About Ancestry:
When you join Ancestry, you join a human-centered company where every person’s story is important. We believe that by discovering the struggles and triumphs of our past, we can foster deeper bonds and more meaningful connections among families and communities. With more than 30+ billion digitized global historical records, 125+ million family trees, and 22+ million people in our growing AncestryDNA database, Ancestry helps customers discover their family story and gain a new level of understanding about their lives.

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Senior Manager of AI – Recommendation and Personalization

We’re looking for a Senior Manager of AI with expertise in recommendation and personalization to join our team. As a member of the Data Science and Analytics team, you will be tackling our toughest and most exciting recommendation and personalization problems across Ancestry products using advanced AI and ML technologies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage, mentor, and aid direct reports in career development

• Lead the team in using ML and AI solutions to drive product innovations in recommendation and personalization areas across Family History, and DNA products.

• Partner with Product, Engineering, UX and Platform stakeholders to identify/prioritize top AI/ML opportunities

• Support Product, Engineering, UX and Platform stakeholders to define a long-term AI vision for the recommendation and personalization team and help with the detailed road-map planning

• Help champion a data-driven culture and push long-term business value creation through development of best-in-class data science capabilities.

Qualifications:

• Masters or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics or other related fields

• 5 or more years of industrial experience in developing ML/AI models with focus on recommendation and personalization particularly in areas such as search.

• 2 or more years of managerial experience in managing a team of experts in ML/AI

• Extensive experience with advanced ML/AI techniques concerning ranking, recommendation and personalization (e.g., natural networks/deep learning, reinforcement learning, Natural Language Processing, RankSVM, etc.)

• Proficiency in SQL, Python and Java (or other programming languages such as C/C++)

• Experience with SPARK

• Experience with cloud computing, preferably AWS

• Experience at expert level in agile software development

• Experience working on or managing projects involving large scale and multidimensional databases, complex business infrastructure, and cross-functional teams

• Proven track record of strong verbal/written communication and presentation skills, including an ability to effectively communicate with both business and technical teams

• Demonstrated success leading a team with proven track record of delivering results

• Experience influencing internal and external decision-makers

• Excellent people leadership skills and a proven track record of developing high potential talent

• Self-starter, high level of motivation and ability to work well independently as well as motivate and energize team members

As a signatory of the ParityPledge in Support of Women and the ParityPledge in Support of People of Color, Ancestry values pay transparency and pay equity.  We are pleased to share the base salary range for this position: $122,000 - $290,000 with eligibility for bonus, equity and comprehensive benefits including health, dental and vision. The actual salary will vary by geographic region and job experience.  We will share detailed compensation data for a specific location during the recruiting process.  Read more about our benefits HERE. 

*Note: Disclosure as required by sb19-085(8-5-20) and sb1162(1-1-23)

Additional Information:

Ancestry is an Equal Opportunity Employer that makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, military or veteran status, citizenship, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. In addition, Ancestry will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

All job offers are contingent on a background check screen that complies with applicable law.  For San Francisco office candidates, pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Ancestry will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Ancestry is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Ancestry via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Ancestry. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Ancestry as a result of the referral or through other means.