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This role provides strategic leadership to Giga’s AI-driven applied science agenda - shaping global research priorities, driving high value partnerships, and delivering advanced, data powered insights from the Giga Barcelona Tech Centre. The position also plays a critical coordinating role across UNICEF, ensuring alignment with broader organizational AI and data science initiatives to maximize impact and coherence in UNICEF’s digital impact efforts.
Job Responsibility:
Provide strategic leadership in the development and implementation of Giga’s Applied Science roadmap
Oversee and guide complex research initiatives in AI, ML, connectivity mapping, QoS monitoring, forecasting, and socio-economic impact analysis
Ensure coherence and alignment across UNICEF’s AI and data science ecosystem
Set research standards and methodologies
Lead high value partnerships with universities, research labs, and private sector actors
Ensure scientific rigor through peer reviewed publications
Translate research into actionable insights
Represent Giga at senior technical and policy forums