Head of Personalization for Content & Discovery (AI)

Location: San Francisco, CA, USA

Salary: $300,000–$462,000 USD base annually

Company

Canva is a design platform used by more than 260 million people worldwide.

What you will do

• Own the end-to-end algorithmic roadmap for content intelligence and discovery, aligned with product and business goals.
• Identify and prioritize high-impact applications of ML and AI across content and discovery with business and engineering leaders.
• Lead and grow a multidisciplinary organization spanning ML research, engineering, data science, and product management.
• Drive next-generation algorithms, including LLM-powered experiences, intent inference, and real-time personalization.
• Translate complex algorithmic concepts and tradeoffs into clear strategic decisions for stakeholders and senior leadership.

Requirements

• Significant experience in senior ML, data science, or algorithms leadership, with a record of shipping high-impact ML-powered features at scale.
• Deep technical expertise in recommendation systems, content understanding, search and retrieval, and/or personalization algorithms.
• Experience leading and scaling multidisciplinary teams across ML, engineering, data science, and product management.
• Strong product judgment and the ability to connect model architecture with user experience strategy.
• Exceptional communication skills for influencing executive stakeholders and explaining complex algorithmic tradeoffs.
• Postgraduate degree in an applied quantitative field such as Machine Learning, Computer Science, Statistics, or Operations Research.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible ways of working that allow employees and teams to choose an effective work arrangement.
• Equity packages and health benefits plans.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company contribution.
• Inclusive parental leave for parents and carers.
• Annual allowance supporting wellbeing, social connection, and office setup.
• Flexible leave options and virtual interviews.