Director of Applied Science and Engineering - Knowledge Graphs & AI
Outreach
Hyderabad, IndiaPosted 10 days ago
Skill Required
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Key highlights
- Director‑level leadership role overseeing AI‑driven knowledge graph initiatives.
- Deep expertise required in knowledge representation, graph‑based learning, and reasoning systems.
- Responsible for end‑to‑end technical direction of a per‑tenant contextual knowledge graph.
- Leads research agenda and architecture for AI‑driven next‑best‑action and risk‑signal recommendations.
- Works at Outreach, a platform serving top enterprise customers including Databricks, SAP, Siemens, and Verizon.
Role overview
The Director of Applied Science and Engineering will lead the vision, strategy, and execution of Outreach’s Knowledge Graph and contextual AI capabilities. This senior leadership role combines deep technical expertise in knowledge representation, graph‑based learning, and reasoning systems with the ability to build, inspire, and scale a high‑performing team to drive measurable business impact.
Responsibilities
- Lead the vision, strategy, and execution of Outreach's Knowledge Graph and contextual AI capabilities.
- Own the end‑to‑end technical direction of a per‑tenant contextual knowledge graph that captures the full complexity of each customer's sales environment.
- Set the research agenda and define the architecture for the knowledge graph and reasoning backbone.
- Hire, grow, and inspire a high‑performing engineering and applied science team.
- Drive measurable business impact through applied science innovation that powers next‑best‑action recommendations, deal risk signals, coaching suggestions, competitive intelligence, and agentic AI workflows.
Requirements
- Deep technical expertise in knowledge representation, graph‑based learning, and reasoning systems.
- Senior leadership experience with a proven ability to build, inspire, and scale high‑performing technical teams.
- Demonstrated ability to define architecture and set research agendas for complex AI systems.
- Experience delivering end‑to‑end technical solutions that have direct business impact.
Additional details
- Outreach, founded in 2014, is the only complete agentic AI platform for revenue teams, infusing agentic AI, conversation intelligence, and assistive AI across revenue motions.
- The platform powers use cases from new logo prospecting to expansions, deal acceleration, retention, and forecasting.
- Revenue leaders benefit from connected account visibility, performance insights, and higher forecasting accuracy across every GTM team.
- World‑leading enterprise organizations such as Databricks, SAP, Siemens, and Verizon use Outreach to power their revenue teams.
- The knowledge graph serves as the reasoning backbone of the platform, integrating signals from calls, emails, CRM activity, accounts, deals, contacts, rep behaviors, and competitive landscape.