Director of Machine Learning

💻 Director of Machine Learning

🧑🏼 💻 (Lead / Senior / Managers considered too)

📍 Hybrid (London – 3 days on-site)

🌍 Series A Impact Tech Business

💵 £100k – £130k + Meaningful Equity

Albany Growth are partnering with a mission-led impact tech focused company backed by a top-tier VC to hire a Director of Machine Learning. This is a hands-on leadership role, guiding the ML function across an innovative platform.

For this role, we are also open to people who don’t necessarily come from a director level background but may have been working in a management, tech lead or senior level role.

You’ll own the ML strategy and roadmap, lead a talented team of applied ML engineers, and drive delivery across areas such as generative AI, geospatial analysis, computer vision, and hybrid physical-ML models. This is a chance to tackle real-world problems with high impact, blending deep tech with urgent purpose.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the company’s AI & ML strategy and technical roadmap
• Lead and scale a team of ML Engineers, providing coaching, mentorship, and technical direction
• Take ownership of ML model development across generative AI, geospatial data, computer vision, and time-series forecasting
• Bridge the gap between physics-based risk modelling and applied machine learning
• Drive models from prototype through to production with high standards of observability and maintainability
• Collaborate with Product, Science, and Engineering stakeholders to translate complex technical ideas into customer-facing impact
• Contribute to a high-trust, high-performance leadership culture

Key Requirements

• 3+ years leading applied ML teams (with strong hands-on IC background)
• Proven experience shipping ML models to production and generating real product value
• Expertise in Python and ML libraries such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or scikit-learn
• Depth in one or more areas: generative AI, geospatial ML, computer vision, time-series forecasting
• Excellent stakeholder communication and the ability to align ML with business value
• Startup or scale-up mindset – comfortable working in lean, fast-paced environments

📍 Hybrid working (3 days/week on-site in London)

💵 £100k – £130k base + meaningful equity

📈 Series A scale-up backed by a global VC

🌍 Mission-driven product used by business leaders

💡 Solve real-world challenges using cutting-edge ML

If you’re excited about the opportunity to utilise tech for good through ML innovation, apply using the link and we’ll be in touch with the details.

💻 Director of Machine Learning

🧑🏼 💻 (Lead / Senior / Managers considered too)

📍 Hybrid (London – 3 days on-site)

🌍 Series A Impact Tech Business

💵 £100k – £130k + Meaningful Equity