Delivery Hero

Technology

Director,MachineLearningPlatform

€120–170k ~AI est. Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain FULL TIME
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The Brief

“Director, Machine Learning Platform at Delivery Hero. Skills: ML Platform, MLOps, Strategic Leadership. Lead the vision, strategy, and roadmap for ML. Align ML platform with business goals”

What You'll Achieve.

Increase innovation velocity; Increase efficiency; Increase satisfaction of teams

Industry & Context.

Technology

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

10 years of experience in Data & ML leadership, 5+ years in leadership positions, Experience with infrastructure-as-code, Experience with Docker, Experience with Kubernetes, Understanding of DevOps principles, Understanding of CI/CD tooling, Proficient in the end-to-end ML lifecycle, Familiar with common ML techniques, Familiar with major hyperscaler MLOps offerings

Nice to Have

Expertise in LLMs, Expertise in RAG, Expertise in associated frameworks, Cloud platform certs

What You'll Do.

Align ML platform with business goals

Communicate strategy and value to stakeholders

Stay informed on MLOps and AI/ML trends

Oversee creation and improvement of MLOps platform

Oversee target architecture

Oversee technology stack

Oversee operational model

Evangelize robust MLOps practices

Establish and monitor KPIs

Establish and monitor SLOs

Cultivate engineering culture

Manage team performance

Provide career growth pathways

Build leadership capacity

Serve as technology partner to stakeholders

Understand stakeholder ML needs

Influence cross-functional teams

Influence senior leadership

Promote adoption of platform capabilities

Promote adoption of standards

Promote adoption of best practices

Meet immediate stakeholder demands

Build for long-term scalability

Build for long-term maintainability

Ensure efficient allocation of expenditures

Drive cost optimisation initiatives

Oversee relationships with technology vendors

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional teams; Senior leadership; Globally distributed teams

Communication Scope

Executive presentations

Process & Methodology

Roadmap planning, Agility

Full Job Description

As the world’s pioneering local delivery platform, our mission is to deliver an amazing experience, fast, easy, and to your door. We operate in over 70+ countries worldwide, powered by tech, designed by people. As one of Europe’s largest tech platforms, headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Delivery Hero has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2017 and is part of the MDAX stock market index. We enable creative minds to deliver solutions that create impact within our ecosystem. We move fast, take action and adapt. No matter where you're from or what you believe in, we build, we deliver, we lead. We are Delivery Hero. We are looking for a Director, Machine Learning to lead our ML Platform domain within the Data & Platform tribe. The position will be based in our Barcelona hub and will be responsible for defining a compelling vision, shaping the strategy, and driving the execution for Delivery Hero’s unified Machine Learning platform and establishing an MLOps culture. This highly strategic position requires gaining buy-in from senior stakeholders and driving implementation across diverse business units, and will be instrumental in empowering teams across Delivery Hero to leverage AI effectively. This role demands a leader with exceptional technical depth across machine learning domains, combined with strategic foresight and proven stakeholder management experience in a globally distributed organisation. Success in this role is measured by the increase in innovation velocity, efficiency, and satisfaction of teams leveraging the ML platform. Your Mission: Reporting to the Senior Director Data Platform, you will be responsible for leading and scaling the ML Platform domain. Your key responsibilities will include: Strategic Leadership * Lead the vision, strategy, and roadmap for Delivery Hero's unified ML platform, aligning it with business, product, and global tech goals. Communicate this strategy and its value to your users and stakeholders, including executive

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