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Minneapolis / $250000 - $280000 annum

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Salary
SALARY:

$250000 - $280000

Location

LOCATION

Minneapolis

Job Type
JOB TYPE

Permanent

Director, Applied Research - Corporate Tax & Trade

$250,000 - $280,000 base + bonus + equity

Hybrid Minneapolis, Minnesota

About the Company:

We're partnering with a global data and intelligence leader that's redefining how large enterprises approach tax, compliance, and trade through cutting-edge AI. The organization is investing heavily in NLP, LLMs, and intelligent assistants to deliver enterprise-ready tools across complex regulatory environments.

The Role:

This is a senior leadership position heading up applied research for the Corporate Tax & Trade space. You'll lead a high-performing team of 20+ applied scientists and research engineers building AI-powered products that solve real-world customer problems. This includes building and scaling novel features in intelligent assistants, classification systems, and compliance engines.

You'll partner cross-functionally across product, engineering, marketing, UX, and content to bring AI strategy to life-delivering ML systems into production, advancing new research, and shaping the vision of AI in this space.

Qualifications:

  • PhD or MS with equivalent experience in ML, NLP, or related fields
  • 10+ years of experience applying AI/ML in real-world settings
  • 5+ years of experience leading high-performing applied science teams
  • Strong experience with LLMs, RAG/agentic frameworks, and production ML on AWS
  • Demonstrated success shipping AI-powered products in enterprise environments
  • Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills

The Benefits:

  • Competitive base salary and bonus
  • Equity in a high-growth division
  • Fully remote or hybrid flexibility
  • Budget and autonomy to build new things with a team of top-tier talent
  • Leadership visibility and the chance to shape the future of AI in enterprise tax & trade

Keywords:

Director of Applied Research, NLP, LLM, Tax Technology, Compliance AI, Enterprise AI, RAG, AWS, Productized ML, ML Leadership, Intelligent Assistants, ML Infrastructure

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