Senior Director, Science & Machine Learning

$257,200 - $345,000/Yr

Sirius XM Canada - New York, NY

Full-time - Senior

New York, NY

About the position

SiriusXM is seeking a Senior Director of Machine Learning to lead a team of applied scientists and Machine Learning Engineers within the Science and Machine Learning organization. This role focuses on driving the tech strategy for the AI Foundations domain, which encompasses Listener Understanding and Content Understanding across SiriusXM and Pandora products. The position aims to enhance user experiences by providing a comprehensive understanding of listeners and content through advanced machine learning techniques.

Responsibilities

• Work cross functionally with product, business, and engineering teams to develop ML strategy for Content Understanding platform.
• Manage a team of ML and Science managers to build ML models to improve quality of downstream use cases such as search, recommendations, and ads.
• Be a thought leader in scaling machine learning frameworks and models into production in collaboration with Back End and Data Engineering teams.
• Provide technical leadership, driving execution, and defining a long-term technical roadmap for the team.
• Develop a vision and seek opportunities to apply machine learning models and data science across all products to improve content knowledge and downstream use cases.
• Foster a culture of innovation, impact, collaboration, and inclusion within the team and the broader Science and Machine Learning organization.
• Mentor ML and Science Managers to improve team health.
• Prepare and present executive summaries of results to stakeholders in product, engineering, and business organizations.
• Promote research and the application of the latest machine learning and algorithmic approaches and technologies in regards to NLP, Graph Models, and Music Information Retrieval.

Requirements

• MS or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related field.
• 12+ years of relevant experience in the development of machine learning systems and algorithms including 6+ years leading ML teams.
• Experience with ML/AI algorithms, deep learning, natural language processing (NLP), and knowledge graphs and feature stores.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to lead multi-functional efforts.
• A hybrid between being a strategic thinker and driver of operational excellence.
• Ability to work in ambiguous environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Commitment to internal client and customer service principles.
• Strong working knowledge of machine learning and data science technologies and landscape.
• Willingness to take initiative and to follow through on projects.

Benefits

• Base salary range of $257,200 to $345,000 based on skills and experience.
• Eligibility for discretionary short-term and long-term incentives.