Senior Machine Learning Scientist - Music AI & Fan Insights

UMG Recordings; Santa Monica (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

UMG Recordings, a leader in global music, is building an Applied AI and Machine Learning function. We seek a Principal Machine Learning Scientist to lead the design and delivery of AI-enabled workflows and ML solutions that strengthen decisions across our business.

This senior IC role combines hands-on technical work with leadership across cross-functional teams. You will frame problems, select methods, and drive adoption of production-grade AI systems within UMG's diverse catalog and operations.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience developing and deploying machine learning or statistical systems, with sustained ownership of ambiguous, high-impact problems.
• Deep production experience in at least two relevant areas such as recommender systems, personalization, search and ranking, causal inference, time-series forecasting, optimization, or anomaly detection.
• Strong experience designing, evaluating, and deploying modern AI systems, including LLM-based workflows, retrieval, grounding, tool use, structured generation, safety controls, or human review.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of AI-enabled workflows and machine learning solutions across UMG.
• Frame the right problem, choose methods, and carry solutions through to measurable adoption and business impact.
• Partner with ML engineers, data engineers, product managers, designers, domain experts, and label stakeholders to create systems people trust and use.
• Establish reusable practices for data and feature access, experimentation, model serving, monitoring, governance, lineage, and documentation.
• Mentor practitioners and raise technical standards through reusable methods, documentation, and reviews.

Skills

ML systems deployment

Recommender systems

Time-series forecasting

LLM-based workflows

Causal inference

Robust production systems

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Advanced degree in CS/Statistics/Math/Economics/Operations Research

Job description

UMG Recordings, a leader in global music, is building an Applied AI and Machine Learning function. We seek a Principal Machine Learning Scientist to lead the design and delivery of AI-enabled workflows and ML solutions that strengthen decisions across our business.

This senior IC role combines hands-on technical work with leadership across cross-functional teams. You will frame problems, select methods, and drive adoption of production-grade AI systems within UMG's diverse catalog and operations.