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AI Analyst/ Engineer
- Tarrytown, New York, United States
- Staff Full-time
- $67,000- $85,000 annually
Position Summary
The AI Analyst / Engineer will spearhead Mercy’s institutional AI strategy by driving AI literacy, integration, and innovation across academic, administrative, and operational domains. This role will act as a bridge between IT, faculty, and leadership, defining use cases, embedding AI capabilities into core systems, ensuring governance, and scaling pilots into enterprise-wide deployments. The ideal candidate combines technical fluency in AI/ML, systems integration, and APIs with strong communication and change-management skills to foster adoption across the institution.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead development and execution of Mercy’s AI roadmap, aligning with institutional goals and IT architecture
- Serve as primary liaison to academic divisions, faculty, and administrative offices to gather requirements, co-design AI solutions, and prioritize use cases
- Design, build, and maintain AI/ML models, pipelines, and integrations (e.g., with ERP, LMS, SIS, workflow engines)
- Package and deliver AI tools to faculty, staff, and students (e.g. writing assistants, advising bots, summarization, analytics)
- Advocate and deliver AI literacy, training, and best practices across campus—prepare workshops, tutorials, guides, and office hours
- Establish governance practices and guardrails: data privacy, bias mitigation, model explainability, compliance (FERPA, HIPAA, etc.)
- Monitor and evaluate AI tool performance, usage metrics, ROI, and risks; iterate on improvements
- Collaborate with third-party AI vendors, cloud providers, and solution integrators—manage relationships, contracts, APIs, and SLAs
- Stay current with AI research, open-source tools, and industry best practices—evaluate and pilot novel technologies
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or related field (Master’s preferred)
- 3+ years of hands-on experience with AI/ML, data pipelines, APIs, and system integration
- Proficiency in Python, SQL, and common ML frameworks (e.g. PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn)
- Experience with cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP) and MLOps tooling (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, MLflow)
- Strong communication skills and ability to translate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Experience designing and executing training programs or workshops
- Understanding of data privacy, ethics, bias mitigation, and regulatory compliance in higher ed
- Demonstrated project management skills and ability to lead cross-functional teams
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working in higher education or with educational technologies (LMS, SIS, etc.)
- Familiarity with large language models (LLMs), prompt engineering, and generative AI
- Prior experience with AI adoption programs, diffusion of innovation, or change management
- Experience building conversational agents, knowledge graphs, or document retrieval systems
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About Mercy
Mercy University is a dynamic, independent, coeducational New York City area university that offers more than 100 undergraduate and graduate degree and certificate programs in six schools: Business, Education, Health and Natural Sciences, Liberal Arts, Nursing, and Social and Behavioral Sciences.
Mercy is the region's largest private, nonprofit, Minority-Serving Institution, proud to serve a student body that is highly diverse. As a federally designated Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI), Mercy University, has been ranked nationally among top colleges in the country for Hispanics by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) and by Excelencia in Education, earning their prestigious Seal of Excelencia for intentionally serving Latino students.
Mercy University was further recognized by HACU as a national leader in awarding bachelor's degrees to Hispanics in several disciplines, including Psychology, Sociology, and Business. Westchester Magazine has also named Mercy the Best College in Westchester County in 2019, 2020, and 2022.
Mercy is committed to offering an inclusive learning environment to help a diverse student body set a course for their future. To support its student body, Mercy has been awarded a number of federal grants which enable us to better develop and deliver education to our students.
Mercy’s student body reflects the rich diversity of the New York metropolitan area. Enrollment, including full-time and part-time undergraduates and graduates, is approximately 8,800. Mercy students learn on campuses in Dobbs Ferry, the Bronx, and Manhattan as well as online.
At Mercy University we strive to provide employees and their families with a comprehensive and valuable benefits package. We offer high-quality health care plans, retirement benefits, tuition discounts, flexible spending, and much more.
Our Mission:
Mercy University is committed to providing motivated students the opportunity to transform their lives through higher education by offering liberal arts and professional programs in personalized and high-quality learning environments, thus preparing students to embark on rewarding careers, to continue learning throughout their lives and to act ethically and responsibly in a changing world.
Benefits Eligible:
Mercy University strives to provide employees and their families with a comprehensive and valuable benefits package. We offer high-quality health care plans, retirement benefits, tuition discounts, flexible spending, and much more.
EEO Statement
Mercy University is an equal opportunity employer. Mercy University actively engages in recruiting a diverse workforce and student body that includes members of historically underrepresented groups and strives to build and sustain a welcoming and supportive campus community. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, national origin, ethnicity, creed, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, height, weight, genetic information, disability, or protected veteran status.
As part of this commitment, Mercy University will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact The Office of Human Resources at (914) 674-7839, Option 6 or via email at HR@mercy.edu.
The posted salary range for this position is based on several legitimate, non-discriminatory factors set by the organization. Mercy is committed to ensuring equal pay opportunities for equal work regardless of gender, race, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local pay equity laws.
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