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Head of Machine Learning
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Overstory
The climate crisis is the defining challenge of our time—but it’s also the greatest opportunity for innovation. At Overstory, we’re harnessing cutting-edge technology to enable a resilient electrical grid that keeps communities thriving as our world changes. The grid is the backbone of life as we know it. It powers hospitals, keeps food fresh, and ensures communities stay connected. Extreme weather, aging infrastructure, and growing wildfire risks are putting this critical system under pressure, making the electric utility industry the greatest opportunity for tackling climate change. We use AI and advanced satellite imagery to pinpoint and prioritize vegetation risks before they materialize, providing utilities with critical analysis to help prevent outages, reduce wildfire risk, and accelerate the transition to a safer, more resilient grid. Our team spans the Americas and Europe, with 15 nationalities and growing. We’re united by a passion for solving complex problems, a commitment to climate action, and the belief that technology should be a force for good. Join us to help build a more resilient world together.
The role Overstory is hiring a senior AI/ML leader to shape the future of our intelligent systems that power critical environmental insights. Our AI capabilities currently drive three key product areas: wildfire prevention modeling, utility planning decision support, and actionable vegetation risk 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. What you’ll do is described below.
What You’ll Do
Lead and empower: Drive key AI initiatives across product areas, fostering a culture of technical excellence and empowering ML engineers to push boundaries.
Provide AI vision: Offer strategic guidance on model architecture, data strategy, and ML operations to align with Overstory's long-term goals.
Champion company values: Embody Overstory's core values, nurture a positive team culture, and advocate for responsible AI practices.
Support growth: Mentor team members via regular 1:1s, support technical depth and career growth; participate in interviewing and hiring senior ML engineers and managers.
Cross-functional collaboration: Partner with software engineering, design, customer success, and product teams to integrate AI capabilities that advance the product vision.
Enhance organizational design: Refine ML team structures and optimize the distribution of AI expertise across the organization.
Mentor and contribute to leadership: Provide technical mentorship and support to elevate company-wide AI capabilities.
About You
Passionate about applying AI to climate and environmental challenges
Experience in a high-growth startup/scaleup environment
Experience in geospatial deep learning or related fields (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
Hands-on ML engineering background with productionizing models and continuous learning, evaluation, and deployment pipelines
Strategic mindset for navigating AI complexity while maintaining real-world impact
Successful experience scaling ML organizations in high-growth environments
Remote-first team leadership experience
Nice-to-have
Experience with satellite or aerial imagery analysis
Experience integrating ML systems with production software platforms
Responsible AI development including fairness, interpretability, and model governance
Experience managing ML infrastructure and operational costs at scale
Cross-functional collaboration with research and science teams
Experience communicating technical ML concepts to enterprise customers
If you don’t meet all of the above yet feel you have lots to offer, please apply anyway.
What You Get
Mission-driven work that reduces wildfires, protects natural resources, and helps solve the climate crisis.
Flexible working environment with autonomy; we build our work days around our lives.
Benefits including remote working budget, educational budget, and time to develop new skills.
Collaboration with an excellent, vibrant team that values openness, tolerance, and respect.
Equity and a competitive salary.
About Our Team We are 85 people from around the world, with 15 nationalities represented. We work remotely from nine countries and welcome candidates in the United States, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Estonia, Portugal, France, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, and Canada. We meet in person once a year for a team gathering and sometimes for collaboration.
Diversity & Inclusion We value diversity and inclusion and strive to bring people of all genders, races, creeds, ethnicities, abilities, and backgrounds together. We’re proud that four of our nine leaders are female, 46% of the team is female, and 20% are people of color. Our team speaks fifteen languages.
Our values
Tackling the climate crisis is our greatest mission. We act with urgency.
Our curiosity fuels our growth. We embrace constant change and exploration.
We’re rooted in diversity. Our resiliency comes from our differences.
We Care For Each Other. We value humans as much as machines.
Trust is fundamental. We assume the best, share ideas openly for positive impact.
Seniority level
Director
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Engineering and Information Technology
Industries
Software Development
Utilities
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Head of Machine Learning
role at
Overstory
The climate crisis is the defining challenge of our time—but it’s also the greatest opportunity for innovation. At Overstory, we’re harnessing cutting-edge technology to enable a resilient electrical grid that keeps communities thriving as our world changes. The grid is the backbone of life as we know it. It powers hospitals, keeps food fresh, and ensures communities stay connected. Extreme weather, aging infrastructure, and growing wildfire risks are putting this critical system under pressure, making the electric utility industry the greatest opportunity for tackling climate change. We use AI and advanced satellite imagery to pinpoint and prioritize vegetation risks before they materialize, providing utilities with critical analysis to help prevent outages, reduce wildfire risk, and accelerate the transition to a safer, more resilient grid. Our team spans the Americas and Europe, with 15 nationalities and growing. We’re united by a passion for solving complex problems, a commitment to climate action, and the belief that technology should be a force for good. Join us to help build a more resilient world together.
The role Overstory is hiring a senior AI/ML leader to shape the future of our intelligent systems that power critical environmental insights. Our AI capabilities currently drive three key product areas: wildfire prevention modeling, utility planning decision support, and actionable vegetation risk 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. What you’ll do is described below.
What You’ll Do
Lead and empower: Drive key AI initiatives across product areas, fostering a culture of technical excellence and empowering ML engineers to push boundaries.
Provide AI vision: Offer strategic guidance on model architecture, data strategy, and ML operations to align with Overstory's long-term goals.
Champion company values: Embody Overstory's core values, nurture a positive team culture, and advocate for responsible AI practices.
Support growth: Mentor team members via regular 1:1s, support technical depth and career growth; participate in interviewing and hiring senior ML engineers and managers.
Cross-functional collaboration: Partner with software engineering, design, customer success, and product teams to integrate AI capabilities that advance the product vision.
Enhance organizational design: Refine ML team structures and optimize the distribution of AI expertise across the organization.
Mentor and contribute to leadership: Provide technical mentorship and support to elevate company-wide AI capabilities.
About You
Passionate about applying AI to climate and environmental challenges
Experience in a high-growth startup/scaleup environment
Experience in geospatial deep learning or related fields (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
Hands-on ML engineering background with productionizing models and continuous learning, evaluation, and deployment pipelines
Strategic mindset for navigating AI complexity while maintaining real-world impact
Successful experience scaling ML organizations in high-growth environments
Remote-first team leadership experience
Nice-to-have
Experience with satellite or aerial imagery analysis
Experience integrating ML systems with production software platforms
Responsible AI development including fairness, interpretability, and model governance
Experience managing ML infrastructure and operational costs at scale
Cross-functional collaboration with research and science teams
Experience communicating technical ML concepts to enterprise customers
If you don’t meet all of the above yet feel you have lots to offer, please apply anyway.
What You Get
Mission-driven work that reduces wildfires, protects natural resources, and helps solve the climate crisis.
Flexible working environment with autonomy; we build our work days around our lives.
Benefits including remote working budget, educational budget, and time to develop new skills.
Collaboration with an excellent, vibrant team that values openness, tolerance, and respect.
Equity and a competitive salary.
About Our Team We are 85 people from around the world, with 15 nationalities represented. We work remotely from nine countries and welcome candidates in the United States, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Estonia, Portugal, France, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, and Canada. We meet in person once a year for a team gathering and sometimes for collaboration.
Diversity & Inclusion We value diversity and inclusion and strive to bring people of all genders, races, creeds, ethnicities, abilities, and backgrounds together. We’re proud that four of our nine leaders are female, 46% of the team is female, and 20% are people of color. Our team speaks fifteen languages.
Our values
Tackling the climate crisis is our greatest mission. We act with urgency.
Our curiosity fuels our growth. We embrace constant change and exploration.
We’re rooted in diversity. Our resiliency comes from our differences.
We Care For Each Other. We value humans as much as machines.
Trust is fundamental. We assume the best, share ideas openly for positive impact.
Seniority level
Director
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Engineering and Information Technology
Industries
Software Development
Utilities
We’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI.
#J-18808-Ljbffr