Engineering Manager, Machine Learning Operations

Overview

At PitchBook, we are always looking forward. We continue to innovate, evolve, and invest in ourselves to bring out the best in everyone. We’re deeply collaborative and thrive on the excitement, energy, and fun that reverberates throughout the company.

Our extensive learning programs and mentorship opportunities help us create a culture of curiosity that pushes us to always find new solutions and better ways of doing things. The combination of a rapidly evolving industry and our high ambitions means there’s going to be some ambiguity along the way, but we excel when we challenge ourselves. We’re willing to take risks, fail fast, and do it all over again in the pursuit of excellence.

If you have a good attitude and are willing to roll up your sleeves to get things done, PitchBook is the place for you.

About the Role

As a member of the Product and Engineering team at PitchBook, you will be part of a team of big thinkers, innovators, and problem solvers who strive to deepen the positive impact we have on our customers and our company every day. We value curiosity and the drive to find better ways of doing things. We thrive on customer empathy, which remains our focus when creating excellent customer experiences through product innovation.

We know that greatness is achieved through collaboration and diverse points of view, so we work closely with partners around the globe. As a team, we assume positive intent in each other’s words and actions, value constructive discussions, and foster a respectful working environment built on integrity, growth, and business value. We invest heavily in our people, who are eager to learn and constantly improve. Join our team and grow with us!

As an Engineering Manager, Machine Learning (ML) Operations in the Technology & Engineering division, you will be responsible for leading and managing PitchBook’s MLOps team. The team is responsible for enabling PitchBook’s Machine Learning teams and practitioners by providing tools and golden paths that optimize all aspects of the Machine Learning Development Life Cycle (MLDLC). Your team’s work will support projects in a variety of domains, including Generative AI (GenAI), Large Language Models (LLMs), Natural Language Processing (NLP), Classification, and Regression. Your role will be critical in driving AI (Artificial Intelligence) innovations across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Lead the MLOps team direction and execution (operations, processes, practices, and standards), working closely with engineering leadership and product management to craft roadmaps, define KPIs, and achieve success criteria
• Ensure effective communication and coordination across geographically dispersed teams. Oversee the enablement of scalable solutions that meet high standards of reliability and efficiency
• Champion the adoption and integration of ML best practices at PitchBook, fostering a culture of innovation and experimentation to drive the development of high-quality AI products
• Serve as a force multiplier by removing roadblocks, implementing process improvements, providing frequent and actionable feedback to team members, and building practices for ideation and innovation
• Bridge the gap between business / product needs and execution, including building and delivering on group-level objectives and key results, identifying resource needs, and building execution plans for initiatives
• Ensure MLOps roadmap items are delivered on time and have exceptional quality
• Learn constantly and be passionate about discovering new tools, technologies, libraries, and frameworks (commercial and open source), that can be leveraged to improve PitchBook’s AI capabilities
• Describe technical content in intuitive ways for a variety of audiences, adapting communication from highly technical deep dives with engineers to non-technical dialogue with executive stakeholders
• Establish and drive a culture founded on creating belonging, psychological safety, candor, connection, cooperation, and fun
• Understand how to apply agile, lean, and principles of fast flow to team efficiency and productivity
• Support the vision and values of the company through role modeling and encouraging desired behaviors
• Participate in various company initiatives and projects as requested

Skills and Qualifications

Benefits and Compensation

Physical Health

Emotional Health

Social Health

Financial Health

Please note that the above PitchBook benefit and perk offerings are subject to corresponding plan and policy diagrams and may change during the course of your employment.

Compensation

Working Conditions

At the heart of our company is a belief in the power of in-person collaboration. We are together in the office fuels our creativity, strengthens our connections, and drives the innovation that sets us apart. Our culture is built on spontaneous moments—those hallway conversations, whiteboard brainstorms, and shared celebrations in each of our global offices—that simply can’t be replicated remotely. This role is expected to be in the office 5 days a week.

The job conditions for this position are in a standard office setting. Employees in this position use PC and phone on an on-going basis throughout the day. Limited corporate travel may be required to remote offices or other business meetings and events.

Life at PitchBook

We are consistently recognized as a Best Place to Work and our culture is at the heart of our success. It’s our fundamental belief that people do and create great things and that people are the cornerstone of prosperity. We believe that proactively seeking out different points of view, listening to others, learning, and reflecting on what we’ve heard creates a sense of belonging within PitchBook and strengthens the PitchBook community.

We are excited to get to know you and your background. Concerned that you might not meet every requirement? We encourage you to still apply as you might be the right candidate for the role or other roles at PitchBook.

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