AI Research Manager - Machine Learning
Core
Lead a small, high-talent-density team of world-class ML researchers to execute a portfolio of quarter-scale research bets that compound into production capabilities for a digital bank.
Role type
Senior IC machine-learning research manager (people management)
Builds
Proprietary transformers, multitask models, efficient inference systems, causal models, world models, recommendation systems, and embeddings for financial decisioning and personalization.
Domain
Fintech / Machine Learning / AI Research
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
People management, team leadership, research operations, resource allocation (GPU), experimental design, peer review, technical storytelling, cross-team collaboration
Preferred skills
Foundation models & LLMs, behavioral & sequential models, decisioning & optimization, training & inference efficiency
Technologies
Transformers, distillation, quantization, sparsity, parallelism, causal inference, reinforcement learning, recommendation systems
Responsibilities
Lead and mentor elite individual contributors, own operating health and hiring cycles, manage research cadence and OKRs, allocate GPU resources, protect deep-focus time, raise research rigor, publish/open-source, partner with senior technical leads, translate technical progress to executive leadership
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC