Director/VP, AI Research — Private Assets R&D (AI)

Location: New York, New York, United States

Salary: $246,000–$320,000 per year, plus eligible annual bonus.

Company

hirify.global provides research-based data, analytics, indexes, and technology for institutional investors across private markets and the broader financial ecosystem.

What you will do

• Define and drive the AI research agenda for Private Assets R&D, identifying durable applications of AI in private-markets analytics.
• Develop AI-driven approaches to evaluated pricing and comparable selection using unstructured text, financial filings, and embedding-based similarity models.
• Extend nowcasting and cash-flow forecasting capabilities with modern machine-learning and LLM-based methods, emphasizing explainability for institutional clients.
• Design and deploy agentic AI workflows and prototypes, moving research concepts toward client-facing products.
• Automate recurring research tasks, including market-commentary generation and model-parameter re-estimation.
• Represent Private Assets R&D in client engagements and published research.

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science, Computational Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field.
• 5+ years of experience in applied AI/ML research or quantitative research, with a track record of building and deploying AI/ML-powered tools or applications in production.
• Deep expertise in Python and modern machine-learning frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with large language models, retrieval-augmented generation, and/or deep learning.
• Ability to own a research agenda end-to-end, from hypothesis through model development, validation, and client-ready delivery.
• Strong communication skills for presenting complex methodological concepts to senior stakeholders and institutional clients.

Nice to have

• R experience.
• Domain knowledge in private markets, asset management, or institutional investment analytics.
• Experience with unstructured data, including NLP, document parsing, or web extraction, applied to financial problems.
• Familiarity with agentic AI frameworks and rapid-prototyping tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible working arrangements, advanced technology, and collaborative workspaces.
• Transparent compensation schemes and comprehensive employee benefits tailored to location.
• High-performance and innovation-focused culture with opportunities to experiment and take responsibility for results.
• Global Orientation program, Learning@hirify.global, AI Learning Center, LinkedIn Learning Pro, and tailored learning opportunities.
• Professional growth through multi-directional career paths, internal mobility, and expanded roles.
• Inclusive environment supported by eight Employee Resource Groups.