AI Research Strategy Architect

Bloomberg; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Bloomberg’s CTO Office seeks an experienced AI/ML research professional to impact research agendas across foundational to applied ML and product development. Join the ML Strategy team to shape technical perspectives and collaborate with academic and industry partners.

You'll design, streamline, and operate workflows that make rigorous, reproducible research easier to review, publish, and communicate externally, working with researchers, leadership, Communications, Legal, and partners.

Qualifications

• PhD in AI, ML, CS, statistics, optimization, data science, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of post-PhD experience in industry, academia, or a research-oriented organization.
• Strong publication record and credible presence in the AI research community.
• Experience with rigorous research review and publication processes, including peer-reviewed submissions, reproducibility practices, or internal review systems.
• Strong judgment about AI research quality, rigor, reproducibility, and responsible external communication.
• Ability to build trust and work effectively across research, product, engineering, communications, legal, and external partner communities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate technical research context for non-specialist stakeholders.
• Strong organizational skills and an interest in improving complex workflows, systems, and processes.
• Comfort operating in ambiguous environments where processes, responsibilities, and edge cases may need to be clarified or improved over time.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to Bloomberg’s research agenda through original research, academic and industry collaboration, and engagement with the broader machine learning research community.
• Help shape a flourishing AI research ecosystem at Bloomberg by strengthening the processes, norms, and infrastructure that support rigorous, reproducible, externally visible research.
• Track important advances in your areas of machine learning expertise, and help Bloomberg understand their relevance to our products, platforms, research agenda, and clients.
• Represent Bloomberg’s AI research and technical perspective in appropriate external settings, including conferences, workshops, academic collaborations, and partner engagements.

Skills

Publication record

Research collaboration

Cross-disciplinary communication

Written and verbal communication

Operationalize rigorous research

Ambiguity tolerance

Workflow improvement

Team mentorship

Education

PhD in AI/ML or related field

5+ years post-PhD experience

Job description

Bloomberg’s CTO Office seeks an experienced AI/ML research professional to impact research agendas across foundational to applied ML and product development. Join the ML Strategy team to shape technical perspectives and collaborate with academic and industry partners.

You'll design, streamline, and operate workflows that make rigorous, reproducible research easier to review, publish, and communicate externally, working with researchers, leadership, Communications, Legal, and partners.