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As part of our Data & Analytics organization, you’ll unlock trusted insights that drive bold decisions, power personalized customer experiences, and deliver lasting business impact. We’re building the future of data - one that’s governed responsibly, engineered for scalability, and designed for growth. When you join us, you’re not just supporting the business - you’re empowering it. Let’s transform insight into impact and data into action, together.\n\nThe Opportunity\nThe AVP, Data Science is a senior leader within MetLife’s Enterprise Data Science & AI function, reporting to the Head of Data Science & AI, and is responsible for driving the delivery and enterprise adoption of data science, machine learning (ML), and generative AI solutions across the company’s global businesses and functions. The AVP oversees two areas, Applied Data Science and Enterprise AI Capabilities, and leads a team of 6-8 data scientists and ML engineers.\nThe AVP partners with business leaders and regional data officers to identify and deliver high-value use cases that support growth, profitability, and operational efficiency, and ensures solutions scale beyond pilots into production, where they are adopted and monitored. In parallel, the AVP builds reusable, production-grade AI capabilities, with the standards and practices that help regions move faster, with more consistency and quality, working closely with data engineering, technology, risk, and governance partners.\nMetLife has a strong foundation in data science and a clear opportunity to turn it into enterprise-wide impact. The AVP is a change leader as much as a technical leader: a hands-on expert in statistical modeling, ML, and generative AI who earns credibility with experienced data scientists and regional leaders, leads through influence in a federated, global organization, and brings a product mindset focused on user experience and tangible business impact. The AVP balances innovation and creative problem solving with operational rigor and responsible AI in a regulated environment.\n\nKey Responsibilities\nLead the delivery of data science, ML, and AI solutions across key business areas, from problem definition through deployment and ongoing performance monitoring, with accountability for adoption and measurable business impact.\nPartner with business leaders and regional data officers to identify, prioritize, and execute high-impact AI use cases tied to growth, profitability, and operational efficiency.\nApply a product approach to AI solutions: define users, adoption, and value measures up front, deliver a strong user experience, and ensure solutions are used, supported, and improved after launch.\nApply advanced statistical modeling, ML, and generative AI techniques to complex business problems, choosing the right method for each decision and translating insights into clear, actionable recommendations.\nDrive experimentation and innovation through pilots and proofs of value, with a clear path to scale successful solutions across the enterprise or stop those that do not earn adoption.\nCollaborate with data engineering, technology, and platform teams to build and scale enterprise-grade MLOps / AIOps capabilities, including model development, deployment, and monitoring.\nPromote the reuse and standardization of models, data assets, and AI components across regions and teams to improve speed, consistency, and quality.\nContribute to the Data Science & AI Center of Excellence and communities of practice: share best practices, standards, and reusable tools, and encourage knowledge sharing and adoption of modern approaches across regions.\nPartner with risk, legal, and governance teams so that AI solutions meet regulatory, ethical, and data protection requirements, and build to model governance standards for performance monitoring, fairness, transparency, and reliability.\nLead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of data scientists and ML engineers, focused on delivering impact in production, and foster a collaborative, high-accountability culture of continuous learning, innovation, and results.\nServe as a trusted partner to the Head of Data Science & AI: help shape priorities and the roadmap, represent the function with regional leaders and business partners, and communicate progress, value, and risks to senior stakeholders.\n\nRequired Qualifications\nSenior technical leader with 10+ years of significant experience delivering data science, ML, and AI solutions, and expert-level proficiency in statistical modeling, ML, and generative AI. \nFamiliarity with MLOps / AIOps and modern technology stacks, including the model lifecycle (deployment, monitoring, retraining), cloud ML platforms, and evaluation of generative AI.\nApplied technology transformation delivery with measured business outcomes, including moving solutions from pilot to scaled production.\nStrong product mindset, with an orientation to user experience and tangible business impact, balanced by innovation and creative problem solving.\nStrong (4+ years) people leadership experience: coaching, developing, and leading a team effectively.\nSkilled in stakeholder management, with the ability to communicate with and influence senior business and technology leaders across a complex, global environment.\nDegree in a quantitative or technical field required; Master’s degree preferred.\n\nPreferred Qualifications\nModel governance experience, and delivering AI/ML solutions in a regulated industry such as insurance or financial services.\nExperience operating at global Fortune 500 scale and complexity.\nLocation Expectation: This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 3 days per week in office.\nThe expected salary range for this position is $190,000 - $230,000. 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