Head of AI

Head of AI
Remote (East Coast & Midwest USA) | $250,000 - $325,000 base salary + equity
This is a rare opportunity to shape the AI strategy of a high-growth SaaS business at a pivotal stage of its journey. As Head of AI, you will take ownership of a market-leading document intelligence platform, lead a talented AI and machine learning team, and influence product direction at both technical and executive levels.
The Company
They are a rapidly growing, investor-backed software company transforming how complex financial and regulatory data is processed and managed. Their AI-powered platform automates the extraction, interpretation, and delivery of information from highly unstructured documents, helping clients replace manual workflows with scalable digital solutions.
With strong market traction and continued investment in AI innovation, they are expanding their machine learning capability to further strengthen their product offering and develop new intelligent solutions for their customers.
The Role
As Head of AI, you will combine technical leadership with strategic ownership, acting as a hands-on leader for a growing AI and machine learning function.
Responsibilities include:

• Define and execute the organisation's AI and machine learning strategy
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Machine Learning Engineers, MLOps Engineers, and Data Engineers
• Improve and scale a document intelligence platform focused on extracting structured outputs from complex PDFs and financial documents
• Drive best practices across model development, deployment, monitoring, and evaluation
• Work closely with Product, Engineering, and executive stakeholders to align AI initiatives with business goals
• Evaluate and implement modern AI approaches, including LLMs, agentic AI frameworks, RAG systems, embeddings, and proprietary ML models where appropriate
• Establish robust processes that balance innovation, model accuracy, operational efficiency, and reliability
• Contribute technically through architectural decisions, model reviews, experimentation, and proof-of-concept development
• Help shape future AI products and act as a strategic advisor to senior leadership

Your Skills & Experience

• Strong commercial experience building and deploying machine learning products within a SaaS environment
• Deep expertise in NLP, document intelligence, and transforming unstructured or semi-structured documents into structured data
• Experience developing solutions involving OCR, document parsing, classification, entity extraction, layout understanding, and document-to-JSON transformation
• Strong Python skills and experience with modern machine learning frameworks such as PyTorch, Hugging Face, and scikit-learn
• Experience deploying production ML systems using cloud-native technologies, containerisation, and orchestration platforms
• Proven ability to lead technical teams while remaining hands-on when required
• Strong understanding of the complete machine learning lifecycle from data preparation through deployment and monitoring
• Experience communicating technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Background in financial documents, compliance workflows, tax technology, or regulated environments would be advantageous

What They Offer

• Base salary of $250,000 - $325,000
• Meaningful equity package
• Fully remote working within approved East Coast and Midwest locations
• Comprehensive healthcare and retirement benefits
• Generous holiday allowance and parental leave
• Significant autonomy and influence over AI strategy and technology decisions
• Opportunity to build and scale a high-performing AI team
• Clear progression into a key leadership role within a rapidly growing organisation

How to Apply
If you are an experienced AI leader with a passion for building production-grade machine learning systems and shaping the future of intelligent products, apply today to learn more about this opportunity.