AIML - Director, Data Science and Insights

AIML - Director, Data Science and Insights

Apple is where individual imaginations gather together, committing to the values that lead to great work. Every new product we build, service we create, or Apple Store experience we deliver is the result of us making each other's ideas stronger. That happens because every one of us shares a belief that we can make something wonderful and share it with the world, changing lives for the better. It's the diversity of our people and their thinking that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. When we bring everybody in, we can do the best work of our lives. Here, you'll do more than join something you'll add something. Apple's AIML Evaluation team is looking for a seasoned, technical leader to lead our Data Science and Insights team. The organization leads Evaluation for Apple Intelligence, Siri and a large portfolio of other billion+ user facing features in SWE. Successful candidates will have deep experience in traditional human evaluation methodology, logging, and A/B testing, in addition to hands-on experience building and deploying LLM-based autograders and rubrics, and using these tools to proactively drive improvements in models and agentic features.

Responsibilities

• Setting the evaluation strategy that determines how Apple measures quality for Apple Intelligence, Siri, and the broader SWE portfolio of billion+ user features.
• Leading a large team data scientists and machine learning engineers recruiting, developing, and retaining strong technical talent across both disciplines.
• Driving the methodological agenda across human evaluation, logging, AB testing, and LLM-based autograders and rubrics, and ensuring those methods translate into measurable model and agentic feature improvements.
• Partnering with Apple Intelligence, Siri, and other SWE product and engineering teams to embed evaluation into product development cycles and turn evaluation results into shipped quality gains.
• Partnering with peer leaders inside AIML Evaluation platforms (AB, Annotation, Synthetic Data), Apple Foundation Models, Machine Translation, etc.
• Representing the team to executive leadership across AIML and SWE, including Senior Vice Presidents.

Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in data science and machine learning evaluation, including 6+ years leading large technical teams
• Advanced degree in a quantitative field such as Statistics, Computer Science, Machine Learning, or similar
• Demonstrated track record of running organizations of 50+ data scientists and/or machine learning engineers
• Deep experience in human evaluation methodology, logging, and AB testing for consumer-facing products at scale
• Hands-on experience building and deploying LLM-based autograders and rubrics, and using them to drive proactive improvements in models and agentic features
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, able to communicate effectively with engineers and senior leaders, including Senior Vice Presidents

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience evaluating large consumer AI products such as conversational assistants, search systems, or agentic features
• Experience with logging infrastructure and instrumentation for AI product quality measurement
• Track record of growing senior leaders from within your organization and where needed recruiting senior data science and machine learning talent in competitive hiring markets
• Familiarity with evaluation frameworks for agentic systems and tool-use
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, able to communicate effectively with engineers and senior leaders, including Senior Vice Presidents

Pay & Benefits

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $311,100 and $496,900, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program. Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant At Apple, we believe accessibility is a fundamental human right. You'll find that idea reflected in everything here in our culture, our benefits and our digital tools. By welcoming as many perspectives as possible, we help you build a career where you feel like you belong. Learn about accessibility in Apple's workplace Learn about reasonable accommodations for job applicants Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.