Head of Prediction & Optimization (AI)

Location: On-site in New York, NY; relocation to NYC supported

Salary: $250K–$350K annually, plus equity and up to a 40% annual performance bonus

Company

hirify.global provides AI infrastructure for consumer packaged goods brands, unifying finance, accounting, sales, and operations data in one platform.

What you will do

• Lead pricing and trade promotion optimization for revenue growth management.
• Build recommendations for pricing, discounts, promotion duration, regions, retailers, and accounts.
• Develop optimization models that account for trade budgets, margin targets, and retailer calendars.
• Measure promotion performance through post-event analysis, causal inference, and trusted baselines.
• Partner with AI/ML engineers to productionize models and establish backtesting, evaluation, and monitoring standards.
• Hire and mentor data scientists while setting the roadmap and technical direction with the CTO and AI research lead.

Requirements

• 7+ years of applied data science or predictive modeling experience, including project or people leadership.
• Deep expertise in statistical modeling and machine learning for pricing, demand, or forecasting.
• Experience with elasticity, causal inference, uplift modeling, or similar methods.
• Experience building optimization or decision-support models beyond predictions alone.
• Strong Python and SQL skills, with rigorous validation practices and awareness of data leakage.
• Ability to turn models into clear recommendations for non-technical business users.

Nice to have

• Revenue growth management, trade promotion, pricing, or revenue management experience in CPG, retail, or marketplaces.
• Experience with syndicated or retailer data such as Nielsen, SPINS, Circana, or retailer POS.
• Experience taking models to production end to end.
• Operations research or mathematical optimization experience, including MIP or solvers.
• Startup or 0-to-1 team-building experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Paid relocation support to NYC and an equipped workspace with a laptop, monitor, keyboard, and a $200 setup stipend.
• Meaningful equity, fully paid employee health coverage through Aetna, and dental and vision coverage through Guardian.
• Carrot Fertility Pro, 12 weeks of paid parental leave, and unlimited PTO.
• 401(k) through Vestwell and regular four-day holiday weekends.
• Catered Friday lunches, team dinners, and unlimited coffee and snacks.