**Requirements**
* Graduate degree, Ph.D. preferred, in Computer Science, Statistics, Linguistics, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Economics, Physics, or a related scientific discipline
* Research experience and coursework in Machine Learning, Recommender Systems, and Natural Language Processing
* 3+ years managing projects as a technical project leader
* 5+ years of programming experience in an industry environment
* 5+ years in positions applying machine learning, recommender systems, natural language processing, data science, and analytics to business critical decision processes
* 2+ years prior management experience
* Outstanding analytic and modeling skills, proficient at conceptualizing, implementing, and evaluating highly accurate and scalable solutions to business problems
* Excellent organizational, motivational and interpersonal skills, capable of interfacing well at multiple levels within a large organization
* Demonstrated ability to develop and lead complex research and development projects
* Demonstrated proficiency working with business and technical teams to integrate algorithms into product platforms on large data sets, at scale
* Strong verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to summarize technically complex information for a non-technical audience
* Strong 'can do' attitude, thrives in a dynamic, fast paced environment with many simultaneous projects
* Experience with distributed computing, such as Hadoop, Spark, or an MPP environment
* Strong understanding of machine learning, recommender systems, natural language processing, statistics, and modeling techniques
* Desire to work in a highly collaborative environment
**Additional useful but not required skills**
* Experience with Information Retrieval, Optimization, Causal Inference
* Experience with SQL, Scala, Python, or Java