Director, People AI Engineering & Innovation

The Director, People AI Engineering & Innovation is Assurant’s hands-on AI technical and product leader for the People Organization. This leader establishes the People Organization’s technical AI strategy, architecture, platform roadmap, engineering standards and delivery framework while partnering with SLT sponsors, People Organization teams and the Execution COE to shape and evaluate demand. The Director determines the right solution path and turns prioritized opportunities into secure, production-grade AI products with measurable value. The Director brings deep experience from outside traditional HR and works directly in discovery, prototyping, design review, troubleshooting and delivery when needed. Safety, security, privacy, roles and access, infrastructure readiness, responsible AI and human controls are built into every stage with enterprise technology and control partners. The role establishes clear operating interfaces and decision rights across AI Innovation, Workday and People Technology, People Data and Analytics, ERIN/Unify Experience, the Execution COE, People functional teams and enterprise partners.