Research Director

Runway is seeking a Research Director to lead and grow their Applied ML Research team in developing cutting-edge machine learning tools for AI-based content creation. The ideal candidate should have a strong research background in computer vision and be able to manage and enable other researchers to develop state-of-the-art research. This is a cross-functional role that requires strong communication and collaboration skills to work with the engineering and product teams to define high-level research goals aligned with overall company initiatives. The candidate should have 4+ years of industry experience as a research scientist in computer vision and experience mentoring and supporting the career growth of other researchers.

• Lead, hire, and grow Runway's applied machine learning research team
• Coordinate with the product team and the rest of the engineering team to define high-level research goals aligned with overall company initiatives
• Write tooling and prototypes to unblock and increase the productivity of other researchers
• Have a strong research background in computer vision
• Be deeply interested in managing and enabling other researchers to develop state-of-the-art research
• Work with a world-class engineering and research team pushing the boundaries of content creation on the browser
• Translate product and business objectives into technical strategies
• Productionize state of the art ML research

• 4+ years of industry experience as a research scientist in computer vision
• High emotional intelligence and experience mentoring and supporting the career growth of other researchers
• Good understanding of how to communicate goals, drive the execution of projects, and inspire through others
• Experience in translating product and business objectives into technical strategies
• Deep interest in productionizing state of the art ML research