About QuillBot:

QuillBot's vision is a world where communication is painless for everyone, enabling written communication to be 10 times better and faster through AI collaboration. We aim to empower everyone to articulate their original ideas and unlock their creative potential, regardless of their native language or capabilities. Founded on the belief that learning and applying knowledge are more important than the mechanical aspects of writing, QuillBot seeks to automate these necessary tasks while maintaining the authenticity of the writer’s or creator’s voice. Now, our 35+ million monthly users can focus on what they write, not how they should write it.

Responsibilities:

• Direct AI managers who lead teams of research engineers and computational linguists to design and build state-of-the-art solutions in natural language technologies, including paraphrasing, grammar checking, proofreading, summarization, and translation.
• Deliver solutions that change users’ lives, drive business outcomes, and transform the industry of language products.
• Identify gaps in team knowledge/practices and contribute new processes and ideas to help AI managers solve novel research problems.
• Collaborate with product leadership to form and flesh out the product roadmap. Own the team’s goals and roadmap on a quarterly and annual basis. Distribute initiatives to teams to accomplish goals.
• Shape multilingual language products through impactful decision making about the design and construction of natural language technologies.
• Deeply understand relevant products and their users in order to maximize the impact of the team’s AI solutions.
• Create and maintain a culture of uncompromising pursuit of quality in AI solutions.
• Mentor AI managers and individual contributors to increase technical skills, product intuition, and the ability to impact users.

Ideal Candidate:

• PhD in computer science, computational linguistics, artificial intelligence, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Record of publications at top venues in artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and machine learning on par with that of a tenured professor at an R1 university, or equivalent evidence of transformative impact on relevant fields.
• 8+ years of experience as a people manager of teams building artificial intelligence technology.
• Extensive experience designing, implementing, and optimizing artificial intelligence solutions for natural language applications.
• Passion for writing, reading, and research. Deep understanding of writing and academic writing in particular.
• Passion for artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and machine learning.
• Strong command of the English language.
• Preferred: expertise in one or more of the following languages: German, French, Dutch, Spanish, or Portuguese.