Principal Data Science Manager (Position… at KnowBe4 · Bengaluru

KnowBe4 empowers the modern workforce to make smarter security decisions every day. Trusted by more than 70,000 organizations worldwide, KnowBe4 is the pioneer of digital workforce security, securing both AI agents and humans. The KnowBe4 Platform provides attack simulation and training, collaboration security, and agent security powered by AIDA (Artificial Intelligence Defense Agents) and a proprietary Risk Score. The platform leverages 15-years of behavioral data to combat advanced threats including social engineering, prompt injection, and shadow AI. By securing humans and agents, KnowBe4 leads the industry in workforce trust and defense.

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As a Principal Data Science Manager at KnowBe4, you will play a pivotal role in driving our data science initiatives to new heights. Your expertise will shape our product development strategy and ensure the seamless integration of data-driven insights into our cybersecurity solutions.

Responsibilities:

• May also lead a data science team that builds machine learning data models and algorithms to optimize products and processes
• Translates KnowBe4's strategic goals into operational plans
• Provides coordination across functional and divisional boundaries
• Developing state-of-the-art AI solutions to enable KnowBe4 products.
• Leading a team of data scientists and engineers to develop cutting-edge data solutions that enhance our product offerings.
• Spearheading the design, execution, and deployment of Generative AI models, driving innovation in our cybersecurity products.
• Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to understand product requirements, and translating them into actionable data science requirements.
• Defining clear project goals, driving timelines, and ensuring that the team delivers results that meet or exceed targets.
• Championing best practices in data science, ensuring the integrity, accuracy, and security of our data assets.
• Providing mentorship and technical guidance to team members, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented environment.
• Regularly monitoring and evaluating project progress, identifying opportunities for improvement, and making data-driven decisions.

Requirements:

• BS or equivalent plus 12 years technical experience
• MS or equivalent plus 10 years technical experience
• Ph.D. or equivalent plus 8 years technical experience
• 8 years experience managing data science teams
• Minimum 10 years of experience in data science, with a proven track record of 2+ years of successfully leading teams delivering data-driven products in a product development organization.
• Expertise in Generative AI, with hands-on experience in designing systems and implementing foundation models to develop products around Natural language, Image, and Video content generation.
• Experience with Foundation model fine-tuning and Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) development.
• Hands-on experience with Transformers, LLMs deployments and Vector databases.
• Professional experience or learning projects using a few technologies like Langchain, Llamaindex, Pinecone, Sagemaker Jumpstart, Chatgpt, AWS Bedrock, and VertexAI.
• In-depth hands-on Individual Contributor experience in building machine learning and deep learning models, statistical analysis, and data visualization tools.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, and a deep understanding of data manipulation and analysis techniques.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services and exposure to AWS machine learning services.
• Tech stack could be anything within the data science realm - Experience with ML platforms such as Tensorflow, PyTorch, etc. and open to quickly learning new technologies.
• Exposure in managing large datasets, with a focus on Data Engineering skills. Proficiency in Shell scripting, and familiarity with Hadoop, Spark, Spark-SQL, and Scala is a plus.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify business challenges and craft innovative data solutions.
• Exceptional leadership and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and present complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Results-oriented mindset with a proven ability to drive projects to successful completion, meeting or exceeding goals.

Our Fantastic Benefits

We offer company-wide bonuses based on monthly sales targets, employee referral bonuses, adoption assistance, tuition reimbursement, certification reimbursement, and certification completion bonuses - all in a modern, high-tech, and fun work environment. For more details about our benefits in each office location, please visit http://www.knowbe4.com/careers/benefits.

Note: An applicant assessment and background check may be part of your hiring procedure.

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