Director of Artificial Intelligence – Machine Learning

🕒 September 28

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $188k - $302.4k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🤖 Machine Learning Engineer

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Thorn

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2012

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

🔒 Cybersecurity

💰 Venture Round on 2017-01

Non-profit • Social Impact • Cybersecurity

Thorn is a nonprofit organization dedicated to making the internet safer for children and defending them from sexual abuse. Founded in 2012, Thorn creates and implements technology solutions to identify and remove child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and assist in the identification of victims. In addition to providing resources for youth, parents, and platforms, Thorn engages in cutting-edge research on online threats and opportunities for safety. The organization is committed to empowering individuals and businesses to protect children and has partnered with companies like Slack to enhance online safety protocols. Thorn also influences policy and supports the prevention of online child exploitation through education and awareness campaigns.

📋 Description

• Shape and lead Thorn’s Machine Learning and AI strategy with Build leadership, Product, and cross-functional stakeholders • Identify promising ML and AI technologies and translate research and experimentation into investment, partnership, and product strategy recommendations • Support Thorn’s Technical Innovation Roadmap through exploration, prototyping, de-risking, and validation of new capabilities • Ensure ML systems and practices meet privacy, security, responsible AI, regulatory compliance, reliability, and operational excellence expectations • Oversee sensitive datasets, external data annotation partners, and CSAM reporting processes • Partner with Business Development and Strategic Impact to inform the technical research roadmap • Develop, recruit, empower, and retain an exceptional ML team • Lead, coach, and develop technical leaders and individual contributors • Build deep partnerships across ML, Engineering, Product, BDSI, and other teams across the SDLC • Ensure ML capabilities are designed, built, deployed, and operated as reliable, scalable, production-ready systems • Align ML priorities, dependencies, investments, and capacity with Build’s strategy and roadmap • Establish priorities, expectations, and operating rhythms for predictable delivery • Partner on resource allocation, headcount planning, infrastructure investment, and budget stewardship • Serve on Build’s leadership team and contribute to strategy, organizational planning, threat response, and investment decisions • Represent Thorn’s ML work externally with customers, strategic partners, funders, conferences, advisory groups, and the technical community

🎯 Requirements

• Significant experience leading ML, AI, Data Science, or related technical teams responsible for production capabilities at meaningful scale • Strong technical judgment across modern ML and AI • Deep understanding of AI/ML applications, content detection technologies, and software development • Experience developing and operating ML capabilities with attention to reliability, evaluation, monitoring, privacy, security, and responsible AI • Proven ability to lead, develop, and strengthen high-performing technical teams • Experience attracting, hiring, and retaining exceptional talent • Experience coaching technical leaders and individual contributors • Ability to delegate ownership appropriately, set clear expectations, and provide candid, constructive feedback • Ability to earn trust with an established team and thoughtfully evolve culture • Track record of collaboration with Engineering, Product, Research/BDSI, and other cross-functional partners • Experience moving capabilities from research and experimentation into reliable production systems • Skill navigating complex stakeholder environments and creating alignment across teams • Ability to influence, drive change, and solve complex problems calmly and strategically • Strong communication skills, including representing technical work externally • Ability to lead with empathy, humility, honesty, clarity, and a trauma-informed approach • Commitment to putting the children Thorn serves at the center of everything

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote-first work model structured around working from home most of the time • Company-wide gatherings • In-person team meetings and team-building events • Conference attendance opportunities • Broad range of employee benefits • Reasonable accommodations for candidates and employees with disabilities

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