Head of Machine Learning

Head of Machine Learning - Energy & Commodities - USA - Full-time

Are you looking for a career-defining opportunity to shape the future of AI/ML in a Commodities Trading business? 

As Head of Machine Learning, you will lead a team of talented ML engineers, data scientists, software engineers while remaining deeply hands-on with Python and modern ML frameworks daily. You’ll set the technical vision, mentor the team, and personally design, prototype, and deploy models that tackle some of the most complex challenges in commodities, energy trading, and risk analytics.

What You’ll Do

• Remain hands-on: coding, reviewing, and deploying ML solutions daily.
• Act as a thought leader across the business on AI/ML strategy and innovation.
• Design and deliver advanced models in Machine Learning, Generative AI, and NLP.
• Partner with Trading, Risk, and Operations teams to identify high-value use cases.
• Own the end-to-end concept / ML lifecycle — from data exploration to production deployment.
• Establish best practices for ML Ops, model monitoring, and scalable deployment.
• Lead, inspire, and grow a high-performing ML engineering team.
• Be familiar with R&D, PoC methods with ability to explain complex issues in simple terms with end users

About You

• Experience within energy or commodities is essential 
• MSc or PhD in Computer Science, Data Science, Machine Learning, or a related field.
• Demonstrable experience in Data Science / Machine Learning, developing and deploying Machine Learning models, preferably in NLP, LLM and Generative AI domains
• Experience with ML frameworks and libraries such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, or Transformers
• Expert-level Python skills — still passionate about coding and problem-solving daily.
• Proven track record of building, deploying, and scaling models in production.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills — able to influence at C-suite level and with Trader’s.

What’s on Offer

• Career-defining opportunity to build a function that drives real-world outcomes.
• Opportunity to shape the future of AI/ML in a global commodities business.
• The ability to remain technical and hands-on while leading at scale.
• Competitive compensation package 

Due to the volume of applicants for this role, please only apply if you meet the criteria above, along with you updated CV.

We look forward to hearing from you.