Senior Director, Graphcore
Systems Software
$384.2-519.8k
2+ days a week in office
Advanced AI systems and services
Open for applications
Advanced AI systems and services
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$384.2-519.8k
2+ days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To make machine learning faster, easier and more intelligent.
Role
Who you are
- Knowledge of runtime environments, strong-scaling software toolchains, communications and math libraries (e.g. MPI, OpenMP, PyTorch, NCCL/RCCL)
- Exceptional leadership skills including coaching, teambuilding, conflict resolution, with a history of building and motivating high-performing global teams
- Ability to recruit a premier team in short timeframe
- Organizational and strategic leadership skills, including strategic vision definition, development planning and resources forecasting
- Strategic problem solver with excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills
- Highly experienced in leading human capital across geographies and functional areas to drive workforce development and achieve desired results
- Sophisticated communication skills catered to a wide variety of audiences
- Track record of on-time, to-specification delivery of multiple projects in parallel
- Extensive intuition for business, technical knowledge, and proven experience encompassing one or more engineering, technology, and product domains
- Relationship leadership skills, including partnering and advising executive/C-level roles for internal and external partners
Desirable
- Strategic orientation
- Collaboration and influencing
- Team Leadership
- Creating a Culture of innovation
- Attracting world class talent
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Senior Director to help lead the development of next generation system software to enable Graphcore’s customer base in the datacenter space
- This leader is accountable for the development and deployment of system software (e.g. communications libraries, runtime environment, toolchain, performance tools) that enable Graphcore silicon to perform at scale
- This leader will also drive R&D efforts to improve system resiliency and numerical accuracy, from applications to low level software
- Graphcore’s partners range from cloud providers with custom designs to SoC vendors shipping to a broad range of customers
- As such, this is a pivotal leadership role to realizing the promise of next generation cloud-scale web services and AI/ML/GenAI for everyone
- Assist in the development of the engineering plan and investment case for in-house development and integration of existing or community code base to deliver market leading system software
- Organizational planning and execution to rapidly establish a capable R&D organization for system software
- Direction to matrix-based R&D functions, guidance to requirements, roadmap and PLM
- Engagement with Graphcore’s in-house software teams, partners (e.g. Linaro) and the broader software community
- Ownership of system software development including runtime environment, toolchain, communications libraries, performance tools, etc
- Ownership of resiliency and numerical accuracy for next-generation systems/frameworks
- Collaboration with performance engineering teams on benchmarking, system-scale testing and validation
- Oversight of support functions such as programs management, quality, DevOPS, etc
- Management of budgets in accordance to evolving corporate financial planning and reporting requirements
- Oversight of operational activities, ensuring that resources are made available and handled effectively
- Representation on community groups and open-source projects, to assess leverage and interoperability
- Representation of Graphcore system software engineering with customers, at industry events and forums
Our take
The hardware required to train AI models comes at a high cost, both financially and environmentally, producing millions of dollars in expenses and hundreds of tons of greenhouse gases. In response, Graphcore develops accelerator chips designed to expedite AI system training while significantly reducing power consumption.
AI accelerators like those crafted by Graphcore specialise in enhancing specific AI applications, such as artificial neural networks, deep learning, and machine learning. Utilising multicore designs and prioritising low-precision arithmetic or in-memory computing, these accelerators elevate the performance of large AI algorithms, achieving breakthrough results in natural language processing and computer vision.
Graphcore has ambitious plans to create an AI supercomputer, aiming to be one of the most powerful in its class. However, progress on this has extended beyond its planned 2024 debut, and the company was purchased by Softbank later that year. Though the acquisition by the Japanese multinational lowered Graphcore's valuation and highlighted structural problems in the local financing of UK tech pioneers, the buyout will undoubtedly aid the company in its ambitions to shape the future of AI computing.
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Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Dec 2020
$222m
SERIES E
Feb 2020
$150m
SERIES D
Total funding: $682m
Company benefits
- Work-Life Balance: We believe you should have a good work-life balance. Everyone's situation is different, so we offer flexible working arrangements and start and finish times, allowing you to choose when to work from home or come into the office
- Wellbeing: We want to ensure that our employees have the resources and support they need to prioritise their health and wellbeing
- Healthcare: We offer Private Medical Insurance (PMI) to our employees to help them take care of their health and that of their loved ones
- Progression: We prioritise learning and development as an integral part of our culture at Graphcore. Our Talent Development team is dedicated to equipping all our employees with the necessary tools, resources, and support to enhance their skills and reach their full potential in their careers
- Pension: We believe that our employees deserve the best when it comes to planning for their future
- Income Protection: Graphcore understands that unforeseen circumstances can happen, and we want to ensure our employees have the necessary financial security in place
Company HQ
Old City, Bristol, UK
Leadership
Nigel Toon
(Co-Founder & Exec Chair)Previously the President and CEO at picoChip Designs (processors for telecoms). As well as the VP and GM of Europe at Altera (semiconductors, merged with Intel).
Simon Knowles
(Co-Founder & CTO)Founded two successful semiconductor companies, Element14 and Icera, for a combined value of over $1 billion.
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