Shortlist in two weeks, hire in six, after four months of searching without success.

01Challenge

The company needed a Head of AI to lead development of their machine learning platform. The role required a rare combination of deep machine learning expertise, experience deploying models into production, and leadership experience building data science teams.

The founders had been searching for over four months without success.

02Search

The AI talent market was mapped to identify candidates with backgrounds in machine learning engineering, AI infrastructure and applied research environments, targeting professionals at high-performing AI organizations with real-world experience deploying ML systems at scale.

Each candidate was evaluated for model development expertise, MLOps experience and leadership capability.

03Outcome

• Shortlist delivered within 2 weeks
• Successful hire completed in 6 weeks
• The new Head of AI built a team of 6 ML engineers within the first year
• The hire helped accelerate the company’s AI roadmap and strengthen its technical leadership