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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Manager, Artificial Intelligence Operations - **Company:** Bread Financial - **Location:** Columbus, OH, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $133,500.0 - $241,900.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Data Analysis, Information Engineering, DevOps, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Release Management, Software Engineering, Large Language Models, Generative AI, Information Technology, Devsecops, Databricks - **Published:** July 17, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.jofdav.com/jobs/58884022-manager-artificial-intelligence-operations ## About the Role * Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, Data Science, Computer Science, Economics, or equivalent, relevant work experience * 5+ years of experience in AI Ops, ML engineering, data science, data engineering, DevOps, analytics, or related fields. * 3+ years of experience leading project(s), mentoring and/or coaching experience, demonstrated subject matter expert in department., * Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, Data Science, Computer Science. * 8+ years of experience in AI Ops, ML engineering, data science, data engineering, DevOps, analytics, or related fields. * Experience building or supporting enterprise - scale generative AI solutions, including LLM - based applications and high - volume production use cases. * Background working in highly regulated industries (financial services preferred) with strong familiarity in data privacy, governance, and compliance requirements for AI/ML. * Demonstrated ability to improve and mature AI/ML operational processes, streamline workflows, and drive efficiency while partnering across onshore/offshore teams. Skills * Artificial Intelligence Technologies * AWS Cloud Computing * Databricks Platform * DevSecOps * Machine Learning Techniques * Python (Programming Language) * Researching New Technologies * Software Engineering Principles Reports To: Senior Manager and above Direct Reports: 2 - 5 Work Environment * Normal office environment. Required to work onsite, full-time within 60 miles of a posted Bread Financial location. May require additional work hours during evenings, weekends or holidays to support production applications. Travel * Ability to travel up to 5% quarterly ## Description Every career journey is personal. That's why we empower you with the tools and support to create your own success story., The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Operations Manager role will manage the design and implementation of productionized AI solutions to solve business problems. This role will work closely with our data science teams to enable the integration of AI/Machine Learning (ML) models into business processes. These solutions will be scalable, resilient, and secure. This role will manage projects that maintain CI/CD pipelines, productionize models (ML/DL/LLM), and develop integration code needed to deploy AI solutions., * Provide managerial leadership to the AI Ops team, drive delivery of productionized Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions, manage team goals, mentor staff, and recruit top talent. - (35%) * Lead AI Operations associates, partner with data science teams on solution delivery, lead discovery & solution design, and ensure successful delivery of monitoring and maintenance of AI solutions. - (35%) * Guide adherence to compliance, security, and governance processes. - (20%) * Partner with Release Management, Infrastructure, DevOps, etc. to ensure smooth and successful deployments. - (10%) ## Related Videos - [Agentic employees in world's most downloaded FinTech app](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100123-agentic-employees-in-world-s-most-downloaded-fintech-app) - [Cutting LLM Costs Without Cutting Quality: How to Beat Proprietary LLMs with Fine-Tuned Open Source](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100151-cutting-llm-costs-without-cutting-quality-how-to-beat-proprietary-llms-with-fine-tuned-open-source) - [DevSecOps: Injecting Security into Mobile CI/CD Pipelines](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/273-devsecops-injecting-security-into-mobile-ci-cd-pipelines) - [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100018-from-devops-to-scaled-devops-how-we-re-rebuilding-continuous-delivery-as-a-platform) - [OLTP in the Lakehouse: Redefining Data for AI Workloads](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2038-oltp-in-the-lakehouse-redefining-data-for-ai-workloads) - [DevSecOps: Security in DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/36-devsecops-security-in-devops) ## Related Articles - [What Industries Outside of AI Are Hiring The Most AI Experts?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/98-what-industries-outside-of-ai-are-hiring-the-most-ai-experts) - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [Coffee with Developers - Maria Apazoglou - Making AI understandable for all in production](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/475-coffee-with-developers-maria-apazoglou-making-ai-understandable-for-all-in-production) - [MLOps And AI Driven Development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/82-mlops-and-ai-driven-development) - [MLOps – What’s the deal behind it?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/125-mlops-what-s-the-deal-behind-it) - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift)