Director of AI Operations & Governance

Shield AI

Salary range

$280,000–$420,000/yr

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Technical AI/ML Ownership:

  • Evaluate, benchmark, and fine-tune ML and generative AI models in production.
  • Partner with data science and ML engineering teams on model performance and drift detection.
  • Maintain technical fluency in prompt engineering and retrieval-augmented generation.

AI Sustainment & Governance:

  • Manage AI licenses, monitor usage, and optimize allocations for cost visibility.
  • Own support tickets and lead continuous evaluations of AI tools and models.
  • Maintain security outlook, coordinate patches, and design auditability frameworks.

Leadership & Strategy:

  • Build and develop a team of AI operations professionals and contractors.
  • Set strategic direction with a multi-quarter roadmap and budget.
  • Provide regular updates to senior leadership on adoption metrics and risk.

Shield AI

Shield AI builds autonomous systems for defense and aerospace. As a growing company, it emphasizes a culture of innovation and technical rigor, seeking leaders to operationalize AI governance.

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