliance, explainability, and responsible AI principles are embedded into all solutions.
  • Collaborate with executive leadership to create AI roadmaps and measure business outcomes.
  • Present technical concepts, recommendations, and results to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Engineering, or related field; Master's degree preferred.
  • 7+ years of experience in data science, machine learning, analytics, or software engineering roles.
  • 3+ years of leadership experience managing technical teams or leading complex AI initiatives.
  • Deep expertise in machine learning algorithms, predictive modeling, NLP, LLMs, and generative AI technologies.
  • Strong proficiency in Python, SQL, and cloud-based data platforms.
  • Hands-on experience with Azure AI Services, Azure Machine Learning, Microsoft Fabric, and Power BI.
  • Experience implementing MLOps, CI/CD, model monitoring, and production-grade ML solutions.
  • Excellent technical writing, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and strategic thinking capabilities.
Davies North America

About Davies North America

We deliver professional services and technology solutions across the risk and insurance market, including claims, underwriting, distribution, regulation, customer experience, human capital, digital transformation and change management. 

 

Our global team of more than 8,000 professionals operate across the UK, Ireland, Bermuda, the U.S., Canada, Spain, Switzerland, and India, providing specialist solutions to more than 1,000 highly regulated and global clients - helping them to manage risk, operate their core business processes, transform, and grow. 

Davies U.S. is dedicated to bringing this breadth of insurance sector services to America and is quickly expanding. We provide valuable integrated claims capability and resources, operational and consulting solutions for the insurance market, and innovative InsurTech. 

Industry
Finance & Insurance
Company Size
501-1,000 employees
Headquarters
Lakewood Ranch, Florida
Year Founded
1984
Website
davies-group.com
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