Associate Director, Machine Learning – Core Algorithms

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Associate Director leading WHOOP's cloud-based algorithmic intelligence for physiological data insights. Collaborating across teams to enhance member experiences through advanced ML algorithms.

Posted 6/30/2026full-timeBoston • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $200,000 - $245,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the cloud ML team responsible for the algorithms powering sleep, recovery, and training
Directly manage applied ML scientists and ML engineers; provide coaching, career development, and performance feedback that grows individual contributors into strong technical leaders
Ensure the technical quality bar for algorithm development is maintained by establishing the processes, reviews, and standards that guarantee rigor from research through deployment, and diving into designs and architectural decisions where necessary
Help drive the vision for what WHOOP algorithms and next-generation sensors can enable; advocate for member experience and push the boundaries of what our data makes possible
Ensure cloud algorithms remain compatible with future hardware generations; partner with Sensor Intelligence and Hardware to evolve proof-of-concept algorithms that leverage new sensor capabilities and bring them to production readiness
Establish and improve development lifecycle practices: experiment management, model validation, deployment pipelines, and production monitoring
Partner with ML Platform / MLOps to define requirements and drive maturity improvements across experiment tracking, model monitoring, deployment automation, and observability
Drive cross-functional alignment with Sensor Intelligence, Product, Software Engineering, and Research teams

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of experience in machine learning or applied data science, with hands-on experience developing and shipping ML models for a consumer product
4+ years of people leadership experience directly managing machine learning scientists/engineers, with demonstrated growth of team members and a track record of building high-performing teams
Experience scaling a production ML organization: growing teams and leaders, identifying gaps in the development lifecycle, and driving improvements that increase velocity, reliability, and rigor
Deep product sense: ability to think about algorithms from the member's perspective, drive the vision for what algorithms can enable, and ensure the team is building toward meaningful user outcomes
Ability to evaluate technical designs, guide architectural decisions, and ensure quality at the system level, without needing to write code day-to-day
Experience defining and driving cross-functional programs with engineering, product, and science partners
Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex ML concepts to diverse audiences including product, engineering, and executive stakeholders.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equity package
Generous benefits package

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Hard Skills & Tools

Machine LearningApplied Data ScienceModel ValidationDeployment PipelinesExperiment ManagementProduction MonitoringTechnical Design EvaluationArchitectural Decision MakingMLOpsData Analysis

Soft Skills

Strong CommunicationCoachingPerformance FeedbackVisionary ThinkingStakeholder Engagement