Mgr, Commercial Data Analytics AIML

Aortic stenosis impacts millions of people globally yet it oftenremainsunder-diagnosed and under-treated. Edwards groundbreaking work in transcatheter aortic heart valve replacement (TAVR) pioneered an innovative life-changing solution for patients by offering heart valve replacement without the need for open heart surgery. Our Transcatheter Heart Valve (THV) business unit continues to partner with cardiologists and clinical teams to transform patient care with devices supported by clinical driving force to help patients live longer and healthier lives. Join us and be part of our inspiring journey.

As a Manager Commercial Data Analytics AI/ML you will infuse advanced AI and ML expertise into our analytics ecosystem by establishing technical leadership defining AI strategy and driving execution to accelerate insight generation & elevate our analytical capabilities.

This role will be onsite at our Irvine CA HQ.

How youll make an impact:

• Serve as the teams AI SME guiding strategy best practices and technical direction.
• Identify and prioritize high impact AI opportunities across analytics workflows.
• Determine operational feasibility by evaluating analysis problem definition requirements solution design and proposed technical approaches
• Establish standards for model development evaluation documentation and governance.
• Lead the design development and deployment of AI solutions at scale in partnership with business SMEs data scientists and engineering teams.
• Ensure successful delivery of end to end AI/ML initiatives accountable for project scope and milestones.
• Mentor and upskill analysts engineers and business teams on AI/ML concepts and tooling.
• Develop productionize and operationalize ML/LLM models
• Collaborate with data engineering to build and maintain robust data/model pipelines for training testing serving and monitoring ML/LLM models.
• Improve model efficiency cost scalability and reliability.
• Perform feature engineering experimentation validation and performance monitoring
• Build and deploy generative AI tools for defined business use cases
• Prototype evaluate and tune LLM based agents for self serve analytics and knowledge retrieval
• Implement governance (RBAC guardrails audit logs)
• Stay current with GenAI and traditional ML research and incorporate advancements into our roadmap.
• Collaborate with analytics engineering and business SMEs to ensure solutions drive measurable value.
• Ensure models and code are well documented and adhere to engineering best practices.
• Bring a self-driven curious mindset to the team; proactively identify opportunities to improve processes challenge existing approaches and drive innovation.

What youll need (Required):

• Bachelors Degree in related field with 8 years of pervious related work experience or equivalent work experience based on Edwards criteria or
• Masters Degree with 6 years of pervious related work experience or equivalent work experience based on Edwards criteria
• Clinical experience (e.g. cardiology clinics) or equivalent work experience based on Edwards criteria

What else we look for (Preferred):

• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python Java C or similar
• Experience with deploying AI/ML models to production systems
• Experience with AWS or Cloud Infrastructure Services
• Experience in a leadership or senior technical role driving AI/ML strategy.
• Solid experience with version control systems (Git) and agile development methodologies
• Experience with ML frameworks and libraries like TensorFlow PyTorch Keras Scikit-Learn or similar frameworks
• Solid experience with deep learning techniques (e.g. CNNs RNNs GANs etc.).
• Familiarity with healthcare claims EHR or commercial datasets
• Extensive troubleshooting/debugging skills
• Excellent analytical detail-oriented organized and information seeking skills
• Excellent organization and time management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills including negotiating and relationship management skills with ability to drive achievement of objectives
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and work towards long-term goals
• Strict attention to detail
• Ability to interact professionally with all organizational levels
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast paced environment
• Adhere to all company rules and requirements (e.g. pandemic protocols Environmental Health & Safety rules) and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/control

Aligning our overall business objectives with performance we offer competitive salaries performance-based incentives and a wide variety of benefits programs to address the diverse individual needs of our employees and their families.

For California (CA)the base pay range for this position is $121000 to $171000 (highly experienced).

The pay for the successful candidate will depend on various factors (e.g. qualifications education prior experience).Applications will be accepted while this position is posted on our Careers website.

Edwards is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer including protected Veterans and individuals with disabilities.

COVID Vaccination Requirement

Edwards is committed to protecting our vulnerable patients and the healthcare providers who are treating them. As such all patient-facing and in-hospital positions require COVID-19 vaccination. If hired into a covered role as a condition of employment you will be required to submit proof that you have been vaccinated for COVID-19 unless you request and are granted a medical or religious accommodation for exemption from the vaccination requirement. This vaccination requirement does not apply in locations where it is prohibited by law to impose vaccination.