Head of Data - ML

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Overstory

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Overstory is a company providing actionable vegetation intelligence to utilities for safer and more reliable power management. Their software helps utilities optimize resources, mitigate vegetation risk, and future-proof their operations programs by enabling data-driven, smarter infrastructure management. Overstory uses advanced technology and analytics to assist in vegetation management, a major factor in power outages and wildfires. They collaborate with utilities to develop solutions that integrate seamlessly into existing workflows.

Planet Tech • Satellite Imagery • AI • Deep Learning • Forestry

11 - 50 employees

Founded 2018

⚡ Energy

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

📋 Description

• Overstory is hiring a senior AI/ML leader to shape the future of our intelligent systems that power critical environmental insights. • Your leadership will establish the technical foundation and processes that make our ML systems more robust, scalable, and impactful over time. • As a key member of Overstory's technical leadership team, you'll build and guide a team of ML engineers and data scientists while helping grow a thriving, mission-driven business. • You'll collaborate closely with cross-functional partners (engineering, product, design, customer success) to develop AI solutions that deliver exceptional value to customers and set new industry benchmarks for environmental intelligence.

🎯 Requirements

• Passionate about applying AI to climate and environmental challenges • Experience working in a high-growth startup/scaleup environment • Experience in geospatial deep learning and a related field (ecology, environmental sciences, weather, climate) • Proven track record leading AI/ML teams, with 5+ years managing and developing technical ML leaders • Track record building psychological safety and transparent communication in technical teams • Substantial hands-on ML engineering background with expertise in productionizing models and implementing continuous learning, evaluation, and deployment pipelines • Strategic mindset for navigating AI complexity while maintaining focus on real-world impact • Demonstrated success scaling ML organizations in high-growth environments • Track record of successful remote-first team leadership • You are based in the EST/GMT/CET time zone.

🏖️ Benefits

• To be part of truly mission-driven work that reduces wildfires, protects earth’s natural resources and helps solve our climate crisis. • Flexible working environment with a lot of autonomy. We build our work days around our lives, not the other way around. • Other benefits like a remote working budget, an educational budget and time to develop new skills. • To be surrounded by an excellent, vibrant, smart team who have each other's back and believe in a culture of openness, tolerance and respect. • Equity and a competitive salary.