**Role Overview:**You are being sought after for the position of Manager, Machine Learning and Data Science at Crunchyrolls client in Hyderabad. In this role, you will lead and scale a team applying advanced Data Science and Machine Learning to a global digital entertainment platform, encompassing paid VOD streaming, online Manga reading, merchandising, gaming, and music video experiences with a focus on deep user engagement and premium content consumption related to the anime fandom.**Key Responsibilities:**- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Machine Learning Engineers and Data Scientists, fostering a culture of technical excellence and accountability.- Drive delivery of ML and analytics initiatives to enhance content discovery, personalization, user engagement, and cross-platform experiences.- Provide technical oversight on modeling approaches, experimentation, and production readiness for scalable and reliable solutions.- Translate business objectives into explicit ML roadmaps in collaboration with Product, Engineering, and business stakeholders.- Ensure effective communication of insights and model outputs to inform strategic and operational decisions.- Establish and standardize best practices for experimentation, evaluation, deployment, and monitoring of ML systems.- Identify opportunities to utilize data and ML across streaming, manga, gaming, merchandising, and music verticals.- Collaborate with the Director of DSML to scale team capabilities, processes, and long-term technical strategy.**Qualifications Required:**- 5 years of experience in Data Science, Machine Learning, or Applied Analytics.- 2 years of experience leading or managing technical teams.- Strong understanding of ML systems applied to user behavior, content,



or product analytics.- Experience delivering ML solutions that inform business decisions and/or power user-facing features.- Ability to guide technical design and evaluate trade-offs without being hands-on day-to-day.- Strong communication skills and comfort working with product and business stakeholders.- Experience in subscription-based digital products, media, streaming, gaming, or e-commerce is preferred.- Familiarity with personalization, recommendations, or engagement optimization.- Experience with ML platforms, data pipelines, and production ML workflows at scale.- Experience operating in a multi-product or platform environment and cross-timezone collaborations.**Additional Company Details:** Crunchyroll, LLC is an independently operated joint venture between US-based Sony Pictures Entertainment and Japans Aniplex, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., both subsidiaries of Tokyo-based Sony Group Corporation. They are committed to diversity & inclusion and are an equal opportunity employer.If you are ready for a new challenge and an chance to take your career to the next level in a great work environment, do not hesitate to apply today. Crunchyroll is waiting for you! **Role Overview:**You are being sought after for the position of Manager, Machine Learning and Data Science at Crunchyrolls client in Hyderabad. In this role,



you will lead and scale a team applying advanced Data Science and Machine Learning to a global digital entertainment platform, encompassing paid VOD streaming, online Manga reading, merchandising, gaming, and music video experiences with a focus on deep user engagement and premium content consumption related to the anime fandom.**Key Responsibilities:**- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Machine Learning Engineers and Data Scientists, fostering a culture of technical excellence and accountability.- Drive delivery of ML and analytics initiatives to enhance content discovery, personalization, user engagement, and cross-platform experiences.- Provide technical oversight on modeling approaches, experimentation, and production readiness for scalable and reliable solutions.- Translate business objectives into clear ML roadmaps in collaboration with Product, Engineering, and business stakeholders.- Ensure effective communication of insights and model outputs to inform strategic and operational decisions.- Establish and standardize best practices for experimentation, evaluation, deployment, and monitoring of ML systems.- Identify opportunities to utilize data and ML across streaming, manga, gaming, merchandising, and music verticals.- Collaborate with the Director of DSML to scale team capabilities, processes, and long-term technical strategy.**Qualifications Required:**- 5 years of experience in Data Science, Machine Learning, or Applied Analytics.- 2 years of experience leading or managing technical teams.- Strong understanding of ML systems applied to user behavior, content, or product analytics.- Experience delivering ML solutions that inform business decisions and/or power user-facing features.- Ability to guide technical design and evaluate trade-offs without being hands-on day

📌 Manager, Machine Learning and Data Science (India)
🏢 Uplers
📍 India