Head of AI

Head Of AI

Zinnia is the leading technology platform for accelerating life and annuities growth. With innovative enterprise solutions and data insights, Zinnia simplifies the experience of buying, selling, and administering insurance products. All of which enables more people to protect their financial futures. Our success is driven by a commitment to three core values : be bold, team up, deliver value and that we do. Zinnia has over $180 billion in assets under administration, serves 100+ carrier clients, 2500 distributors and partners, and over 2 million policyholders.

Who You Are

We are seeking a highly motivated Artificial Intelligence Leader with strong technical expertise, business acumen, and strategic problem-solving abilities. In this role, you will own and drive our deployment of AI across the business, translating data into actionable products that improve efficiency, automate processes, augment decision-making, and help grow our top line revenue. You will work closely with stakeholders across Operations, Product, Technology, Data Engineering, and Business Strategy to identify opportunities for process optimization, automate decision-making, and create scalable analytics frameworks. This is a high-impact management role that requires both deep technical skills and the ability to influence business strategy through data.

What You'll Do

• Build and scale a multidisciplinary AI team (AI engineers, data scientists, applied researchers) and own the Zinnia AI vision.
• Mentor team members in growing their career and skill set and enabling others to build with AI.
• Drive AI strategy : Independently own and drive key AI initiatives across the business.
• Advanced analytics & measurement : Move beyond basic dashboards and leverage inferential modeling, causal analysis, and experimental design to generate actionable insights.
• Experimentation & testing : Design and implement A / B tests to measure the impact of AI deployments, optimizing key processes such as processing, fraud detection, customer interactions, and compliance.
• Provide hands-on guidance of Gen AI based frameworks and architecture from simple knowledge retrieval to fully agentic systems.
• Cross-functional collaboration : Work closely with stakeholders across Operations, Data Engineering, and Product to align AI initiatives with business needs.
• Scalability & automation : Ship full end to end systems to production that can work standalone or part of our larger product platform builds.
• Thought leadership & best practices : Drive AI best practices and keep up with advancements in the AI space. Work to drive a Federated AI strategy across Zinnia.
• Lead the build vs buy strategy for AI to help us maximize partners where appropriate and building IP to drive a competitive advantage.
• Communicate AI systems in plain language and work with teams on change management to maximize adoption.

What You'll Need

Bonus Points

What's In It For You?

Zinnia offers excellent career progression and competitive compensation. We offer great benefits, including health / dental insurance, parental leave, 401(k), incentive / bonus opportunity, tuition reimbursement, and so much more. The expected salary range for this position is $200,000 - $250,000 dependent on skills and location. The salary range is a good faith estimate based on what a successful candidate might be paid in certain Company locations. All offers presented to candidates are carefully reviewed to ensure fair, equitable pay by offering competitive salaries that align with the individual's skills, education, experience, training, and geographic location and may be above or below the stated amounts. We're looking for the best and brightest innovators in the industry to join our team. At Zinnia, you collaborate with smart, creative professionals who are dedicated to delivering cutting-edge technologies, deeper data insights, and enhanced services to transform how insurance is done.