Lead Scientist, Sovereign Language Modelling

The Alan Turing Institute; Greater London; Presencial; GBP 96.000 - 115.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Flexible working

Family friendly policies

Descripción de la vacante

The Alan Turing Institute in the United Kingdom is seeking an internationally recognised leader in NLP/ML to shape Sovereign Language Modelling. You will combine hands‑on technical depth with strategic leadership to drive research software and infrastructure at scale.

You will build a high‑impact portfolio, mentor multidisciplinary teams, secure funding and translate research into real‑world resilience and security across trusted environments.

Formación

• Internationally recognised research leader in Natural Language Processing and/or Machine Learning.
• Experience leading research software and infrastructure at scale.
• Experience securing external funding.
• Ability to communicate complex technical work to senior, specialist and non‑specialist audiences.

Responsabilidades

• Set the scientific direction for Sovereign Language Modelling, defining and developing an ambitious research agenda aligned with Fundamental Research priorities.
• Build and lead a high‑quality research portfolio, taking programmes from foundational research questions through to demonstrators and deployment.
• Build, lead and mentor multidisciplinary teams of researchers and research engineers, developing technical capability as priorities and partnerships evolve.
• Provide hands‑on scientific leadership, working alongside technical teams and partners to tackle challenging methodological problems, maintain scientific quality and model excellent research practice.
• Translate research into real‑world resilience impact, applying Sovereign Language Modelling research to operational problems, data and constraints, including secure, classified or sensitive environments where required.
• Develop strategic partnerships and secure resources, building collaborations across academia, government and industry and helping secure the funding, data, compute, facilities and partner commitments needed to deliver the portfolio.
• Represent the Institute as a senior scientific authority for Sovereign Language Modelling, communicating evidence clearly to partners, boards and research audiences and monitoring emerging developments in the field.

Conocimientos

NLP/ML leadership

Model training

Reinforcement learning

Distributed training

Open AI research

Descripción del empleo

The Alan Turing Institute in the United Kingdom is seeking an internationally recognised leader in NLP/ML to shape Sovereign Language Modelling. You will combine hands‑on technical depth with strategic leadership to drive research software and infrastructure at scale.

You will build a high‑impact portfolio, mentor multidisciplinary teams, secure funding and translate research into real‑world resilience and security across trusted environments.