Director, Data Scientist & AI Engineering

AI at Cvent: Leading the Future   Are you ready to shape the future of work at the intersection of human expertise and AI innovation? At Cvent, we’re committed to continuous learning and adaptation—AI isn’t just a tool for us, it’s part of our DNA. We’re looking for candidates who are eager to evolve alongside technology. If you love to experiment boldly, share your discoveries, and help define best practices for AI-augmented work, you’ll thrive here. Our team values professionals who thoughtfully integrate AI into their daily work, delivering exceptional results while relying on the human judgment and creativity that drive real innovation Throughout our interview process, you’ll have the chance to demonstrate how you use AI to learn, iterate, and amplify your impact. If you’re excited to be part of a team that’s leading the way in AI-powered collaboration, we’d love to meet you.    Disclaimer: Beware of Recruitment Scams – Legitimate Cvent recruiting communications will always come from an official ‘name@cvent.com’ email. We never request any payments or ask for sensitive personal or financial information via chat or social media platforms. For more information, please visit: https://www.cvent.com/en/notice-recruitment-fraud   THE OPPORTUNITY The Analytics team is Cvent's internal intelligence engine — the function that powers how the business understands performance, serves commercial teams, and accelerates decision making with data and AI. Within this organization, the AI Engineering & Data Science team designs and deploys production grade AI and ML solutions with a primary mandate across commercial and growth teams - Sales, Marketing, Revenue, Growth teams and others. This role is designed for an experienced practitioner ready to step into a leadership position alongside the Head of Data Science & AI. As Manager, you will own delivery, people, and technical standards while remaining a hands-on contributor who can architect and build alongside your team. You are not being hired to manage from a distance — you are being hired to raise the floor and the ceiling of what the team can do. The right person for this role brings commercial instinct alongside technical depth. You understand how commercial teams operate, can translate sales and marketing problems into AI solutions, and know how to take work reliably from prototype to production. You are also a developer of people: you build individual capability, hold high standards, and create an environment where engineers grow. In This Role, You Will: AI & Data Science Function Partner with the Head of Data Science & AI to run the team — owning delivery execution, team health, stakeholder relationships, and technical direction on a day-to-day basis. Serve as the senior technical expert and partner with Architects to set architectural direction, lead design reviews, and make build-vs-buy decisions that shape how solutions are structured and scaled. Represent the team in cross-functional forums — with commercial and technical teams translating AI capability nto business language and AI business needs into engineering scope.   Own End-to-End AI Delivery Lead delivery across the full AI and ML lifecycle — from problem framing and data acquisition through model development, evaluation, deployment, and post-production monitoring. Set and enforce engineering standards: experiment tracking, model versioning, CI/CD for ML pipelines, observability, reproducibility, and documentation. Build a culture that ships with both quality and speed.