Head of Product & AI Engineering
Location: Remote - United States, EU or CAN
Industry: Behavioral Science, Market Research
Compensation: Commensurate with experience
Contact: Lindsey Bartlett - lbartlett@smithhanley.com
A fast-growing behavioral science and market research technology company is seeking a Head of Product & AI Engineering to lead the development and scaling of its next generation of AI-enabled research tools.
This organization sits at the intersection of behavioral science, artificial intelligence, and market research, helping companies better understand human decision-making and behavior at scale.
What You’ll Lead
Scaling AI Innovation into Real Products
A core part of this role will be taking promising AI concepts and turning them into scalable systems used internally and externally.
You will:
- Work closely with an innovation and prototyping team to identify which experimental models and concepts should move into production
- Lead the development of AI-driven platforms and capabilities that improve how insights are generated, analyzed, and delivered
- Guide the transition from prototype models to scalable product infrastructure
- Ensure AI capabilities are embedded across both internal operational tools and external client-facing products
Examples of areas of development may include tools such as automated transcription and translation, AI-driven text and transcript analysis, behavioral signal detection models, or synthetic audience modeling.
Technical & Engineering Leadership
This role requires someone who can operate comfortably at both the strategic and technical level.
You will:
- Serve as a hands-on technical leader, able to engage directly with engineers and AI developers on model experimentation, architecture, and product design
- Help design the technical infrastructure needed to deploy and scale AI solutions, including cloud environments and model pipelines
- Work with a variety of frontier AI ecosystems and models (e.g., large language models and related platforms) to evaluate how they can power new capabilities
- Lead and mentor a distributed engineering and product development team, including international development resources
- Ensure strong coordination between engineering, product, research, and leadership teams
This is not a purely strategic role, we are looking for someone comfortable rolling up their sleeves and getting close to the technology.
Product Vision & Strategy
In addition to technical leadership, this individual will define how technology supports the organization’s long-term growth.
Responsibilities include:
- Setting the overall product and technology roadmap
- Identifying new opportunities where AI can create differentiated offerings
- Establishing processes for evaluating, prioritizing, and launching new capabilities
- Partnering with senior leadership to align product development with business goals
- Contributing to broader strategic decisions around technology investments, partnerships, and growth initiatives
What We’re Looking For
We’re seeking a technical builder with strong product instincts; someone who enjoys creating new systems and scaling emerging technology.
Ideal candidates will bring:
- Experience building and launching AI-enabled products or platforms
- A strong technical foundation with the ability to engage directly in development discussions
- Background working with machine learning, AI applications, or data-driven platforms
- Familiarity with large language models and modern AI development ecosystems
- Experience using Python or similar languages for AI or data-driven applications
- Experience deploying applications within cloud environments (AWS or similar)
- A track record of building and leading engineering or product teams
- Comfort working in entrepreneurial, fast-moving environments
- A passion and interest for Behavioral Science
Experience in insights, analytics, or research-related industries can be helpful but is not required.
