Director of AI, Adarga
£110-150k
2-3 days a week in office
Analyse vast volumes of data quickly and accurately
Job no longer available
Analyse vast volumes of data quickly and accurately
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
£110-150k
2-3 days a week in office
101-200 employees
Company mission
To enable our customers to make better decisions today.
Role
Who you are
- MS/PhD or equivalent in a quantitative discipline
- 5+ years’ experience in leading AI/ML teams, technical & people management. Should have managed line managers
- Excellent Python & software engineering skills. Experience in deep learning frameworks like PyTorch or TensorFlow
- Expertise in end-to-end deployment of ML models
- Experience in Natural Language Processing
- Working with engineering & product teams
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Desirable
- Understanding of Knowledge Graphs & LLMs
- Experience in filing patents or managing IP strategy
- Participation in fundraising for VC backed companies would be highly advantageous
- Previous experience of working with defence & national security customer
- Experience in public speaking
- Willing to be a tech advocate for Adarga supporting with written content and speaking engagements
What the job involves
- Own the AI and ML Ops initiatives within Adarga
- Work with your peers in engineering and product to continuously improve our core product
- Manager of managers for data scientists and machine learning engineers. Work with them to identify career progression and development opportunities
- Keep track of the evolving AI landscape to make sure we use the relevant SOTA models and ML techniques to improve our product
- Join occasional customer calls to understand their use cases and identify improvements
- Ensure adherence to responsible AI practices
- Hire, coach and retain the best data scientists and machine learning engineers
- Plan and execute Data Science IP strategy
Application process
- Initial Screening - In the first call, let our recruiter learn about you and your story to check a potential fit for Adarga. This is also a chance for you to ask first questions about the role and company
- Initial Interview - In this meeting, you will meet senior members from our data science practice for an initial assessment of your technical and management skills. This also gives you an opportunity to talk to technical staff and understand our work & ways of working. (Remote ~1 hour)
- Technical Interview – In this session, you will meet senior members of our data science team for a detailed assessment of your technical skills. (Remote ~1 hour)
- Final Interview - You will be invited to visit our London office to meet the executive leadership. This will give you an opportunity to meet leaders from product, technology and business development
Salary benchmarks
Our take
In a world inundated with data, organisations struggle to sift through vast amounts of in-house and open-source information to uncover valuable, mission-critical insights.
Adarga's response to this challenge is Adarga Vantage, an advanced information analysis tool rooted in the company's data science expertise. With a focus on defense applications, Vantage employs proprietary AI models for efficient human-machine teaming, enabling analysts to process information over 20 times faster. The tool incorporates a market-leading question-and-answer (Q&A) feature, leveraging Adarga's generative AI model to swiftly unravel deep themes and address complex queries.
With a recent $20M funding round and a strategic partnership with Secont Front to accelerate the deployment of AI software to the AUKUS defense market, Adarga is well-positioned for a promising future. As Adarga continues to evolve its technology to outpace adversaries, the company is poised to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of information intelligence, not only in the defense sector but across diverse industries facing complex and dynamic challenges.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
20% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jul 2025
$8.5m
EARLY VC
Jan 2025
$15.9m
GRANT
Total funding: $63.2m
Company benefits
- Training budget: Up to £1000 per year for your growth
- Health Cash plan: You will be enrolled in our Health Cash Plan and Employee Assistance Programme
- Flexible Working: Our employees benefit from our Hybrid & flexible working models, choosing which works best for them
- Generous holiday allowance: All of our employees are eligible for fully paid 25 days off per year, plus Bank Holidays (Flexible)
- Adarga anywhere days: 20 days to work from abroad
- Retail discounts: You will have access to money-saving discounts and offers from your favourite fitness, leisure, and lifestyle brands
- Cycle to Work Scheme: For those that cycle to work, you can take advantage of our Cycle to Work savings scheme
Company HQ
Southwark, London
Leadership
Rob Bassett Cross
(CEO)Former Special Forces Officer widely respected as a leading Military Officer of their generation who moved on to be a J.P. Morgan investment banker before founding Adarga in 2015.
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