Senior Director of AI @ Inari Agriculture

Senior Director of AI

Artificial Intelligence

Posted on 9/19/2022

INACTIVE

201-500 employees

Website

Plant breeding technology company

Company Overview

Inari is on a mission to transform agriculture and its impact on society and the environment. Inari's platform combines biological and data sciences to create approaches that significantly reduce the land, water, and other inputs required to produce food and feed.

Locations

Cambridge, MA, USA

Experience Level

Entry

Junior

Mid

Senior

Expert

Desired Skills

Apache Spark

AWS

Computer Vision

Data Analysis

Data Science

Keras

Scala

Tensorflow

Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Python

CategoriesNew

AI & Machine Learning

Requirements

10+ years of progressive experience in Data Science with demonstrated leadership capabilities
Strong experience in AI/ML, computational biology, bioinformatics or related, with proven track records (e.g. publications in top-tier journals and conferences, patents, awards, etc.)
BA/BS in Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering, BioInformatics, Data Sciences, Applied Math, Operations Research, or a related field
Expert proficiency in Python, R, or related software environments
Experience building and deploying end-to-end AI solutions that deliver product value
A deep understanding of current data science best practices in areas such as NLP, computer vision, audio/video analysis, search, predictive analytics, recommender systems, and deep learning
Proven leadership in complicated context, able to influence and engage the strategic and technical partners in a matrix organization
Strong commitment to our team's values: learn from every decision, no heroes/heroines, thoughtful inclusion, and fail fast
Excellent interpersonal, organizational and communication skills
Active interest in learning new technology or domains. We are an organization that goes across many disciplines
Desire to work in a mission driven organization focused on sustainability and how we grow food

Responsibilities

Build, lead and deploy Inari's AI strategy and drive the implementation of sustainable, high-impact AI projects
Collaborate cross-functionally with the engineering, product, operations, and other business teams to define the strategic AI roadmap and develop success metrics
Identify and implement best-in-class data science methodologies and tools to enhance existing products and solutions
Conduct end-to-end data insights strategy from a variety of disparate life sciences datasets producing impactful visualization and reporting meaningful findings
Rapidly identify and prototype methods and visualizations to answer key business questions
Identify opportunities to apply the latest advancements in AI to Inari's products
Stay up-to-date on industry trends and best practices and build effective and impactful external networks to foster continued innovation of Inari's AI strategies
Lead a growing team of AI Engineers and provide analytics leadership and direction as they design, build and deploy new products
Build and cultivate the right partnerships and alliances with internal and external partners
Foster excellence through coaching and mentoring of your team
Set the standards and expectations of your team, especially around diversity and inclusion

Desired Qualifications

Experience working with agtech or biotech
Experience with Scala, Go, Arrikto
Experience working with computational scientists and understanding their diverse needs
Deep Learning frameworks: Keras, Tensorflow, Scikit-learn, Spark-MLib
Experience with high-throughput data generation pipeline, from sequencing platform to data analysis environment
Familiarity with AWS cloud computing services and its service offering (e.g. RDS, Athena, SageMaker)

About Inari...

Inari is the SEEDesign™ company. We embrace the diversity and complexity of nature in every aspect of our business to drive innovation – to push the boundaries of what is possible. Through our unrivaled technology platform, Inari uses predictive design and advanced multiplex gene editing to develop step-change products. We are taking a nature positive approach to unlock the full potential of seed that will transform the food system. The results will lead to more productive acres delivering value creation for farmers and a more sustainable future for our planet.

Our success is dependent on great minds, collaborating to generate bright ideas and deliver exceptional outcomes.

We have over 270 employees, with research sites in Cambridge, MA (USA) and Ghent (Belgium), as well as a product development site in West Lafayette, IN (USA). We’ve deliberately built a team that brings diversity of thought to all aspects of our business, to generate new ideas, approaches, and ways of operating. And we’ve intentionally combined experience with potential, bringing agriculture industry experts with the desire to innovate together with bright minds from academia, human therapeutics, software, and consulting. If you want to be part of a diverse and inclusive team developing unique solutions to feed the world while protecting our planet’s natural resources, we’d love to hear from you!

About the role...

The Chief Information and Data Office is looking for a Head of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Our team is building cloud-native, machine learning based systems that tackle problems at the intersection of breeding, gene editing, and agronomy, working closely with data scientists, bioinformaticians, quantitative geneticists, and crop scientists. As the Head of AI you will lead the strategic planning of the design, implementation and direction of Inari’s AI initiatives.

Location: Cambridge, MA, Ghent, Belgium, or West Lafayette, IN

What you’ll do

Build, lead and deploy Inari’s AI strategy and drive the implementation of sustainable, high-impact AI projects
Collaborate cross-functionally with the engineering, product, operations, and other business teams to define the strategic AI roadmap and develop success metrics
Identify and implement best-in-class data science methodologies and tools to enhance existing products and solutions
Conduct end-to-end data insights strategy from a variety of disparate life sciences datasets producing impactful visualization and reporting meaningful findings
Rapidly identify and prototype methods and visualizations to answer key business questions
Identify opportunities to apply the latest advancements in AI to Inari’s products
Stay up-to-date on industry trends and best practices and build effective and impactful external networks to foster continued innovation of Inari’s AI strategies
Lead a growing team of AI Engineers and provide analytics leadership and direction as they design, build and deploy new products
Build and cultivate the right partnerships and alliances with internal and external partners
Foster excellence through coaching and mentoring of your team
Set the standards and expectations of your team, especially around diversity and inclusion

You bring…

10+ years of progressive experience in Data Science with demonstrated leadership capabilities
Strong experience in AI/ML, computational biology, bioinformatics or related, with proven track records (e.g. publications in top-tier journals and conferences, patents, awards, etc.)
BA/BS in Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering, BioInformatics, Data Sciences, Applied Math, Operations Research, or a related field
Expert proficiency in Python, R, or related software environments
Experience building and deploying end-to-end AI solutions that deliver product value
A deep understanding of current data science best practices in areas such as NLP, computer vision, audio/video analysis, search, predictive analytics, recommender systems, and deep learning
Proven leadership in complicated context, able to influence and engage the strategic and technical partners in a matrix organization
Strong commitment to our team’s values: learn from every decision, no heroes/heroines, thoughtful inclusion, and fail fast.
Excellent interpersonal, organizational and communication skills
Active interest in learning new technology or domains. We are an organization that goes across many disciplines.
Desire to work in a mission driven organization focused on sustainability and how we grow food

Bonus qualifications:

Experience working with agtech or biotech.
Experience with Scala, Go, Arrikto
Experience working with computational scientists and understanding their diverse needs.
Deep Learning frameworks: Keras, Tensorflow, Scikit-learn, Spark-MLib
Experience with high-throughput data generation pipeline, from sequencing platform to data analysis environment
Familiarity with AWS cloud computing services and its service offering (e.g. RDS, Athena, SageMaker)

Learn more about us:

http://inari.com

Helping farmers feed the world: https://seedworld.com/faster-breeding-will-help-farmers-feed-the-world/

World Economic Forum Global Innovator: https://inari.com/news/inari-selected-for-world-economic-forums-global-innovators-community

Bloomberg: Inari AgTech Startup https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-12/agtech-startup-inari-nabs-new-funding-at-1-2-billion-valuation

Forbes: Gene editing with CRISPR https://www.forbes.com/sites/lanabandoim/2021/05/21/gene-editing-seeds-with-crispr-is-transforming-agricultural-biotechnology/?sh=63d255e2163d

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