Job Opportunity as an AI Engineering Director in Saudi Arabia at Unifonic

You will be responsible for:

• Defining the long-term AI strategy and roadmap in alignment with the company's overall business objectives, product vision, and innovation goals.
• Keeping abreast of the latest AI trends, technologies, tools, and best practices, and proactively identifying new integration and enhancement opportunities.
• Overseeing the selection, design, and implementation of cutting-edge AI and machine learning models, ensuring they align with stakeholder requirements and industry standards.
• Evaluating and integrating external AI solutions (such as provider APIs and pre-trained models) to enhance internal capabilities and accelerate time-to-market.
• Exploring and validating new AI methods, algorithms, and frameworks to improve performance, scalability, and accuracy.
• Leading, mentoring, and developing AI engineering managers, supporting their growth and enabling them to effectively lead their teams of engineers and specialists.
• Fostering a high-performance, collaborative culture focused on innovation, knowledge sharing, accountability, and professional development.
• Collaborating closely with leaders of product, design, data, infrastructure, and other engineering departments to ensure seamless integration of AI solutions into existing and future products. Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand AI-related requirements, communicate progress, and agree on priorities and success metrics.
• Establish and maintain engineering standards, processes, and best practices for model development, implementation, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant data privacy, security, and regulatory requirements in the development and deployment of AI solutions.
• Track and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs), using data-driven insights to improve performance, allocate resources, and maximize ROI.