Head of Applied AI

Weave • San Francisco, CA

5h • Hybrid

About The Position

At Weave, the mission is to evolve how therapeutic knowledge is captured, transformed, and communicated throughout drug development by equipping human experts with AI instruments to enable drugs to be brought to patients as rapidly, safely, and inexpensively as possible. The Weave Platform streamlines regulatory workflows from start to finish by intelligently, creatively, and effectively infusing every step with AI. Together with their customers, Weave is designing and building the AI workbench for the entire therapeutic lifecycle. The Head of Applied AI will manage and lead the Applied AI team, focusing on people leadership, maintaining a healthy working environment, planning long-term architecture initiatives, keeping a high-bar of excellence on the team, and growing the team. This role is responsible for decisions regarding AI architecture and personnel, driving architectural direction and roadmap execution, as well as supporting the technical and personal development of the team. This position reports directly to the Head of Engineering. The charter of the Applied AI team is to develop and maintain a deep understanding of LLMs and their derivatives (e.g., agents, RAG) in order to build, evaluate, and deploy AI features that are valuable, controllable, and trustworthy within the Weave platform. Technical leaders at Weave are expected to maintain hands-on capacity, whether through bug fixes, pull request reviews, or healthy debate of technical decisions. Managers of technical teams must stay technical while staying out of the way of their team. Effective decision making requires technical know-how and trust from the team. The leader is expected to be technical, attack every problem with enthusiasm, and remove hurdles for scientists and engineers.

Requirements

• Has worked at an early-stage, product-based startup before (<50 people)
• Rigorous analytical capabilities derived from experience or education (ideally both)
• Experience building production software with LLMs-in-the-loop
• Experience building B2B software in regulated industries and/or for enterprise customers
• Experience leading with a data-first mindset
• Experience experimenting and implementing emerging frameworks, practices and standards with LLMs
• Direct and candid with leadership, peers, and direct reports
• Experience mentoring and growing employees
• Experience as an architect - proven ability to design and implement robust and scalable systems with flexible and scalable UI that meets future needs
• Experience overseeing and managing projects across teams
• Bias to action and speed without compromising rigor

Responsibilities

• Build AI features that clearly solve real customer problems, that users love, that organizations can trust
• Set the bar for analytical rigor, evidence-based decisions, and meaningful understanding of LLMs
• Plan and execute on AI architectural investments in coordination with Product and Technical Leadership
• Foster a culture of shipping compelling AI features to customers rapidly and routinely
• Develop and maintain quality standards that grow and preserve customer trust
• Ensure the Weave platform remains at the leading edge of AI technologies
• Hire, manage, and retain extraordinary AI Engineers and Applied Scientists
• Maintain a healthy, productive working environment and a high-performing team

Benefits

• The opportunity to work at a modern, cutting-edge healthcare technology company devoted to meaningful positive impact on human life. Collaboration, velocity, and customer obsession are our baseline, demonstrations of craftsmanship and ROI are celebrated.
• Competitive salary ($275,000 - $325,000) and equity packages.
• Comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance
• Take care of you and yours: generous PTO, parental leave, OneMedical, TalkSpace, Teladoc.
• Career development opportunities within a company entering a growth phase.
• Hybrid in San Francisco with in-office days Tues/Wed/Thurs and flexibility to work remote Mon/Fri.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed