Head Data Science & AI (Director)

8+ years in Data Science or ML Engineering at high-growth SaaS companies, building and deploying impactful production systems. Holds a degree in Computer Science, Statistics, or a related technical field. Hands-on technical leader with experience mentoring, coaching, and hiring data and ML talent. Fluent across the modern data science stack — data pipelines, modeling, deployment, and monitoring. Proven experience with time series modeling, forecasting, and anomaly detection systems. Skilled in Python and comfortable with cloud ML tools like SageMaker, Bedrock, and related infrastructure. Experience integrating GenAI/LLM systems into production use cases. Excellent communicator — able to explain technical concepts clearly to non-technical and executive stakeholders. Pragmatic and impact-driven — prioritizes simplicity, customer value, and speed over complexity.

Spend 60-70% of your time building, architecting, and solving technical problems. Prototype novel ML/AI research ideas and translate them into production-ready systems. Build AI-powered features for cost optimization, anomaly detection, and predictive analytics. Establish technical standards and development processes for AI/ML systems. Hire and develop a small team of AI/ML specialists. Provide hands-on coaching and technical guidance to team members. Foster a culture of innovation, continuous learning, and customer focus. Partner closely with engineering teams to embed AI throughout the platform. Translate complex AI concepts into business value for executives and customers. Drive AI strategy alignment with company vision and product roadmap. Represent CloudZero's AI capabilities in customer conversations and industry events.