Remote Director of Frontier AI Research & Production

TELUS Digital

Charlottesville (VA)

On-site

USD 211,000 - 264,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

Remote flexibility
Executive leadership role
Comprehensive benefits
Performance bonuses

Job summary

TELUS Digital seeks a Director, Forward Deployed Researcher to lead frontier AI research and oversee client-embedded production deployments across Fortune 500 accounts. You will guide strategic AI direction, mentor engineers, and work with executive stakeholders to deliver measurable business impact.

The role blends advanced research with enterprise consulting, demanding strong leadership, deep technical expertise, and a track record of delivering production-grade AI solutions in regulated

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of hands-on software engineering and AI/ML experience with production systems.
  • 4+ years in senior leadership or management roles.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, AI/ML, or related field.

Responsibilities

  • Lead AI research initiatives embedded at client sites and oversee production deployments.
  • Mentor and build a high-performing Forward Deployed team of engineers and researchers.
  • Collaborate with C-level stakeholders to align AI strategy with enterprise goals.

Skills

Software engineering
AI/ML
Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/AI/ML

Tools

AWS
Azure
GCP
PyTorch
TensorFlow
LangChain
Hugging Face

Job description

TELUS Digital seeks a Director, Forward Deployed Researcher to lead frontier AI research and oversee client-embedded production deployments across Fortune 500 accounts. You will guide strategic AI direction, mentor engineers, and work with executive stakeholders to deliver measurable business impact.

The role blends advanced research with enterprise consulting, demanding strong leadership, deep technical expertise, and a track record of delivering production-grade AI solutions in regulated

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