Dataminr · 3 months ago
Senior Director, AI Research
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$197K/yr - $289K/yr
5+ years expDataminr is a mission-driven team seeking a visionary Senior Director of AI Research to lead an interdisciplinary team of Research Scientists. This role focuses on driving cutting-edge research initiatives in NLP, LLMs, and Deep Learning, translating advancements into scalable AI-driven products while managing and mentoring scientific teams.
AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Information TechnologyRisk ManagementSoftware
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.)
Work closely with various members of the executive leadership team to ensure alignment of projects and solutions
Contribute to the research community and demonstrate thought leadership via talks, publications in top tier venues, participation in program committees, etc
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
Qualification
Required
Ph.D. in Computer Science or related field
At least 5 years of management experience in an industrial research environment
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.)
Deep technical understanding of the latest learning algorithms and toolkits (deep learning, LLMs, etc.)
Benefits
Discretionary bonus
Company equity
Flexible work arrangements
Generous PTO and sick leave
Company
Dataminr
Dataminr is a real-time AI platform that detects early signs of high-impact events and emerging risks.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1.24BKey Investors
Fidelity
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Leadership Team
Theodore Bailey
Founder and CEO, Chairman
Jeffrey Kinsey
Co-Founder and CTO
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