.Lisbon, PortugalWe believe that we are better together, and at Tripadvisor we welcome you for who you are. Our workplace is for everyone, as is our people powered platform. At Tripadvisor, we want you to bring your unique identities, abilities, and experiences, so we can collectively revolutionize travel and together find the good out there.The Tripadvisor Machine Learning Team is looking for an exceptional individual to lead a team working on designing and building next-generation AI systems to understand our travelers and products and improve customer experience. Our work will significantly improve our ability to offer travelers the broadest, most relevant travel products.You will lead a team of 5 highly talented machine learning engineers focusing on content-related AI projects. Our initiatives aim to enhance user-generated content accessibility for travelers through AI Review Summaries, Collections, Auto-Tagging & Knowledge Graphs, topic classification, machine translation, and more. This foundational work improves travelers' exploration of our content and plan their dream vacation! You'll work with cutting-edge technologies including Natural Language Understanding, Large Language Models (LLMs), Knowledge Graphs, and GenAI.What You'll Do:Lead and mentor a team of machine learning engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning.Set clear goals and expectations for the team, and provide regular feedback and coaching to help them grow both technically and professionally.Develop and implement strategies to attract, retain, and develop top talent in the machine learning engineering field.Oversee the end-to-end development and deployment of machine learning models and systems, ensuring high quality, reliability, and scalability.Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product managers, software engineers, and data scientists to define project requirements, timelines, and deliverables.Monitor project progress, identify risks and challenges, and proactively take steps to address them to ensure successful project outcomes.Provide technical guidance and expertise to the team, helping to solve complex technical challenges and drive innovation in machine learning algorithms and techniques.Stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in machine learning research and technology, and leverage this knowledge to inform decision-making and drive improvements in our products and processes.Foster a culture of experimentation and exploration, encouraging the team to explore new ideas and approaches to solving problems.Communicate effectively with key stakeholders, including senior leadership, to provide updates on project status, solicit feedback, and align on strategic priorities.Act as a liaison between the machine learning engineering team and other departments, ensuring alignment and collaboration on cross-functional initiatives
