Senior Director of Engineering, Workiva
AI/ML
$220-374k
A discretionary bonus typically paid annually
Up to 15% travel
Business data platform
Job no longer available
Business data platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$220-374k
A discretionary bonus typically paid annually
Up to 15% travel
1001+ employees
Company mission
Workiva’s mission is to power transparent reporting for a better world.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- 12+ years of experience in engineering roles, with significant focus in AI/ML, including leading teams of ML Engineers and Data Scientists
- Proven experience developing and scaling AI systems in a B2B SaaS environment
- Proven experience leading teams through the development of innovative AI solutions and successfully integrating these solutions into products
- Demonstrated ability to strategically align AI/ML initiatives with overall business objectives
- A strong commitment to the secure and ethical use of AI within engineering practices
- Excellent leadership and communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to inspire and guide teams while solving complex technical challenges
- Experience building tools for data management, model performance monitoring, and optimization
- A track record of fostering innovation and rapid prototyping while also delivering high-impact, operational solutions
- Experience working cross-functionally with teams like product, engineering, and business leadership
What the job involves
- Build and manage a high-performing team of ML Engineers and Data/ML Scientists, fostering a collaborative and innovative environment
- Develop and execute AI/ML initiatives that align with Workiva's broader goals, with a focus on both traditional supervised machine learning techniques and emerging Generative AI technologies
- Guide your team in designing new AI models and capabilities, including supervised learning models that optimize performance and generative models that expand Workiva’s platform capabilities and enhance customer solutions
- Oversee the architecture, development, and scaling of AI systems, ensuring seamless integration into the platform
- Collaborate cross-functionally with teams like product, engineering, and business leadership to shape, refine and deliver Workiva's AI/ML strategy, both in the short and long term
- Foster a culture of experimentation, innovation, and rapid prototyping, while ensuring that deployed solutions deliver real value and drive business growth
- Champion the secure and ethical use of AI within all AI/ML initiatives
- Develop and maintain tools for data ingestion, processing, feature engineering, and data management
- Create and manage tools for model performance monitoring, optimization, and distributed processing, including monitoring both supervised ML and generative models
- Monitor and ensure the health of AI models and data systems, implementing best practices for scaling AI-powered features with rapid iteration and improvement across both traditional and generative AI solutions
Our take
For large-scale businesses, collecting and sharing data can be a complex and challenging process. Workiva solves this problem with its cloud-based data platform.
Workiva is one of the biggest players in the market, serving around 75% of Fortune 500 companies, including Google and Delta. Workiva's controlled, secure and audit-ready platform has maintained a clear edge over much of its competition.
Workiva's quality product and its commitment to transparency has made it a firm favourite with companies around the world. If it can maintain this, it stands to consolidate its impressive growth even further in the coming years.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Oct 2014
$0.7m
EARLY VC
Dec 2012
$30.7m
SERIES C
Total funding: $46.9m
Company benefits
- A discretionary bonus typically paid annually
- Restricted Stock Units granted at time of hire
- 401k w/ match
- Health, dental, and vision
- Vacation accruals
- Life and disability insurance
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Volunteer time-off
- Parental leave
- Travel & accident insurance
- Paid holidays
- Work remotely
- Discount programs
- Health and wellness
- Pet-friendly atmosphere
- Choose from additional plans that cover legal expenses, stolen identity, or even your pet's health
Company values
- Customer success: Always delight our customers.
- Innovation: Keep creating solutions and finding better ways.
- Trust: Always rely on each other.
- Inclusion: Support a diverse community where we all belong.
- Integrity: Do the right thing, every time.
- Accountability: Be responsible for your success and failure.
- Collaboration: Share resources and work together.
Company HQ
Holborn, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Marty Vanderploeg
(CEO, not founder)Previously worked as a Professor at Iowa State University. Founded Engineer Animation Inc. in 1990.
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