AIML - Director, Data Science and Insights

As the head of Data Science and Insights, you'll influence the direction of a wide variety of software features, models, and platforms, in close collaboration with teams across the company. Your experience will enable you to thoughtfully balance the various tradeoffs involved in creating successful features that meet Apple's high customer expectations for both quality and privacy. Minimum Qualifications 10+ years of experience in data science and machine learning evaluation, including 6+ years leading large technical teams Advanced degree in a quantitative field such as Statistics, Computer Science, Machine Learning, or similar Demonstrated track record of running organizations of 50+ data scientists and/or machine learning engineers Deep experience in human evaluation methodology, logging, and AB testing for consumer-facing products at scale Hands-on experience building and deploying LLM-based autograders and rubrics, and using them to drive proactive improvements in models and agentic features Strong written and verbal communication skills, able to communicate effectively with engineers and senior leaders, including Senior Vice Presidents Preferred Qualifications Experience evaluating large consumer AI products such as conversational assistants, search systems, or agentic features Experience with logging infrastructure and instrumentation for AI product quality measurement Track record of growing senior leaders from within your organization and where needed recruiting senior data science and machine learning talent in competitive hiring markets Familiarity with evaluation frameworks for agentic systems and tool-use Strong written and verbal communication skills, able to communicate effectively with engineers and senior leaders, including Senior Vice Presidents