Microsoft Principal Applied Science Manager Generative AI 

United States, California, Mountain View 

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We are looking for a Principal Applied Science Manager to lead the Asset Generation team. You will work with applied scientists and engineers to train and fine-tune generative models to facilitate creation and editing of text, image and video assets for advertisers, utilizing third-party technology where appropriate.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 8+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
  • OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 6+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
  • OR Doctorate in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of people management experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 12+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
• OR Doctorate in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 8+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
  
• OR equivalent experience.
  
• 7+ years of people management experience.
  
• 3+ years experience presenting at conferences or other events in the outside research/industry community as an invited speaker.
  
• Experience using Generative AI to build complex production systems.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:Microsoft will accept applications for the role until February 4, 2025.

• Stay up to date on the latest advances in Generative AI techniques for image and video creation and editing.
• Collaborate with product managers to understand the business requirements for asset generation.
• Design metrics to evaluate the performance of each component of the asset generation pipeline
  Lead a team of engineers and applied scientists to train and/or fine-tune generative models to create and edit ad campaign assets.
• Evaluate third-party models and tools for asset generation and integrate them into our pipeline.
• Hire new team members and uplevel the existing talent on the team.