Principal Applied Science Manager

The Azure AI Speech Group brings together talents in the areas of signal processing, speech modeling, statistical modeling and Deep Learning to develop and deliver robust, natural and scalable speech recognition and translation, across a rich set of scenarios and languages.  As a science team in the Speech Group, we industrialized deep learning speech technologies, and contributed key innovations to the speech community. We work on all kinds of end-to-end speech technologies, targeting on the most challenging problems by inventing new algorithms.

To that end, we are hiring a Principal Applied Science Manager who is passionate at innovating the state-of-the-art speech modeling technologies which impact millions of users.

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities are to lead a team to develop novel speech algorithms to advance state-of-the-art speech technologies for real world user scenarios, especially in integrating speech with LLM for multimodal modeling.  

• Design, analyze, implement, optimize, profile and experimentally evaluate computer algorithms. Includes knowledge of practical applications of algorithms in software engineering.
• Focus on artificial intelligence and data science including machine learning, data mining, machine vision, search knowledge graphs, or natural language processing.
• Focus on utilizing others' expertise and the ability to involve multiple players (within and outside the organization) in the creation or development of novel products, processes, or research streams.
• Focus on applied science theories and techniques and the ability to use them to further a product or business area, identify opportunities for innovation, and/or transfer technology into products and services.
• Embody our culture and values

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 8+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
  • OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 6+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
  • OR Doctorate in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of people management experience.

Other Requirements 

• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: 
• This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter. 

Additional or Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical
  • OR Computer Engineering,
  • OR related field AND 12+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
  • OR Doctorate in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical
  • OR Computer Engineering,
  • OR related field AND 8+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of people management experience.<