Top Senior Machine Learning Jobs in Des Moines, IA

Leads the credit risk data science function across underwriting, fraud, loss forecasting, profitability, and portfolio analytics. Owns the model development roadmap and lifecycle, including development, deployment, monitoring, governance, validation, and regulatory readiness. Manages and mentors data science talent, establishes technical standards, partners with cross-functional teams, and translates business objectives into scalable analytical solutions. Guides responsible AI adoption and communicates model performance, risks, and recommendations to senior leadership.

Lead the data science function, owning machine learning strategy, predictive models, healthcare analytics, DBT data marts, and executive dashboards. Analyze claims, eligibility, pharmacy, EMR, HIE, clinical, and operational data to identify high-risk patients, evaluate clinical interventions, and improve patient and provider engagement using AI and LLMs. Collaborate with clinical, operations, and technology teams while leading data science staff in a fast-growing healthcare organization.

Manage client relationships throughout implementation and ongoing support, serving as the primary client contact. Oversee KPIs, operational metrics, strategic planning, project execution, and client goal attainment. Translate client needs into platform opportunities, represent customer feedback to Product and Engineering, and develop case studies and success materials. The role requires healthcare client success or account management experience, strong communication, project leadership, and knowledge of medication management and healthcare quality measures.

Own end-to-end client relationships for a book of B2B SaaS customers: drive adoption, engagement, retention, and expansion of AI-powered contract drafting tools. Lead onboarding, training, large-scale rollouts, and translate customer feedback into product improvements while designing scalable CS processes and tracking health metrics to demonstrate value.

Design and operate large-scale, AI-native cloud infrastructure (especially Kubernetes/AKS). Improve service quality, automate incident prevention/remediation, accelerate engineering productivity, and integrate AI tools into development workflows.

Own customer-facing AI and data engagements from discovery through production launch. Define business value, MVPs, success criteria, and product requirements; prioritize engineering backlogs; lead technical discovery, architecture reviews, agile delivery, testing, production readiness, launch, adoption, and strategic handoff. Build C-suite relationships, translate business needs into technical requirements, resolve delivery risks, and identify future high-value opportunities.

Design and implement automated testing frameworks for data platforms, pipelines, distributed processing systems, and machine learning workflows. Develop strategies for data quality, schema integrity, drift, model accuracy, bias, regression, performance, and resilience. Investigate production failures, conduct exploratory testing, embed continuous validation into delivery processes, collaborate across engineering and data teams, and mentor junior SDETs.

Own the strategy, roadmap, and execution of Dave’s promotions and engagement products. Lead ML-driven personalization, experimentation, promotion targeting, app engagement surfaces, and retention initiatives. Partner closely with Engineering, Data Science, Marketing, Operations, Growth, and senior leadership to deliver measurable outcomes. The role requires quantitative rigor, product judgment, technical fluency, and experience building engagement, retention, or loyalty programs in high-volume B2C technology environments.

Conduct computational discovery and optimization of rare-earth-lean and rare-earth-free permanent magnets. Execute DFT and multiscale simulations, develop machine-learning workflows and interatomic potentials, generate high-throughput materials data, and connect atomistic predictions to microstructure and manufacturing processes. Collaborate with experimental teams to validate models, contribute to publications, patents, project planning, and technical presentations, and support junior researchers.

Build and operate scalable cloud data pipelines, warehouses, transformation layers, and ML production systems. Lead data infrastructure architecture, warehouse performance optimization, DataOps monitoring, CI/CD improvements, data quality testing, and large-scale data product delivery. Collaborate across teams, promote data stewardship, and support batch and streaming pipelines while deploying, serving, and monitoring machine learning models.

Leads end-to-end data architecture, engineering pipelines, semantic-layer development, data quality, monitoring, and platform operations. Manages agile sprint planning, release delivery, DevOps metrics, and cross-functional project plans. Establishes MLOps and machine-learning platform capabilities, mentors data engineers, manages team members, and ensures reliable, well-governed data solutions for business intelligence and reporting.

Leads end-to-end data architecture, engineering pipelines, ETL, data modeling, quality monitoring, and Tableau BI platform operations. Partners with stakeholders to define requirements, manage project plans, lead agile sprints, and deliver reliable data solutions. Establishes governance, security, performance, and continuous improvement practices while developing AI-enabled analytics capabilities. Mentors data engineers and manages team performance, documentation, dependencies, and delivery across multiple workstreams.

The Senior Data Scientist will analyze data to drive product strategy, optimize performance, and support product launches, collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Lead Amazon performance marketing strategy and execution, manage Sponsored Ads and DSP, collaborate with agencies and cross-functional teams, optimize campaigns and budgets, analyze performance with AMC/analytics, and measure commercial impact to drive ROAS and customer acquisition.

Owns US customer and commercial operations for a healthcare hardware and AI company. Responsibilities include forecasting camera demand, managing manufacturing partners and inventory, launching repair and replacement services, executing and negotiating customer contracts, managing legacy obligations, creating SOPs and policies, and automating operational workflows with AI tooling. The role is remote, US-based, with occasional travel for customer engagements and team offsites.

Lead CX data intelligence initiatives using SQL, dashboards, analytical models, and AI/LLM techniques. Analyze customer journeys, operational metrics, churn risks, and retention indicators; develop insight agents and self-service reporting; define CX health metrics; and translate findings into strategic recommendations, process improvements, and experiments. Partner with operations, support, product, data, and engineering teams while maintaining data quality, governance, and documentation.

Lead corporate communications strategy and execution: own product and model launches, media and executive communications, narratives, social presence, and major company moments. Translate technical research and product advances into compelling stories for developers, enterprise buyers, partners, and analysts. Partner cross-functionally with CEO, CMO, product, brand, and demand gen to build credibility and influence in the voice AI ecosystem.

Own and execute multi-year strategic partnerships with a hyperscaler and an AI lab, aligning technical integrations, commercial motions, and joint go-to-market plans. Coordinate cross-functional teams, run operational cadences, track measurable outcomes (pipeline, ARR, integrations), and represent partnerships to executives while driving hands-on execution and follow-through.

Lead the architecture, development, deployment, and reliability of cloud-based customer experience platforms using AWS, Genesys Cloud, and Salesforce Service Cloud. Design integrations, data pathways, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure automation while ensuring security, compliance, scalability, and performance. Serve as a technical subject matter expert, guide global agile teams and vendors, coach engineers, establish DevOps practices, and troubleshoot critical production issues.

Build and maintain Safari AI’s cloud infrastructure, including production services, system design, reliability, documentation, and security compliance. The role sets technical direction for the cloud stack, collaborates with engineering and operations teams, improves development processes, and delivers incremental features. Candidates should have 4–6 years of software engineering experience, public cloud expertise, and experience taking complex services from concept through production. Streaming processing and machine learning experience are advantageous.

Design, develop, implement, support, and improve financial-system integrations, databases, reporting solutions, and automated processes. Lead technical financial systems projects from requirements gathering through implementation, focusing on Aderant Expert, SQL Server, SSIS, SSRS, and T-SQL. Collaborate with Finance, IS, vendors, and business stakeholders; troubleshoot complex data issues, optimize database performance, document technical solutions, and support multiple concurrent initiatives.

Own Litify’s AI Call Intelligence product line end to end, including call capture, transcription, summaries, conversational insights, voice agents, and agentic workflows. Define the roadmap, quality standards, guardrails, and evaluation practices; lead client discovery, beta programs, competitive research, backlog prioritization, and cross-functional delivery. Partner with engineering, design, data science, and go-to-market teams to launch products, drive adoption, and measure outcomes.

Leads Sophos’s Americas MSP channel strategy, revenue growth, partner productivity, and operating performance. Oversees recruitment, onboarding, enablement, retention, distribution relationships, recurring-revenue forecasting, strategic negotiations, and program optimization. Builds and coaches direct and matrixed teams while influencing product, pricing, investments, and partner-program decisions. Uses performance data and market intelligence to improve activation, adoption, retention, expansion, and return on investment across cybersecurity managed-service offerings.

Lead client-facing AI program governance and delivery as PMO manager. Translate business objectives into AI roadmaps and OKRs, oversee AI/ML lifecycle, ensure data readiness, model validation, deployment, and responsible AI compliance. Manage PMO standards, portfolio prioritization, AI-augmented reporting, and lead executive communications while mentoring PMs, TPMs, and analysts.

Lead a portfolio of technology-enabled continuous improvement initiatives for internal operations and DoD customers. Manage product backlogs, write user stories, define roadmaps, gather requirements, and facilitate Agile, Scrum, SAFe, and PI planning activities. Drive Splunk analytics, dashboarding, alerting, AI, ML, automation, proactive monitoring, and predictive analytics solutions. Ensure stakeholder alignment, measurable operational improvements, and compliance with DoD security requirements while maintaining an active Secret clearance.