Applied AI Lead

Reporting to the Chief Innovation Officer, the Applied AI Lead is the building muscle of Madhive's applied adtech innovation factory — turning identified needs into production-quality software at high velocity. This is a senior, startup-style role designed to transform identified needs into functional, production-quality software. As a fungible builder, you will surge across mandates, pairing with leadership to take innovative concepts from initial idea to load-bearing V1 releases. This role ensures the Office remains a dedicated building function rather than a strictly advisory one.

Key Metric — Expansion (the Applied Adtech Innovation Factory): The Office runs as Madhive's forward-deployed applied innovation factory, and success is the new surface area it opens. We measure expansion across:

Clients: new clients served and accounts deepened on the back of shipped V1s.

Verticals: new verticals and use cases the factory opens up.

Features: new revenue-generating features and load-bearing AI architecture put into production, then handed off seamlessly as platforms the next team builds around.

Value per unit time — ours and clients': how fast the factory manufactures and hands off production-quality V1s (innovation output per builder, per cycle), and the revenue, new capability, and time-to-value those builds unlock for clients.

Madhive is a dynamic, diverse, innovative, and friendly place to work. We embrace our differences and believe they fuel our creativity. We come from varied backgrounds and think that’s important. Whether it’s taking ideas from previous lives and applying them in different ways or creating something completely new, we are all trail-blazing team players who think big and want to make an impact.

We are committed to cultivating a culture of inclusion and collaboration. We welcome diversity in education, culture, opinions, race, ethnicity, gender identity, veteran status, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.