Dataminr is looking for a Senior Director of AI Research to lead a team in developing cutting-edge AI research initiatives in NLP, LLMs, and Deep Learning to create scalable, AI-driven products that uncover critical events in real-time.
Requirements
- Deep technical understanding of the latest learning algorithms and toolkits (deep learning, LLMs, etc.)
- Experience with using AI to enable world class products in the real world
- Outstanding publication record (AAAI, ACL, CVPR, ICLR, ICML, KDD, NeurIPS, WWW, etc.)
- Ph.D. in Computer Science or related field
- At least 5 years of management experience in an industrial research environment.
Responsibilities
- Lead a growing, interdisciplinary team of AI scientists and engineers performing research to advance the state of the art and solve specific problems at scale across our many research areas (ie. Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, Multimodal, Knowledge Graphs, Recommendation, Search)
- Provide technical direction for multiple projects, thought leadership, and operational support (by connecting the right dots and helping serve as a liaison between various stakeholders including product, engineering, & design, etc.).
- Contribute to the research community and demonstrate thought leadership via talks, publications in top tier venues, participation in program committees, etc.
- Drive cutting-edge research initiatives in NLP, LLMs, and Deep Learning
- Translating these advancements into real-world, scalable AI-driven products
- Overseeing the development and delivery of AI products, from conception through to implementation
Other
- Lead and inspire an interdisciplinary team of Research Scientists.
- Manage and mentor scientific teams effectively.
- Work closely with various members of the executive leadership team to ensure alignment of projects and solutions.
- Excel in placing a human-centered focus on the work (context, end-user impact, etc), finding solutions that work in practice and have significant impact.
- US-based position offers the flexibility of remote work or can be based in our dynamic New York City office.
