VP of Artificial Intelligence
Remote
VP / SVP of AI Innovation
Circana · Data Analytics & Consumer Intelligence · 5000+ employees · 📍 United States
Circana needs a senior AI leader to build an in-house, AI-powered web scraping capability from scratch, reducing vendor dependency and unlocking new data assets for market and category expansion.
AI Maturity
scaling
Reports To
CTO
Why Role Exists
New position
Company Stage
enterprise
Source
linkedin
Key Responsibilities
- Define and execute Circana's AI-driven web scraping strategy aligned to broader data acquisition goals
- Build and lead a specialized in-house team to replace reliance on external vendors
- Implement AI/ML models for web crawling, data parsing, and content classification
- Ensure legal and ethical compliance across all scraping activities
- Partner cross-functionally to deliver data assets enabling new geographies and product categories (e.g., pet industry)
Requirements
- Proven experience in large-scale web scraping and data acquisition
- Demonstrated application of AI/ML techniques in data engineering contexts
- Track record of building and leading technical teams
- Strong understanding of adaptive algorithms and machine learning
Signals
- ⚠ No salary or compensation range disclosed
- ⚠ Title discrepancy between job title (VP) and role description (SVP) creates seniority ambiguity
- ⚠ Requirements section appears truncated — description cuts off mid-sentence
- ⚠ No equity mentioned, unusual for a role of this seniority at a data-driven enterprise
- ✓ Clear strategic mandate with direct business impact — reducing vendor costs and enabling market expansion
- ✓ Defined scope with named verticals (pet industry, country expansions) suggesting real budget and roadmap
- ✓ Certified Great Place to Work — signals organizational health
- ✓ Proprietary platform (Liquid Data®) provides strong AI infrastructure foundation to build on