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Company Name
Chowa Giken Co., Ltd.
Job Type
Numerical AI Development Group Manager
Work Detail
■Job Description In order to acquire, promote, and manage R&D projects that deal with numerical AI (prediction and optimization) and strengthen the organizational structure, you will mainly be responsible for the following tasks in cooperation with the R&D Director, Deputy Director, and other group managers. ・Direct, manage, and evaluate about 10 group members in collaboration with one other leader. ・Work with sales members to understand client needs and propose R&D projects to clients. ・Grasp and manage the status of multiple individual projects (about 5 cases) managed by each on-site leader. (Decision-making to appropriately add/reduce people, things, and money / delegate/intervene in project promotion work) ・Guide and train group members (especially on-site leaders of individual projects). (※) Practical work such as coding is not expected. We expect you to be able to provide technical advice from a high perspective.
Ideal Profile
Required skills ・High level of expertise in machine learning in general ・Expertise in either mathematical optimization or numerical prediction, 5+ years of practical experience ・Understanding the problem through data analysis, EDA, feature extraction, appropriate model selection ・Implementation experience in Python, R, C++, etc. ・Project management experience ・English proficiency sufficient to communicate at a minimum level with non-native Japanese speakers in 1-on-1 and evaluation interviews (estimate: TOEIC 720 or above) ・Native-level Japanese proficiency Preferred skills ・Experience submitting, presenting, and reviewing papers at international conferences/domestic and overseas journals ・PhD ・Proven activity record at academic conferences in the field of machine learning ・Experience in patent creation/IP strategy planning Desired profile ・Someone who can empathize with our company's vision and mission ・Deep knowledge and academic insight in AI ・Someone who can propose solutions to unknown problems as well as solving existing problems ・PhD-level researcher who can properly explain to clients as the center of a team and project
Work Location
Full remote work is OK (any place of residence within Japan) Head office: 305 Hokudai Business Spring, 2-12-1 Kita 21-jo Nishi, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido (no smoking indoors) Tokyo branch office: ACN Nihonbashi-Hamacho Building, 2-1-10 Nihonbashi-Hamacho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo (no smoking indoors)
Phd. Stating Salary
Annual salary: 6 million to 10 million yen *The above amount includes 25 hours of deemed overtime per month.