Senior Machine Learning Team Lead, Aignostics

• Passion for growing and developing team members
• Excellent communication and team working skills
• PhD in relevant field (e.g. Machine Learning, Computer Science, or Bioinformatics) or comparable scientific industry experience
• At least 5+ years of professional experience, with at least 2+ years of leadership experience in a research or development context
• Eagerness to lead initiatives, learn new technologies, and excel in a complex space
• Solid theoretical foundations and deep understanding of machine learning
• Understanding of software development, cloud computing and machine learning software stacks
• Highest standard for quality assurance, ensuring scientific and operational excellence
• Value flat rather than steep hierarchies in a thriving environment of like-minded people

Desirable

• As a (Senior) Machine Learning Team Lead at Aignostics’, you lead a team of (senior) machine learning research scientists towards advancing the state of the art in machine learning models for digital pathology.
• As team lead, you put the impact of your team first over your individual contributions.
• You coordinate interdisciplinary stakeholders, align and facilitate collaboration with other teams, and orchestrate the team internally, enabling team members to innovate, deliver, and grow.
• Having a deep understanding of machine learning and the literature, you provide guidance, reviews, and share knowledge to empower the team.
• Being involved with shaping our strategy, you translate company objectives into team goals and milestones, and report progress to diverse stakeholders
• Team Ownership: You take ownership of your team and its output, shaping its spirit and contributing to Aignostics culture. You promote the growth and development of your individual team members. You take responsibility for the motivation and happiness of your team members and provide psychological safety. You have a positive drive and show resilience, while setting healthy boundaries to ensure long-term personal and team sustainability
• Scientific Leadership: Having a strong track record and deep understanding of machine learning yourself, you derive joy from leading a machine learning team (5-10 members) with scientific and operational excellence towards meaningful impact. You provide guidance, reviews, and share knowledge to empower team members. You coach your team through difficult problems, facilitating team members to find solutions, learn, and grow. Having sufficient breadth of machine learning knowledge, you have the ability to dive deep when needed, showing strong curiosity and drive to advance the current state of the art
• Strategic Thinking: You contribute to Aignostics’ overall machine learning strategy, shape the team accordingly, and translate company objectives into team goals and milestones. You proactively coordinate with stakeholders to maximize your team’s impact. Understanding the bigger picture, you think critically and adapt to changing circumstances and prioritize with your team accordingly
• Technical Project Management: You scope, plan, and execute the research and development of innovative machine learning solutions end to end, owning your team’s roadmap. You manage your team’s workload, prioritize to unblock others, and delegate effectively. You identify risks early, develop mitigation strategies, and balance short-term delivery with long-term sustainability
• Communication: You communicate team progress, challenges, and blockers proactively with stakeholders and explain stakeholder decisions to the team. You communicate clearly to align within the team, ensuring that priorities for all team members are understood at all times. You have the ability to explain technical subject matters to diverse, interdisciplinary stakeholders. In particular, you facilitate close collaboration and alignment between your team and relevant software engineering teams to ensure successful cross-team tech initiatives