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Senior Director, AI Engineering
Location
Canada
Posted
47 days ago
Salary
$224K - $336K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Director, AI Engineering
SurveyMonkey
• Define and execute the long-term data science strategy • Act as the primary liaison between Product Management and the Data Science team • Support the charge in migrating SurveyMonkey from a traditional SaaS product to an AI-first platform • Drive the strategy for integrating and leveraging Large Language Models and advanced Natural Language Processing techniques • Set the technical standards for model development, deployment, monitoring, and maintenance • Lead, mentor, and inspire a high-performing team of data scientists and machine learning engineers • Recruit top-tier data science talent, manage performance, and define career progression paths
Job Requirements
- 10+ years of progressive experience in data science
- significant experience with AI/ML platforms
- at least 5 years in a Director level leadership role managing and scaling data science or machine learning teams in a commercial software environment
- experience building or leading AI/ML platforms in a Cloud Environment like AWS
- extensive practical experience with and deep theoretical understanding of machine learning algorithms, statistical modeling, and experimental design
- demonstrated experience in applying, fine-tuning, and integrating Large Language Models and advanced Natural Language Processing techniques into production systems
- exceptional ability to translate ambiguous or high-level product needs into concrete, defensible data science problems and solutions
- Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- life
- disability insurance
- RRSP matching
- flexible spending & health savings account
- paid holidays
- paid time off
- employee assistance program
- other company benefits
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