Senior Director, Science, Innovation, & Development

The Senior Director, Science, Innovation, & Development is responsible for leading and managing the scientific and research operations at AccuWeather. The successful candidate will serve as the senior advisor on innovation and oversee the development of new products and solutions in the Artificial Intelligence, Meteorology, and Scientific Disciplines. One of the initial responsibilities of this position will be leading the definition and development of AccuWeather’s Next Generation Weather Forecasting System along with the creation of new innovative and industry leading solutions in health, energy, sports and transportation. The person will also be responsible for creation of new intellectual capabilities and patents, and capitalizing on existing intellectual capital and patents. This position will report to the SVP, Digital Strategy, with a great amount of collaboration across the Executive Leadership Team, particularly with the IT organization.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Create, grow, and lead teams responsible for innovation
• Develop AccuWeather’s next generation weather forecasting technology and systems
• Drive corporate innovation in machine learning, artificial intelligence, and quantum computing
• Create new data products to be used across our entire media and business services product portfolio
• Evaluate, prioritize and develop an ongoing pipeline of new ideas from various parts of the company
• Define and create early proof of concepts in collaboration with Product Office
• Clearly define budgets, resourcing needs, and project timelines
• Lead collaborations with academic research partners and other companies, as needed
• Recommend acquisitions when appropriate
• Performs other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS 

• MS or PhD in Computer Science, Meteorology, Statistics or equivalent degree in Science, Technology, or related field required
• 10 years’ experience in similar leadership position
• Experience in Artificial Intelligence, specifically with Deep Learning and Neural Networks
• Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Prior experience in leading teams of 5-10 individuals
• Knowledge of meteorological data highly desired
• Strong organization skills
• Proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment under changing and strict deadlines
• Ability to read and interpret complex documents
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of employees and/or client, prospective clients, and community organizations
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks, multitask, and balance work in the face of rapidly changing needs
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions

ABOUT ACCUWEATHER 

AccuWeather, recognized and documented as the most accurate and most used source of weather forecasts and warnings in the world, has saved over 12,000 lives, prevented injury to over 100,000 people, and saved companies tens of billions of dollars through better planning and decision-making.

Billions of people around the world rely on AccuWeather’s proven Superior Accuracy™ across our consumer digital platforms. AccuWeather.com is the #1 weather destination and one of the top 100 most-visited websites in the world, and our award-winning AccuWeather app delivers detailed real-time forecasts to millions of smartphones.

AccuWeather forecasts also appear on digital signage, in 700 newspapers, are heard on over 400 radio stations, and viewed on 100 television stations. The AccuWeather Network and AccuWeather NOW® reach an audience of over 125 million on cable and streaming platforms including DirecTV, Charter Communications - Spectrum, Verizon, Philo, Frndly TV, Comcast’s Xfinity X1 and Xfinity Stream, Roku, Xumo, Rockbot, LG, and Amazon Freevee.

AccuWeather For Business serves more than half of the Fortune 500 companies and thousands of other businesses and government agencies globally.

Dr. Joel Myers, Founder and Executive Chairman, established AccuWeather in 1962 and is considered the “father of modern commercial meteorology.” Myers, a leading creative thinker and visionary, has been called “the most accurate man in weather” by The New York Times and has been recognized as one of the top entrepreneurs in American history by Entrepreneur’s Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurs. 

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

AccuWeather is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity to all applicants and existing employees and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity/expression), sexual orientation, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, political affiliation, religion, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. 
 
AccuWeather is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.