ML Ops Lead

Anaplan; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Anaplan is seeking a ML Ops Technical Lead to spearhead infrastructure, cost-optimisation, and deployment strategies. You will manage a DevOps team while remaining hands-on, building secure platforms for ML and GenAI models with financial accountability.

Lead MLOps/LLMOps pipelines, define IaC strategies, and deploy GenAI workloads with high availability while optimising cloud spend and ensuring governance across AI infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Extensive production experience deploying and supporting ML systems.
• Proven track record of leading engineering teams.
• Demonstrated experience with Generative AI and LLM deployment patterns.
• History of reducing cloud spend on large-scale AI clusters.

Responsibilities

• Team Leadership & Collaboration: lead and mentor a DevOps team with cross-functional partnerships.
• Infrastructure Strategy & Automation: define AI/ML infrastructure roadmap and IaC provisioning.
• MLOps & LLMOps Engineering: architect and optimise pipelines and CI/CD for models.
• GenAI Production Deployment: deploy LLMs with high availability and performance.
• FinOps & Budget Management: track and forecast AI infrastructure spend.
• Resource Efficiency: implement autoscaling and cost-controls for training/serving.
• Observability & Incident Response: 24/7 monitoring, alerting, and data pipelines visibility.
• Data Governance & Security: enforce governance and security across platforms.

Skills

DevOps leadership

MLOps pipelines

LLMOps

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Python

Go

Cloud cost optimization

CI/CD

Monitoring

Data governance

Tools

MLflow

Kubeflow

LangSmith

Phoenix

Kubecost

Cloudability

Terraform

Ansible

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Job description

At Anaplan, we are a team of innovators focused on optimizing business decision-making through our leading AI-infused scenario planning and analysis platform so our customers can outpace their competition and the market.

What unites Anaplanners across teams and geographies is our collective commitment to our customers’ success and to our Winning Culture.

Our customers rank among the who’s who in the Fortune 50. Coca-Cola, LinkedIn, Adobe, LVMH and Bayer are just a few of the 2,400+ global companies who rely on our best-in-class platform.

Our Winning Culture is the engine that drives our teams of innovators. We champion diversity of thought and ideas, we behave like leaders regardless of title, we are committed to achieving ambitious goals, and we love celebratingour wins – big and small.

Supported by operating principles of being strategy-led, values -based and disciplined in execution, you’ll be inspired, connected, developed and rewarded here. Everything that makes you unique is welcome; join us and let’s build what’s next - together!

Role Overview

We are seeking a ML Ops Technical Lead to spearhead our infrastructure, cost-optimisation, and deployment strategies. You will manage a talented team of DevOps engineers while remaining deeply technical and hands‑on. Your primary mission is to build, scale, and secure the foundational platforms for our machine learning (ML) and generative AI (GenAI) models while maintaining financial accountability.

Your Impact

• Team Leadership & Collaboration: Lead and manage a dedicated DevOps team, mentoring both junior and senior engineers while collaborating closely with Data Science and Engineering leaders.
• Infrastructure Strategy & Automation: Define the infrastructure roadmap for AI/ML workloads and automate provisioning across cloud environments using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• MLOps & LLMOps Engineering: Architect, maintain, and optimise robust MLOps/LLMOps pipelines and CI/CD frameworks for continuous model deployment.
• GenAI Production Deployment: Deploy Large Language Models (LLMs) into production environments, ensuring high availability, low latency, and optimal performance for GenAI applications.
• FinOps & Budget Management: Establish FinOps frameworks to track, allocate, and forecast AI infrastructure spend, managing high-cost GPU/CPU cloud budgets.
• Resource Efficiency & Unit Economics: Implement auto-scaling, spot instances, and down-scaling policies to eliminate waste, while providing full visibility into the unit economics of training and serving LLM models.
• Observability & Incident Response: Establish 24/7 incident response, telemetry, and observability metrics to monitor system performance, model drift, and data pipelines.
• Data Governance & Security: Enforce strict data governance, platform security, and compliance protocols across all AI/ML infrastructure.

Your Skills

• Extensive production experience deploying and supporting ML systems.
• Proven track record of leading engineering teams.
• Demonstrated experience with Generative AI and LLM deployment patterns.
• A proven history of reducing cloud spend on large-scale AI clusters.
• Experience with tools like MLflow, Kubeflow, LangSmith, or Phoenix.
• Expertise in AWS/GCP/Azure cost tools, Kubecost, or Cloudability.
• Extensive background of Kubernetes (K8s), Docker, and service meshes.
• Expert knowledge of Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions.
• Proficient in Python, Bash, or Go.
• Familiarity with Triton Inference Server, vLLM, or Hugging Face TGI.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusionand Belonging (DEIB)

We believe attracting and retaining the best talent and fostering an inclusive culture strengthens our business. DEIB improves our workforce, enhances trust with our partners and customers, and drives business success. Build your career in a place where diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging aren’t just words on paper – this is what drives our innovation, it’s how we connect, and it contributes to what makes us a market leader. We believe in a hiring and working environment where all people are respected and valued, regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, citizenship, or any other aspect which makes people unique. We hire you for who you are, and we want you to bring your authentic self to work every day!

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive equitable benefits and all privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

As set forth in Anaplan’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.