Vice President, Data Science

Five9(1 month ago)

HybridFull TimeExecutive$233,000 - $512,000Data Science

About this role

The Vice President of Data Science will lead and expand Five9’s in-house data science organization responsible for research, experimentation, and data-driven contributions to AI products. The role combines strategic ownership of technical and operational direction with hands-on applied work that moves models and features into production. The position represents data science internally and externally, helping shape product strategy and participating in industry publication and conferences. The leader will also build and mentor a high-performing, distributed team.

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Required Skills

Leadership
Hands On
Team Growth
LLMs
Agentic Architectures
Retrieval Augmentation
Transformers
Fine Tuning
Prompt Engineering
Model Evaluation

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Qualifications

Ph.D. in Computer Science, Machine Learning, AI, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, Computational Linguistics, or Related Field
Master's in Computer Science, Machine Learning, AI, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, Computational Linguistics, or Related Field with Significant Industry Experience

About Five9

five9.com

Five9 is a cloud contact‑center software company that delivers AI‑powered SaaS to help organizations run omnichannel customer service and sales operations. Its platform includes conversational AI and virtual agents, predictive dialing, intelligent routing, workforce management, CRM integrations, and analytics to boost agent productivity and customer experience. Five9 targets enterprises and contact centers seeking a reliable, scalable hosted alternative to on‑prem systems and offers demos and global support.