Ogłoszenie numer: 6372192, from 2022-01-31
About Appsilon
Appsilon is an ambitious and fast-growing software house and consultancy specializing in decision support systems and machine learning with Fortune 500 clients across the globe. We are a unique company driven by a mission to improve our society and environment. We invest part of our profits into Data4Good projects and offer our service in ML and Shiny on reduced rates or pro-bono. We are committed to make investments and support researchers in doing high impact work in Biodiversity and Climate Change. We care about the impact that our work has on the world around us.
We are looking for a Data4Good Lead who will drive those efforts and impact.
Some examples of our #Data4good work includes contributing to animal preservation in Gabon Parks, building Lyme and Tickborne Disease Dashboard with JHU, and improving performance of a COVID dashboard for Doctors Without Borders.
We are a global leader in R and Shiny, which are used by companies of all sizes to build analytical applications. We have a ML team that does SOTA research in Computer Vision.
Before you apply, please read our Code of Conduct.
By joining Appsilon at this stage you get a unique opportunity to have a meaningful impact on the company and its culture.
Business Development Manager
Location: Wrocław
Job description
You will:
- Build growth engine for Data4Good (D4G)
- Do New Business Development for Biodiversity in ML [short and long term] and Shiny [long term]
- Be an owner of Data4Good Bench Time Backlog - make sure to source opportunities on which our team can work on when on a bench time
- Build relationships with sustainability departments of our existing customers
- Align Sales and Growth efforts to grow Data4Good inbound and outbound
- Facilitate with Head of People internal and external events related to our D4G
- Work closely with our ML Lead and company board on strategic direction of D4G
Our goals for next year:
- Commercial project/or from grant for ML team for H2 ‘22 in Biodiversity
- Short 2-3 POCs for ML team in Biodiversity in H1 `22 that would help us build credibility
- Promote the results in the social and mass media
- Increase impact of Mbaza project
- Create strategy for Shiny in D4G (together with Engineering Manager)
- Grow the share of purpose-aligned billable projects
Requirements
Must haves
- Previous experience in building new business and partnerships by inbound and outbound and track record of delivering on increasing targets.
- High alignment with Appsilon Data4Good mission and priorities (now Biodiversity)
- Experience in coordinating cross-team efforts - you will operate between tech-team, growth and sales
- Experience is building strategy for new Line of Business
- Willingness to learn about R/Shiny capabilities and ML applications in selected D4G areas
- Strong networking skills
- English C1 written and spoken
Nice to haves
- Previous experience in Machine Learning
- Eagerness to represent Appsilon on international conferences and events as a speaker
We offer
Appsilon gives you:
- 16.000 - 23.000 PLN +VAT - option to work on employment contract or contract
- 26 days of paid holidays + an equivalent of public holidays in Poland, est. 11 days in 2021
- +5% of salary in Professional Development Budget to spend on activities that help you grow
- 33 days (paid 80%) per year on B2B when on a sick leave
- Remote work
- 4 paid days per year to be used for training/conferences, events, or workshops for your professional development
- Private health care insurance (in Poland) (Polmed)
- Life insurance
- FitProfit or FitSport membership card (in Poland)
- AskHenry - a personal assistant works great in large Polish cities, elsewhere limited to online support