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Audax Group is a leading alternative investment manager with offices in Boston, New York, San Francisco, and London. Since its founding in 1999, the firm has raised over $40 billion in capital across its Private Equity and Private Debt businesses. With more than 400 employees and approximately 180 investment professionals, the firm is a leading capital partner for North American middle market companies. For more information, visit the Audax Group website www.audaxgroup.com.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The AI Solutions Architect is a critical new role focused on driving Generative AI (GenAI) adoption, advisory, and innovation across our Private Debt strategy. This position blends strategic AI enablement and hands-on technical development, ensuring that GenAI solutions align with business objectives while also being practical and scalable.

The ideal candidate possesses deep expertise in GenAI, machine learning, NLP, and AI infrastructure, combined with strong client-facing and advisory skills. They will work closely with investment teams, strategic resource employees, and engineers to educate stakeholders, design AI-driven products, and implement GenAI-powered solutions that enhance deal-making and operational efficiency.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

AI Advisory & Enablement
•    Act as a trusted AI advisor, helping deal teams and strategic resource employees understand and leverage AI and GenAI for investment decisions, operational improvements, and firm-wide efficiencies.
•    Evangelize AI adoption, leading workshops, demos, and hands-on training sessions on AI tools like ChatGPT, custom GPTs, and enterprise-grade models.
•    Develop AI playbooks and best practices to guide the firm's AI strategy and ensure responsible AI use.

Solutions Engineering & Development
•    Collaborate with engineering and data teams to design, develop, and deploy AI models, pipelines, and automation workflows that optimize internal processes and investment analysis.
•    Work hands-on with AI infrastructure, ensuring that AI applications are scalable, secure, and well-integrated with existing data systems.
•    Stay at the forefront of AI advancements, advising on emerging trends in GenAI, LLMs, and AI copilots to inform the firm’s strategy.

Sales & Relationship Management
•    Act as a bridge between business and technical teams, effectively communicating the value of AI to both executive decision-makers and technical contributors. 
•    Influence AI adoption across the firm, identifying opportunities for AI-driven transformation and helping teams navigate the change management process.
•    Partner with vendors and external partners, evaluating third-party AI solutions and integrations that align with business needs.
•    Develop technical champions within teams, ensuring AI adoption is sustained and expanded across the organization.

Who You Are

•    Blend of strategic and technical expertise—you can both architect AI solutions and communicate their value to business leaders.
•    Experienced in AI/ML, NLP, and AI infrastructure, with hands-on experience in developing and deploying LLMs and AI-driven applications.
•    Strong client-facing and advisory skills, with experience in sales engineering, consulting, or AI product evangelism.
•    Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment, with the ability to balance strategic vision and hands-on execution.
•    Familiarity with private debt structures, including senior debt, direct lending solutions, mezzanine financing, and collateralized loan obligations (CLOs).

GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS:

•    Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, AI, Machine Learning, or a related field.
•    7+ years of experience in AI/ML development, model deployment, or AI-powered product engineering.
•    Strong understanding of NLP, LLMs, and generative AI applications.
•    Proven ability to translate AI capabilities into business value, driving AI adoption across diverse stakeholders.
•    Experience in solution architecture, AI product evangelism, or technical sales is a plus.
•    Strong problem-solving and cross-functional collaboration skills, working with engineers, data teams, and business leaders.

TECHNOLOGY QUALIFICATIONS:

•    Proficiency in Python and machine learning frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, or similar.
•    Experience working with LangChain, AutoGen, OpenAI Function Calling, and vector databases (e.g., Pinecone, Weaviate, FAISS) to build AI agents that interact with APIs, databases, and user queries. Hands-on experience with AI model fine-tuning, prompt engineering, and deploying LLM-powered applications.
•    Experience with enterprise AI integration, working with tools like Snowflake, Databricks, or other data platforms to power AI-driven insights.
•    Hands-on experience with AI model fine-tuning, prompt engineering, and deploying LLM-powered applications.
•    Familiarity with MLOps and AI deployment best practices, including model monitoring, retraining strategies, and integrating AI models into production systems.

 

For New York City only: The base salary range for this position is $140,000 - $165,000. The base salary range represents the estimated low and high end for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation may vary and will be determined based on but not limited to, the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and Audax reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. An employee may also be eligible for annual discretionary incentive compensation based on performance. 

Audax offers a wide range of employee benefits, including health insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, paid time off (including sick leave, parental leave, volunteer leave, and vacation), charitable donation match, family support services (including Bright Horizons and Benefit Advocate Center), and a 401(k) in addition to other benefits.

 

 This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice. 

Audax Management Co. is an equal opportunity employer.

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