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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