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Independent Board Director (ML-Driven Product & Data Platform Leader)

workfromhome, ca • Posted 1 weeks ago
Remote Full Time Product Management

Overview

Appodeal is a dynamic US-based product company with a truly global presence. We have offices in Warsaw, Barcelona and Parkland (FL) , along with remote team members located around the world. Our company thrives on diversity, collaboration, and innovation, making us a leader in the mobile app monetization space.

Why Appodeal? At Appodeal, we're more than just a company—we're a team united by a common mission: Help people discover and grow their talents through products that enable successful mobile app businesses! We take pride in our cutting-edge product and our internationally dispersed team of talented professionals. Here’s what we value, and what we hope you do too:

  • Continuous Learning and Growth: We are passionate about learning, growing personally, and building rewarding careers.
  • Making an Impact: We are committed to building a history-defining company that leaves a lasting impact on the mobile app industry.
  • Solving Exciting Challenges: We tackle complex problems every day, supported by a team of world-class professionals and mentors.
  • Enjoying the Journey: We believe in having fun while working toward our goals.

We are seeking an independent board director with deep experience operating ML-driven products and data platforms at scale .

This role is not focused on academic research or algorithm development. Instead, we are looking for a leader who has built organizations where data, experimentation, and machine learning directly drive product decisions, optimization, and revenue growth .

The ideal candidate brings expertise in areas such as:

  • building strong data science organizations;
  • designing data platforms and experimentation infrastructure;
  • integrating ML into product decision loops;
  • developing operating cultures built around data and experimentation;

This is a non-executive board position , not an operating role. Appodeal is building a performance-driven technology platform powered by data and machine learning .

Our systems rely on:

  • large-scale data pipelines;
  • real-time decision systems;
  • automated optimization;
  • experimentation and model iteration.

The company operates an ecosystem including:

  • advertising infrastructure;
  • demand-side platform (DSP);
  • supply-side platform (SSP);
  • mobile game publishing and development.

Machine learning and data infrastructure are core to the company's long-term competitive advantage .

Strategic Focus of the Role

The mission of this role is to strengthen the board's ability to guide the company in building a world-class data and machine learning organization .

The director will contribute a perspective on:

  • structuring and scaling data science teams;
  • designing experimentation-driven product cultures;
  • building high-quality data platforms and infrastructure;
  • integrating ML systems into business decision processes;
  • best practices for data-driven product development;
  • organizational structures that allow ML systems to improve continuously.

This role focuses on how ML-driven companies operate , rather than on the underlying algorithms themselves.

Responsibilities

Board members are expected to:

  • Participate in quarterly board meetings;
  • Provide independent strategic guidance to the CEO and leadership team;
  • Contribute to discussions around data platform strategy and ML-driven product development;
  • Provide perspective on organizational structure for data science and ML teams;
  • Help evaluate major technical and infrastructure investments;
  • Share insight from companies where ML directly drives business outcomes;
  • Board members are not involved in day-to-day operations.

Ideal Background

We are looking for a technology or product leader who has built ML-driven product organizations where data science plays a central role in revenue generation and product optimization.

Prior Board Experience Is Welcome But Not Required.

What We Value

We are looking for individuals who bring:

  • deep experience running ML-driven product organizations;
  • operational judgment;
  • experience building data-driven engineering cultures;
  • an independent mindset; willingness to challenge assumptions constructively.

Time Commitment

Estimated commitment: approximately four weeks per year . This includes preparation and participation in board meetings as well as occasional strategic discussions with the leadership team.

With an outstanding product and a mission that excites and inspires, Appodeal offers a unique opportunity to make an impact while being part of an amazing team.

Join us and help shape the future of mobile app success!

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