Job offer: Pi School of AI Coach

Job offer

Job offer: Pi School of AI Coach

Pi School of AI Coach

Pi School is a next-generation school located inside the startup community of Pi Campus, in the EUR neighborhood, in Rome. We provide educational programs that combine creativity, technology, and innovation. We are an international institution with students and lecturers from all around the globe, coming from different industries and backgrounds.

The Pi School of AI programme runs several times a year for 8 weeks: selected Fellows work in small teams on AI/ML/DS Challenges proposed by Sponsors following Pi School’s methodology, with scientific support from outside Mentors, usually researchers from academia or industry.

We are currently looking for a full-time Coach (hybrid remote and on-site) to support the activities of the School of Artificial Intelligence. This profile will work with Sébastien Bratières, our Managing Director, Cristiano De Nobili, Lead AI Scientist, and the other coaches. The selected candidate will also interact with Isabelle Andrieu, our CEO, the programme manager, communication and administration department.

The 8-week program is mostly online. The last week of the program takes place at the Rome Pi School campus. As a Data Science Coach, you will be expected to travel to Rome for week 8 and in general to meet once a month at the office in Rome.

Responsibilities

As a Coach at the School of AI, you use your AI, data science and machine learning skills to

run School of AI Challenges, which are technical rapid prototyping projects with both business and technical success factors
coach and support the professional growth of Fellows, who apply to Pi School to take part in the Pi School of AI programme to expand their AI/ML experience through our Challenges

Your responsibilities include:

Sponsor management
Support technical marketing and technical pre-sales
Interview potential customers to understand their business needs
Influence and offer solutions and feasibility studies: state of the art research, propose technical approaches, prepare rapid prototyping projects
Act as contact point between participants and business stakeholders

Fellow management
Recruit Fellows for each School of AI session (15-20 from a pool of 400 applicants)
Candidate evaluation, interviews, workflow automation
Coach challenge teams during School of AI 8-week sessions

Preparing weekly meetings and reports about the progress of each project
Daily follow up with your team(s)
Supporting your team(s) with the technical execution of the project
Liaise with the Stakeholders
Engage with Alumni community

Candidate Description

You are addicted to machine learning and like to discuss the latest large language model, scikit-learn feature, or vision Transformers. You feel motivated by helping aspiring AI/DS/ML professionals to develop their skills and grow professionally. You enjoy project management and derive satisfaction from delivering project work to clients.

strong technical background AI, ML, or data science, demonstrated by a Master’s degree
2+ years of experience in a relevant applied technical role
fluent in the Python ML stack: scikit-learn, Pytorch, HuggingFace and many other libraries, bash, AWS/GCP, Streamlit, Flask, Gradio, TensorRT
fluent with online collaboration tools: Github, Slack, Asana, Google Workspace
strong business acumen
excellent communication skills including the ability to present information clearly and concisely written or verbally to fellows, clients and managers
strategic mindset with the ability to manage and support various teams
ability to multi-task and to manage multiple priorities in a time-sensitive and deadline-driven work environment.

Remuneration

We offer competitive compensation including vacation days, learning and growth opportunities.

How to Apply

Please submit your application here: pischool.link/Coach