Director of AI

2 Months ago • 5 Years +

About the job

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Lead AI strategy at Inkitt, build & manage team, leverage LLMs and generative AI, deliver innovative solutions.

Inkitt is building the Disney of the 21st Century, standing at the forefront of technology and entertainment. Leveraging AI and predictive algorithms, Inkitt discovers unknown stories and turns them into blockbuster hits, producing a new $1M ebook every 4 weeks. Inkitt has become the 11th most bestseller-generating publisher in the world, boasting a 40x higher hit-rate than traditional publishers. Our recent expansion into GalateaTV is only the beginning of our journey to becoming the next-gen entertainment powerhouse.

What You’ll Do:

As the leader in this domain, you will spearhead efforts to identify cutting-edge tools and technologies that enhance the experience for both their authors and consumers.
Net-new position responsible for shaping and executing Inkitt's AI strategy
Recruit and inspire a team of AI professionals aligned on a singular goal of using cutting-edge technology to entertain
Continually surface new opportunities to harness the rapid evolution of LLMs, Generative AI and other emerging tools
Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to integrate AI-powered experiences into our consumer applications
Oversee the data management strategy, ensuring the quality and accessibility of data for AI applications
Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement within the AI team
Establish thought leadership by deep industry participation via networking, speaking engagements and publications
Ensure compliance with ethical AI practices and data privacy regulations

What You'll Bring:

Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or a related field
Minimum of 5 years of industry experience in Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning
Strong leadership skills with experience in managing and growing AI teams
Expertise in Generative AI as well as traditional Machine Learning and Engineering
Combination of deep technical skills and business savvy to interface with all stakeholders directly
Values "time to impact" and is oriented towards delivering on an (MVP) with a mindset of iterative improvement
Product-minded individual who comprehensively understands how to leverage a platform approach to AI implementation, strategically aligning technology with business objectives to deliver innovative solutions that enhance the user experience
Passion for innovation and a deep understanding of the digital media landscape

At Inkitt, we strive to build a company culture and provide employment opportunities based on diversity and inclusion. We believe every author should have an equal opportunity to succeed, as should our team members. As a growing team from 20+ countries, we welcome everyone to apply.

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About The Company

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We believe every author should have an equal opportunity to succeed. Therefore, our mission is to discover hidden talents and turn them into globally successful authors.

Inkitt is a pioneer at the forefront of Data Driven Publishing. Using an analytic and objective approach, we’ve discovered hundreds of talented authors around the world with over 50% of our published authors achieving $100,000+ in sales. We have forever changed the traditional publishing model by inventing an algorithm which analyzes users' reading behavior to identify hits, in turn removing subjectivity from the equation. This gives Inkitt the unique ability to discover hidden talents that might otherwise have gone unnoticed.

Hits that are identified by our algorithm, are then licensed to and distributed on our Galatea app where we systematically generate blockbusters by A/B testing the content of our stories. This process is our own unique creation, and something which has never before been done in the entertainment industry.

At present, we are an international team of 85 passionate and dedicated inventors and entrepreneurs and we are growing quickly. We are proud that our mission has persuaded early investors in Google and Spotify to back us, as well as attracted talents from Netflix, Activision Blizzard, DeliveryHero, Babbel, and N26 to join us.

We invent new solutions to problems we encounter, as opposed to simply iterating upon existing solutions.

Join us to build the Disney of the 21st Century!

FT1000: #8 Fastest-Growing Company in Europe 2023