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Director of Machine Learning

Albany Growth
London
3 weeks ago
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💻 Director of Machine Learning

🧑🏼‍💻 (Lead / Senior / Managers considered too)

📍 Hybrid (London – 3 days on-site)

🌍 Series A Impact Tech Business

💵 £100k - £130k + Meaningful Equity


Albany Growth are partnering with amission-led impact tech focused companybacked by a top-tier VC to hire aDirector of Machine Learning. This is a hands-on leadership role, guiding the ML function across an innovative platform.


For this role, we are also open to people who don’t necessarily come from a director level background but may have been working in a management, tech lead or senior level role.


You’ll own the ML strategy and roadmap, lead a talented team of applied ML engineers, and drive delivery across areas such as generative AI, geospatial analysis, computer vision, and hybrid physical-ML models. This is a chance to tackle real-world problems with high impact, blending deep tech with urgent purpose.


Key Responsibilities

  • Define and evolve the company’s AI & ML strategy and technical roadmap
  • Lead and scale a team of ML Engineers, providing coaching, mentorship, and technical direction
  • Take ownership of ML model development across generative AI, geospatial data, computer vision, and time-series forecasting
  • Bridge the gap between physics-based risk modelling and applied machine learning
  • Drive models from prototype through to production with high standards of observability and maintainability
  • Collaborate with Product, Science, and Engineering stakeholders to translate complex technical ideas into customer-facing impact
  • Contribute to a high-trust, high-performance leadership culture


Key Requirements

  • 3+ years leading applied ML teams (with strong hands-on IC background)
  • Proven experience shipping ML models to production and generating real product value
  • Expertise in Python and ML libraries such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or scikit-learn
  • Depth in one or more areas: generative AI, geospatial ML, computer vision, time-series forecasting
  • Excellent stakeholder communication and the ability to align ML with business value
  • Startup or scale-up mindset – comfortable working in lean, fast-paced environments


📍Hybrid working (3 days/week on-site in London)

💵£100k - £130k base + meaningful equity

📈Series A scale-up backed by a global VC

🌍Mission-driven product used by business leaders

💡Solve real-world challenges using cutting-edge ML


If you’re excited about the opportunity to utilise tech for good through ML innovation, apply using the link and we’ll be in touch with the details.


💻 Director of Machine Learning

🧑🏼‍💻 (Lead / Senior / Managers considered too)

📍 Hybrid (London – 3 days on-site)

🌍 Series A Impact Tech Business

💵 £100k - £130k + Meaningful Equity

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