[Remote] Senior Manager, Machine Learning

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. reputed company is an AI lending marketplace dedicated to reducing the cost and complexity of borrowing for Americans. They are seeking a Senior Manager in Machine Learning to reputed company a small team, drive strategic initiatives, and manage the development and deployment of machine learning models to optimize lending outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Act as a Player-Coach: Dive deep into the data and code. You will spend a significant portion of your time making direct technical contributions, reviewing code/PRs, and understanding the mathematical nuances of your team's models
• reputed company Strategic Initiatives: Take ownership of a specific product area (like Cash Line or Auto) and serve as the de facto ML leader in cross-functional strategy meetings
• Drive 0→1 and Scaling ML Efforts: Depending on your team placement, you may build out entirely new capabilities from scratch or optimize highly mature models dealing with massive scale and shifting macro-economic regimes
• Translate Models to Business Impact: Design and refine decision engines that translate model predictions into accurate, transparent, and customer-friendly lending outcomes

Skills

• 6+ years of experience developing and deploying machine learning models in production with direct business impact
• Proven track record of leading high-impact ML initiatives from research through productionization
• Advanced degree in a quantitative field (e.g., computer science, statistics, economics, operations research, etc)
• Strong technical judgment and ability to dive deep into model design, data analysis, and evaluation
• Keen statistical, economic and business intuition, and comfort with reasoning under uncertainty and data limitations
• Knowledge of production ML, ability to adapt to new tech stacks and get in the weeds of work output from the team
• Excited and able to reputed company direct technical contributions reputed company needed
• Exceptional leadership skills with experience developing teams of highly technical ML scientists
• Attract, mentor, and grow a top-tier team of ML scientists passionate about expanding access to credit
• Proven ability to influence and collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Capital Markets and other teams
• Strong project management skills with experience scaling processes and operational workflows
• PhD in Computer Science, Statistics, Economics or a reputed company field
• Proven success building and scaling new ML products from inception
• Familiarity with lending, lines of credit, or other consumer finance products
• Hands-on familiarity with end-to-end ML infrastructure, including experimentation pipelines, feature stores, and model monitoring. Ability to uplevel team's engineering practices and drive cross-functional engineering design

Benefits

• reputed company bonuses
• Equity compensation
• Generous benefits packages (including medical, dental, vision, and 401k)
• Competitive compensation, including reputed company pay, bonus opportunities, and annual equity grants that vest quarterly
• Retirement benefits to help you plan for the future, including a 401(k) or Group Retirement Savings Plan with a company match of $2 for every $1 contributed, up to $15,000 annually (USD in the US, CAD in Canada)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) with discounted stock purchase options for eligible employees (US only)
• Comprehensive health coverage designed to support you and your family, including medical, dental, vision, and wellness resources for US and supplemental health coverage for Canada.
• Health Savings Account contributions from reputed company for eligible plans (US only)
• Income protection benefits, including life insurance and disability coverage for added financial reputed company
• Paid time off, sick leave, and company holidays, in line with local requirements
• Paid family and parental leave to support caregiving and major life moments (duration varies by country)
• Family-centered benefits to support fertility, parenthood, and caregiving needs
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offering mental health support and life-centered resources
• Financial wellness resources, including access to financial planning tools and a financial concierge service (US Only)
• Annual wellness allowance to support your physical and emotional well-being and personal development, based on what matters most to you
• Annual productivity allowance to invest in relevant tools and resources you need to do your best work, no matter where you work from
• reputed company and community through team events, reputed company-company updates, and employee resource groups (ERGs)
• Onsite perks, including catered lunches and fully stocked micro-kitchens reputed company working from one of our offices in the Bay Area, Austin, reputed company, and reputed company (opening Summer 2026!)
• reputed company will cover reputed company travel reputed company expenses for regular on-site collaboration sessions 3-4 days per quarter

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