Data Scientist, Specialist

Vanguard is a company focused on the long-term financial wellbeing of its clients. They are seeking a Data Scientist, Specialist to solve business problems using AI, design and build AI solutions, and ensure responsible AI practices while collaborating with various teams.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with business stakeholders to identify, frame, and prioritize high‑value problems that can be addressed using Agentic AI, LLMs, and NLP
• Translate business needs into clear AI use cases, success metrics, and delivery plans
• Focus on business outcomes, not just model performance
• Architect and develop agentic AI systems that can reason, plan, and take actions across tools, workflows, and data sources
• Design multi‑agent and tool‑augmented LLM solutions to automate complex, multi‑step processes
• Ensure solutions are reliable, explainable, and governed for enterprise use
• Collaborate with engineering teams to deploy AI solutions with scalability, security, and performance in mind
• Implement evaluation, monitoring, and guardrails for LLM and agentic systems, including bias, drift, and failure modes
• Align solutions with enterprise risk management, compliance, and responsible AI standards
• Act as a trusted AI advisor, helping teams understand where Agentic AI and LLMs add value—and where they do not
• Contribute to AI best practices, reusable patterns, and strategic direction
• Mentor peers and teammates on applied AI and business‑driven problem solving