[Hiring] AI/ML Technical Manager @SOLVENTUM

Role Description

As an AI/ML Technical Manager, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Leading and developing a multidisciplinary AI/ML technical team, including AI engineers and data engineers, with accountability for hiring, onboarding, career growth, technical skill development, performance coaching, and day-to-day people leadership in a global delivery environment.
• Serving as a hands-on technical leader by architecting, designing, and guiding development of AI/ML solutions from problem framing and feasibility assessment through proof of concept, pilot, production deployment, monitoring, and lifecycle management.
• Applying traditional machine learning and modern AI techniques, including deep learning, statistical modeling, large language models, generative AI, retrieval-augmented generation, and agentic AI systems, to solve complex, ambiguous, and novel business problems.
• Partnering with product managers, engineers, data scientists, platform teams, business stakeholders, and enterprise architecture to define scope, technical approach, success metrics, deployment requirements, integration needs, and adoption plans for AI-enabled solutions.
• Building scalable, reliable, and maintainable AI systems with rigorous model evaluation practices focused on performance, generalization, robustness, fairness, explainability, data quality, edge cases, human review points, and responsible AI principles.
• Ensuring AI solutions align with enterprise documentation, governance, privacy, security, compliance, and regulatory expectations while communicating technical strategy, tradeoffs, risks, milestones, and business outcomes clearly to senior and executive stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science or a related technical field AND 10 years of job related experience.
• 8+ years of experience working in AI/ML roles, with a track record of delivering production AI solutions.
• 3+ years of experience managing and developing technical teams.
• Professional proficiency in English required, with regular collaboration across global teams.
• Strong foundation in traditional AI and machine learning techniques, such as deep learning, decision trees, random forests, optimization techniques and statistical modeling.
• Hands-on experience with modern AI approaches, including large language models (LLMs) and transformer architectures, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems, Agentic AI and autonomous or semi-autonomous AI architectures.

Requirements

• Advanced degree (e.g., Master’s or PhD) in artificial intelligence, machine learning, or related field.
• History of launching multiple AI products/programs in parallel, particularly in global or regulated industries (e.g., healthcare, medtech).
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary AI research and development teams that innovate at the forefront of the field.
• Familiarity with cloud-native AI/ML platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS, GCP) and the ability to evaluate and integrate external AI technologies or vendors.
• Success in driving end-to-end process improvements and operational excellence across complex programs.
• Proven ability to lead, motivate and develop diverse technical teams.

Benefits

• Solventum offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially.
• To ensure competitive pay and benefits, Solventum regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.