Head of Research

Our client, an innovative AI and Data company, is hiring a Head of Research to join the team in New York. The successful candidate will transform unique consumer-generated data streams into a gold standard for AI training and evaluation by shaping the company’s research strategy, collaborating directly with leading AI labs, and establishing the organization as a recognised authority in audio data research and evaluation science.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the company’s AI research strategy, focusing on data evaluation, AI oversight and generative AI innovation.

• Develop strategic partnerships with leading AI research labs, academic institutions and industry experts.

• Build AI-assisted evaluation frameworks to measure, validate, and enhance audio and multimodal datasets.

• Translate emerging AI research advancements into scalable data solutions and production-ready capabilities.

• Position the organization as a recognized leader in audio AI, speech intelligence and AI evaluation science.

• Design and execute rigorous machine learning experiments, benchmarks and evaluation methodologies to support next-generation AI models.

• Represent the company across the global AI research ecosystem, building relationships with researchers, partners and technical communities.

• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to define AI data strategies, research priorities and innovation roadmaps.

Skillset

• Proven track record of impactful AI/ML research focused on data evaluation, generative AI or AI oversight.

• Deep expertise in audio, speech or multimodal AI systems, with strong understanding of emerging research trends.

• Experience working with frontier AI models, training pipelines and evaluation frameworks.

• Strong knowledge of AI evaluation methodologies, benchmarking and AI-assisted evaluation approaches.

• Experience designing and executing rigorous machine learning experiments using Python and PyTorch.

• Ability to translate complex AI research concepts into scalable, production-ready data solutions.

• Strong understanding of data quality, dataset development and evaluation strategies for AI model improvement.

• Proven ability to build relationships with leading AI researchers, technical partners and industry stakeholders.

• Strong communication skills with the ability to represent research concepts and technical insights to diverse audiences.

• Founder mindset with the ability to operate independently, drive innovation and deliver impact in a fast-moving environment.

Benefits

• Salary: $250k – $300k

• Comprehensive benefits package.