Senior Applied AI Lead, Talent

Netflix is hiring a Senior Applied AI Lead for its Talent AI team. This role sits between product management and engineering: you bring Talent domain knowledge and hands-on AI skills, and you build working prototypes that show stakeholders what is possible before engineers get involved. It is for someone who has shipped AI-powered tools, understands how Talent functions work, and can move an idea from a rough demo to a production partnership.

What you will do

• Work with Talent teams to find the highest-value AI opportunities and decide which ones are worth building.
• Define problem statements, scope solutions, and prioritize — separating high-leverage AI applications from novelty.
• Learn Talent's data landscape, workflow pain points, and strategic priorities to understand where AI can have lasting impact.
• Design and build working AI prototypes, from scoping the problem to putting a functional demo in front of stakeholders.
• Use LLM APIs, agent frameworks, AI-native platforms, and workflow automation tools to iterate quickly without dedicated engineering resources.
• Turn validated prototypes into product requirements and partner with engineering to move from proof-of-concept to production.
• Act as the domain and product authority for Talent AI features in technical design discussions.
• Stay involved through deployment and adoption to make sure the solution delivers value.
• Evaluate AI tools, platforms, and vendors, and form a clear view on what to adopt, integrate, or build custom.
• Keep up with the changing AI landscape and translate new capabilities into practical Talent opportunities.
• Build playbooks, prompting guides, and workflow blueprints that help Talent teams get real leverage from AI tools.
• Develop other Talent team members' AI fluency through hands-on sessions, shared examples, and clear frameworks.
• Design every AI solution with data privacy, security, and fairness in mind, working with Legal, Infosec, and other teams from the start.
• Partner with central teams to track and monitor AI tool engagement, fluency, and business outcomes.
• Contribute to Talent AI's governance frameworks for evaluating, deploying, and monitoring AI tools.

What they are looking for

• 6+ years in product management, applied AI, technical solutions, or a closely related field, ideally with experience in both a Talent/HR function and a product or technical team.
• A track record of building with AI: LLM APIs, prompt engineering, agent frameworks such as LangChain or CrewAI, and AI-native tools used to create working prototypes without heavy engineering support.
• Experience taking solutions from concept through to production deployment, including technical, organizational, and data infrastructure realities.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders without authority, with credibility that comes from insight and delivered work.
• Strong understanding of Talent processes and their data and workflow characteristics: Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Compensation & Employee Programs, Talent Operations.
• Fluency with modern AI tools and paradigms: LLMs, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), agentic systems, multimodal models, and AI workflow orchestration.
• Familiarity with HR technology platforms such as Workday and Eightfold, including their integration and API capabilities, is an advantage.
• Comfort with data: able to query a dataset, interpret analytics, and design measurement frameworks without needing a data scientist for every question.
• Clear communication: translating complex AI capabilities into crisp problem statements and business cases for non-technical Talent leaders, and translating fuzzy business problems into buildable solutions for engineers.

Pay and benefits

The range for this role is USD 265,000 – 450,000 per year. The range varies based on location. Netflix's compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary, with no bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. Netflix determines your personal top of market compensation using market indicators and your job family, background, skills, and experience.

Netflix provides benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. There are also paid leave of absence programs. Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off.

Other details

The job is open for no less than 7 days and will be removed when the position is filled. Netflix is an equal-opportunity employer. If you need an accommodation or adjustment for a disability or any other reason during the hiring process, send a request to your recruiting partner.