Research Manager (Translation Quality)

TL;DR

Research Manager (Translation Quality): Lead a team of research scientists advancing and defending hirify.global's core translation models to ensure market dominance with an accent on rigorous quality evaluation and strategic research agenda. Focus on shaping product pipeline estimation models, balancing short-term outcomes with long-term bets, and driving team development through recruitment and feedback.

Location: Hybrid (office twice a week) in Munich or Cologne (Germany) or London (UK)

Company

Global AI company building secure language AI platform for translation, writing, and voice, trusted by 200k+ business customers across 228 markets.

What you will do

• Drive achievement and evaluation of baseline translation quality for market leadership.
• Shape and prioritize research agenda, balancing product outcomes with long-term initiatives.
• Define team goals, roadmap, and metrics with stakeholders in tech, product, sales, and customer success.
• Own estimation models to determine when translations need human review.
• Inspire, recruit, develop team, build 1:1 relationships, and foster candid feedback culture.
• Make autonomous decisions to push results and define team direction.

Requirements

• PhD (preferred) in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or comparable, or strong ML research background.
• Strong research experience, ideally in language research, for technical discussions.
• Hands-on in software development (data science/ML/systems), technical/people leadership, Deep Learning.
• Track record leading research teams in high-growth environments; open to newer leaders motivated by people management.
• Solution-oriented, navigates ambiguity, excellent communication for cross-team collaboration.
• High level of English proficiency (German/other languages advantage).

Nice to have

• Experience in global scale-up, research-intensive settings.
• Knowledge of German or other languages.

Culture & Benefits

• Diverse global team of 90+ nationalities across UK, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, US, Japan.
• Open communication, regular feedback, empathy, growth mindset.
• Hybrid schedule with flexible hours, aligned to team time zones.
• Virtual Shares for ownership in company success.
• Regular in-person events, monthly Hack Fridays for passion projects.
• 30 days annual leave, mental health resources, competitive location-tailored benefits.