Modelling Data Scientist, Vice President AI Labs

Blackrock

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
New York, NY
Salary
$167,500–$225,000 / yr
Posted
22 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Similar $171k
This role $196k
$115k most similar roles pay here $237k

This role pays more than 65% of similar roles. Most pay $126,800–$214,625 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $196k versus about $171k for comparable roles.

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About Blackrock

BlackRock is the world''s largest asset management firm, providing investment management, risk management, and advisory services to institutional and retail clients through its Aladdin technology platform. Industry: Asset Management & Financial Services

Blackrock currently has 81 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $147,500–$195,000 across 77 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Modelling Data Scientist, Vice President AI Labs

Modelling Data Scientist, Vice President - AI Labs joins the AI Labs team to solve complex financial services challenges through advanced science and engineering. You will manage the entire solution lifecycle, from initial scoping and research to productionalizing scalable systems for client, investor, and operational problems. Key responsibilities include designing and evaluating agentic workflows with multi-step reasoning, building evaluation frameworks for safety and reliability, and translating business needs into technical requirements. The role requires expertise in Python, machine learning, optimization, and statistical techniques. You will work with tools such as PyTorch, various cloud platforms, and orchestration frameworks like LangGraph or Pydantic AI to build production-grade solutions. This role addresses critical problems in investment insights, risk management, and predictive analytics by integrating generative AI and advanced modeling into the firm's core infrastructure.

What you'll do

  • Translate business needs from stakeholders into well-scoped AI and machine learning solutions.
  • Design, build, and evaluate AI agents and agentic workflows using complex datasets.
  • Rapidly prototype solutions using cutting-edge AI tools, orchestration platforms, and foundation model APIs.
  • Build production-grade solutions that are reliable, scalable, and compliant with firm-wide safety standards.
  • Develop and maintain evaluation frameworks to measure the quality, safety, and reliability of agents in production.
  • Manage the entire solution lifecycle from initial research and prototyping to final productionalization.
  • Present technical work and thought leadership to senior leaders through white papers and presentations.

What we're looking for

  • A PhD in a quantitative field and 4+ years of professional experience are required.
  • An MS degree in a quantitative field and 7+ years of professional experience in machine learning or data science are required.
  • Strong familiarity with Python programming is required.
  • A strong theoretical background and practical experience using AI, machine learning, optimization, or statistical techniques are required.
  • Experience assessing performance of machine learning methods and agentic systems through benchmark construction and metric design is required.
  • Ability to collaborate and communicate across cross-functional teams is required.
  • Depth in research areas like LLM reasoning, reinforcement learning, or quantitative optimization is preferred.
  • Academic publications, preprints, open-source contributions, and experience with specific AI frameworks or cloud platforms are preferred.

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