Head of Ai

Job Description

- Head of AI & DATA-
- Job Location: Lisbon, Portugal-
- Contract type: Permanent-
- Acolad is the global leader in content and language solutions. Its mission is to support companies in every industry to scale across markets and enable growth through cutting-edge technology and localization expertise. Established in 1995, the group is present in 22 countries across Europe, North America and Asia, with over 1.600 employees supported by a network of +10.000 linguists around the world.
- At Acolad, every position is key to our global growth: we know that we will only succeed if our people succeed.
Joining Acolad means a unique opportunity for professional development through a collaborative global environment that promotes talent and creativity. We are continuously looking for new talent (like you) to support our mission to drive growth and innovation across some of the world’s leading brands.
- Check out Our brand video to learn more about us - **About the role**:

- We are seeking an exceptional and visionary Vice President of AI to lead our Artificial Intelligence strategy, development, and innovation. This pivotal role will be responsible for defining the future of AI within our organization, overseeing the entire lifecycle of our AIdriven products and platforms, and building a world-class team of AI engineers, data scientists, and MLOps specialists.-
**Key Responsibilities**:
-- **AI Strategy & Vision**:Define and articulate a compelling AI strategy and roadmap that aligns with company goals, anticipates market trends, and leverages emerging technologies to create a competitive advantage among our Product offering.
- **Team Leadership & Development**:Build, mentor, and lead high-performing teams across AI engineering, data science, and MLOps. Foster a culture of innovation, continuous learning, accountability, and excellence.
- **Product & Platform Ownership**:Oversee the end-to-end development and deployment of our AI platform and services, including Automatic Post Editing, Quality Estimation, Content Rating, Document Triage, AI Workflow Optimization, and the expansion of our AI Studio.
- **Technical Excellence & Architecture**:Provide strategic technical guidance and oversight for the design, development, and optimization of scalable, low-latency, and high-performance AI models and systems. Ensure best practices in software engineering, cloud architecture (AWS, GCP, Azure), and MLOps are consistently applied.

**Cross-functional Collaboration**:Partner closely with executive leadership, product management, engineering, sales, and marketing teams to identify opportunities for AI integration, translate business needs into AI solutions, and ensure seamless product delivery and adoption.
- **Data-Driven Decision Making**:Champion a data-driven approach to AI development, leveraging analytics and user feedback to continuously refine product features, optimize model performance, and ensure scalability.
- **Market & Industry Leadership**:Stay abreast of the latest advancements in AI, machine learning, and competitive landscapes. Represent the company as an AI thought leader in industry forums and conferences.
- **Budget & Resource Management**:Manage the AI department's budget, resources, and operational efficiency to maximize impact and ROI.
- **Requirements**:
-- **Experience**: 10+ years of progressive experience in AI/ML, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role (e.g., Head of AI, VP of Engineering/AI) managing multiple teams and large-scale AI initiatives.

**LLM & Speech AI Expertise**:Proven experience with Large Language Models (LLMs), including their experimentation, fine-tuning, and productionization. Strong understanding of real-time speech technologies (ASR, TTS, Speech Translation) and low-latency AI optimization.

**MLOps & Productionization**:Demonstrated success in implementing MLOps best practices, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and feedback loops for continuous delivery and optimization of AI models.
- **Programming Proficiency**:Strong proficiency in Python and experience with other relevant languages.
- **Strategic & Problem-Solving Skills**:Exceptional analytical, strategic thinking, and problem-solving abilities, with a track record of delivering practical, impactful solutions to complex technical and business challenges.
- **Leadership & Communication**:Outstanding leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to inspire teams, influence stakeholders, and articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
- **Education**: Master's or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Electrical Engineering, or a related quantitative field.
- **Benefits**:
-- The opportunity to shape the future of AI-driven translation services and directly impact global communication.
- A highly visible and impactful role at the forefront of AI innovation.
- A dynamic, challenging, and fast-paced environment that values owner