As part of AI&D, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to groundbreaking initiatives that shape New York Life's digital landscape. Leverage cutting-edge technologies like Generative AI to increase productivity, streamline processes, and create seamless experiences for clients, agents, and employees. Your expertise fuels innovation, agility, and growth - driving the company's success.
Position Summary
Are you passionate about the intersection of artificial intelligence, data science, and business strategy? The Strategic Insights team is expanding its capabilities to incorporate AI-driven solutions that transform decision-making, streamline operations, and unlock new value for the enterprise. As an AI Analyst, you will work on a diverse array of projects applying AI/ML techniques to areas such as customer insights, sales enablement, marketing optimization, and enterprise automation.
You will be part of a highly skilled team focused on building, scaling, and operationalizing AI capabilities across New York Life. This is a senior-level role that combines technical proficiency with strategic thinking, responsible for driving experimentation, model development, and the integration of AI into enterprise tools and processes.
This position will offer deep exposure to emerging technologies like Generative AI and large language models, while also enabling cross-functional collaboration with analytics, engineering, and business teams.
What You'll Do:
- Translate business problems into AI use cases-partnering with business leaders to understand requirements and deliver intelligent automation and insights.
- Lead AI model development and deployment using tools like Python, Hugging Face, and LLM APIs (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic).
- Prototype and fine-tune large language models (LLMs) for tasks such as summarization, recommendations, knowledge retrieval, and user interaction.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with data engineers, software developers, and product managers to integrate AI into enterprise platforms.
- Create robust data pipelines that prepare and transform data for machine learning and inference workflows.
- Develop impactful visualizations and documentation to support stakeholder communication and model explainability.
- Stay current on AI trends and contribute to enterprise thought leadership in AI/ML practices.
What You'll Bring:
- Bachelor's degree in a quantitative or technical field (e.g., Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Engineering) or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of experience in analytics or data science
- Proficiency in Python
- Experience with GenAI technologies and LLM APIs (e.g., OpenAI, Claude, Azure OpenAI)
- Strong SQL and data pipeline development skills; experience with DBT is a plus
- Hands-on experience with cloud computing (AWS preferred) and analytics environments such as Databricks
- Solid understanding of model evaluation, interpretability, and operationalization
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present technical concepts to non-technical audiences
- Comfortable navigating ambiguous problems and driving AI use cases from concept to delivery
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in a quantitative or business-related field
- Experience working in cross-functional teams across a matrixed organization
- Strong business acumen with a bias toward action and measurable outcomes
Pay Transparency
Salary Range: $121,000-$172,500
Overtime eligible: Exempt
Discretionary bonus eligible: Yes
Sales bonus eligible: No
Actual base salary will be determined based on several factors but not limited to individual's experience, skills, qualifications, and job location. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition to base salary, employees may also be eligible to participate in an incentive program.
Company Overview
At New York Life, our 180-year legacy of purpose and integrity fuels our future. As we evolve into a more technology-, data-, and AI-enabled organization, we remain grounded in the values that drive lasting impact.
Our diverse business portfolio creates opportunities to make a difference across industries and communities-inviting bold thinking, collaborative problem-solving, and purpose-driven innovation. Here, you'll find the rare balance of long-standing stability and forward momentum, supported by an inclusive team that honors tradition while embracing progress.
As a Fortune 100 mutual company, we offer a place to grow your skills, contribute to meaningful work, and deliver solutions that matter. Your ideas drive what's next, and your growth powers it.
Our Benefits
We provide a full package of benefits for employees - and have unique offerings for a modern workforce, including leave programs, adoption assistance, and student loan repayment programs. Based on feedback from our employees, we continue to refine and add benefits to our offering, so that you can flourish both inside and outside of work.Click hereto discover more about our comprehensive benefit options or visit our NYL Benefits Site.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
At New York Life, fostering an inclusive workplace is fundamental to who we are and how we serve our communities. We have a longstanding commitment to creating an environment where individuals can contribute their best and succeed together. This foundation is rooted in our core values of humanity and integrity, ensuring that every employee feels valued and supported. By embracing a broad range of perspectives and experiences, we achieve greater success and fulfill our promise of providing financial security and peace of mind to families across all communities. Click here to learn more about New York Life's leadership in this space.
Recognized as one of Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies, New York Life is committed to improving local communities through a culture of employee giving and volunteerism, supported by the Foundation. We're proud that due to our mutuality, we operate in the best interests of our policy owners. To learn more about career opportunities at New York Life, please visit the Careers page of www.NewYorkLife.com.
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Job Requisition ID: 92714
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What We Do
At New York Life, our 180-year legacy of integrity, mutuality, and financial strength fuels a future defined by bold transformation.
As the largest mutual life insurance company in the U.S., we operate on behalf of our policy owners—not shareholders. That structure allows us to take a long-term view, investing in people, purpose, and innovation that endures.
Guided by a clear enterprise vision to become a technology-, data-, and AI-powered company, we’re modernizing our platforms, rearchitecting experiences, and embedding intelligence across our products and services.
Our mission has always been about helping people through life’s most meaningful moments. Today, technology is amplifying that mission—enabling us to serve clients, advisors, and communities in more personalized, proactive ways.
With a diversified business portfolio spanning insurance, investments, retirement, group benefits, and direct-to-consumer offerings, New York Life delivers the stability of a Fortune 100 company with the agility of one that’s continuously evolving.
We’re powered by a values-led culture, inclusive teams, and a shared belief that when our people thrive, so does our company. Here, tradition fuels momentum—and your ideas, energy, and growth power what’s next.
Why Work With Us
New York Life is transforming from the inside out—blending 180 years of trust with the velocity of innovation. What makes us different is our culture: grounded in integrity, humanity, and shared success—values that show up in how we work, lead, and grow. If you want a place where innovation has purpose—build what's next with us.
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