💻 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
