Director of AI
Director of AI & Data Science
ServiceLink · Financial Services / Mortgage Services · 5000+ employees · 📍 Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
ServiceLink, a Fortune 300-backed mortgage services firm, is hiring a hands-on AI/Data Science Director to own the full AI lifecycle — from LLMs and agentic AI to governance and responsible deployment — as the industry accelerates toward intelligent automation.
Compensation
$250k-$300k
AI Maturity
building
Reports To
CTO
Why Role Exists
Expansion
Company Stage
enterprise
Source
linkedin
Key Responsibilities
- Own and drive the enterprise AI/data science roadmap in collaboration with business and technology stakeholders
- Lead design, prototyping, deployment, and scaling of ML, GenAI (LLMs, SLMs, RAG, Agentic AI, VLMs), NLP, computer vision, and intelligent automation
- Establish and operate AI/ML governance: use case intake, risk assessment, model validation, deployment approval, monitoring, and retirement
- Implement responsible AI practices including fairness, bias assessment, explainability, human-in-the-loop review, and audit logging
- Evaluate and govern third-party AI vendors for security, privacy, compliance, and cost effectiveness
- Translate business requirements into pragmatic, right-sized AI and analytics solutions
Requirements
- Deep expertise across ML, deep learning, generative AI (LLMs, SLMs, RAG, Agentic AI, VLMs), NLP, and computer vision
- Experience owning the full AI lifecycle from data acquisition and feature engineering through deployment and monitoring
- Proven ability to establish AI governance, responsible AI frameworks, and compliance processes
- Track record of partnering with Legal, Compliance, Risk, and InfoSec on AI deployments
- Strong stakeholder management and ability to operate as both strategic advisor and hands-on problem solver
Signals
- ⚠ No equity mentioned — subsidiary of public company likely limits upside
- ⚠ Team size not disclosed — unclear if building from scratch or inheriting a team
- ⚠ Location listed as Dallas-Fort Worth but company HQ is Pittsburgh — potential ambiguity on in-office expectations
- ⚠ Job description cuts off mid-sentence, suggesting posting was incomplete
- ✓ Explicit total compensation range of $250K–$300K posted upfront — signals seriousness and budget approval
- ✓ Backed by Fortune 300 parent (Fidelity National Financial) — enterprise resources and stability
- ✓ Broad and modern AI mandate including Agentic AI, VLMs, and RAG — genuine technical ambition
- ✓ Strong governance and responsible AI emphasis signals organizational maturity and long-term commitment
- ✓ Entrepreneurial culture language combined with enterprise scale — meaningful autonomy potential