The Role
Lead the AI Revolution at SafetyCulture!
Are you an AI genius ready to transform the world of frontline work? As our VP of AI/ML, you'll unlock data and insights, revolutionizing how teams operate on a global scale.
This isn't just a job – this is a career defining role where you will truly make an impact and leave your legacy!
Join SafetyCulture and help us shape the future of AI for everyday workers.
About SafetyCulture
SafetyCulture is a global technology company that is helping to transform workplaces around the world.
After witnessing the tragedy of workplace incidents as a private investigator, SafetyCulture Founder Luke Anear recruited a team to help him develop a mobile solution for frontline workers. What we have created is a market-leading workplace operations platform that helps give teams the knowledge, tools, and confidence they need to meet higher standards, work safely, and improve every day.
SafetyCulture is among the fastest-growing tech companies in Australia. Its bold ambition is to reach 100 million users worldwide by 2032. Opportunities to be part of a journey like this do not come around often!
About the Role
As our VP of AI/ML, your mission is to elevate SafetyCulture’s innovation landscape by crafting and executing an AI driven strategy that has the power to revolutionise the way frontline teams work. Reporting directly to the CTO you'll drive SafetyCulture's evolution, steering us into a new era of growth and innovation while shaping the industry and impacting millions globally.
Our customers have entrusted us with over 5 petabytes of data and 4 billion images, which make up the largest repository of workplace inspection data in the world. We need you to help us harness this amazing data set to drive actionable insights and create predictive models.
You’ll spearhead the exploration, development, and implementation of cutting-edge technology and software. Your leadership will forge a high-performing team, build strategic partnerships, and uphold top-tier data quality and security.
Key Responsibilities
- Strategic Leadership: Develop and implement an innovative strategy that aligns with SafetyCulture’s mission and goals, prioritising AI and ML projects to revolutionise frontline operations.
- Cultural Architect: Build and nurture a culture of collaboration, innovation, and openness across teams at all levels, creating a cohesive unit focused on delivering excellence and value to our customers.
- AI and Machine Learning Development : Oversee the design, development, and deployment of AI and ML models using SafetyCulture’s extensive data sets and drive adoption of AI and ML technologies across the organisation
- Growth and Scalability: Lead initiatives that not only optimise current processes but also scale our technological capabilities to meet current milestones and future demands.
- Customer Connection: Engage directly with our customer-facing teams and users to extract valuable insights and align our product development with real-world needs and expectations, ensuring our technology solves critical problems effectively.
- Commercial Strategy: Leverage your technical expertise to direct projects that maximise ROI and contribute significantly to our business growth.
- Data Management and Analytics: Leverage data analytics, turning actionable insights and predictive models for anticipating workplace trends and risks.
What do I need?
- Proven experience as a Senior Leader within a technology-driven environment, ideally in a customer-centric, high-growth/global business.
- Demonstrated experience building high-performing teams and championing innovation.
- Demonstrated experience overseeing the design, development, and deployment of AI and ML models
- Proven expertise in AI/ML or Generative Technologies
- Excellent communication skills, able to advocate for the engineering team and influence technical and non-technical stakeholders across all levels.
- Growth mindset and highly adaptable to change and ambiguity.
- Innovative thinker not bound by traditional ways, able to leverage experience to drive progress.
- Strong self-awareness, with exceptional interpersonal skills to foster alignment and synergy between product, design and engineering teams in a PLG environment.
- Pragmatic problem solver with the ability to challenge, influence and pivot.
Why SafetyCulture?
- Directly shape innovative projects that will impact the lives of millions of workers around the world.
- Lead at the cutting edge, where your initiatives and strategies will define the future of our technology.
- Experience unmatched personal and professional development in an environment that fosters quick learning and innovation.
- Thrive in a dynamic workplace that values bold ideas and diverse perspectives
- Equity with high growth potential
- Flexible working arrangements, we encourage you to create the best work blend while working from your home and the local SafetyCulture office
- Access to professional and personal training and development opportunities
We’re committed to building inclusive teams and cultivating a sense of belonging so our people can bring their whole authentic selves to work each day. We seek to make reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process to create an even playing field for all candidates. Thanks to the tireless efforts of the entire SafetyCulture team, we’ve built an incredible culture which has seen us recognized as a Best Place to Work in Australia, the US, and the UK.
Even if you don't meet every requirement listed in the ad, please consider applying for this role. We prioritize inclusion and value individuals with potential over a checklist of qualifications. Don't rule yourself out—hit that apply button if this job resonates with you. You can find out more about life at SafetyCulture via YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
To all recruitment agencies, we do not accept resumes or partnership opportunities. Please do not forward resumes to SafetyCulture or any of our employees. We are not responsible for any fees associated with unsolicited resumes.
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The Company
What We Do
SafetyCulture is a global technology company that puts the power of continuous improvement into everyone's hands. Our operations platform unlocks the power of observation at scale, giving leaders visibility and workers a voice in driving quality, efficiency, and safety improvements.
More than 60,000 customers use our operations platform to perform checks, train staff, report issues, and automate tasks. In doing so, we drive processes that help businesses get better every day.
Recent analysis by Forrester found that our flagship products provide a 214% return on investment for customers, and USD $3.6M in cost savings from operational improvements.
From top Australian ASX-listed grocer and retailer Coles and American aviation giant JetBlue, to Europe’s largest hospitality multi-national Accor, our operations platform is helping teams in every industry.
