Deployment Manager

Zizy Inc.; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mental health and wellness support

Generous time off policy

Paid parental leave and family-plannng

Annual learning & development stipend

Job summary

Zizy Inc. is seeking a seasoned engineering leader to direct the Scientist Deployment team in New York. You will oversee a cross-disciplinary group delivering production-ready AI models and work closely with research and infrastructure teams to scale impact.

We value a lean, high-performing culture, mentorship, and clear communication. This role emphasizes shipping ML-based products, building inclusive teams, and driving product milestones in a rapidly evolving environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as an individual contributor and 2–3+ years in a management role.
• Experience mentoring scientists and engineers to magnify impact.
• Ability to communicate with scientists and engineers across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Direct the Scientist Deployment team to deliver production-ready AI models.
• Mentor and grow scientists and engineers for greater impact.
• Ensure projects stay on track and milestones are met on time.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

ML deployment

Job description

We are seeking a seasoned engineering leader to spearhead the Scientist Deployment team. In this position, you will oversee a team of scientists and engineers dedicated to delivering top-tier AI models to production, thereby enhancing user experience.Your role will involve close collaboration and consistent communication with various teams focused on the fundamental infrastructure of Zizy and other research teams whose work is being prepared for deployment. At Zizy, we value a lean, efficient, and high-performing team over a large one. Hence, your impact will be gauged not by the size of your team but by the quality of your team's output.

In this role, you will be:

• Promptly deploying, learning from deployments, and continually iterating
• Mentoring and fostering growth in scientists and engineers to magnify their impact
• Enhancing the productivity of scientists, engineers, and programmers globally with the next generation of AI-powered tools
• Cultivating a diverse and inclusive culture that encourages open dialogue and challenges groupthink
• Ensuring projects are on track, your team is effectively utilized, and product milestones are achieved on time

You might excel in this role if you:

• Possess at least 5 years of experience as an individual contributor and an additional 2-3 years of experience in a management role
• Are deeply committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and have a history of building inclusive teams
• Have an intrinsic desire to learn and fill in missing skills, coupled with an aptitude for sharing knowledge succinctly with others
• Possess technical knowledge that enables effective communication with scientists and engineers across the organization
• Are willing to delve into the codebase when necessary
• Thrive in ambiguous and rapidly changing environments, viewing changes as opportunities to implement structure and order when needed
• Possess excellent communication, planning, and organizational skills
• Have a track record of shipping ML-based products

Zizy is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. At Kya, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.

Benefits and Perks

• Mental health and wellness support
• Generous time off policy
• Paid parental leave and family-planning support
• Annual learning & development stipend

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability or other legally protected statuses. Pursuant to the NewYork Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made via our careers email.