Kinaxis Looking for AI Thought Leader at Québec, Quebec, Canada Full Time

Kinaxis is the global leader in modern supply chain management. We serve supply chains and the people who manage them in service of humanity. Our software is trusted by renowned global brands to provide the agility and predictability needed to navigate today’s volatility and disruption. We combine our patented concurrency technique with a human-centered approach to AI to empower businesses of all sizes to orchestrate their end-to-end supply chain network, from multi-year strategic planning through down-to-the-second execution and last-mile delivery. For more news and information, please visit kinaxis.com or follow us on LinkedIn .

AI Thought Leader

Job location: This position is to be hired anywhere in Canada and will be remote unless you live in the Ottawa area. Ottawa-based employees are hybrid and expected to go into the office 3 days a week.

About The Team

Reporting to the VP of Industry Outreach and Thought Leadership, the AI Thought Leader is responsible for positioning Kinaxis as a leader in supply chain and AI, particularly for more technical audiences. This person will identify relevant trends and market inflection points, evangelize externally in both writing and speaking, drive a technical vision internally, and engage key customers and prospects, partners, and industry and academic experts. This person may also research and explore technical concepts that could represent future potential product opportunities.

Working closely with relevant forums within the supply chain, industry, and AI communities, this thought leader will stay abreast of current and future opportunities for Kinaxis. Partnering with peers, this person will share responsibility for representing our credibility by serving as a recognized expert with deep technical expertise in one or more areas of AI and supply chain science (which we define broadly to include machine learning, optimization, simulation, forecasting, statistics), to translate the dynamics of the supply chain within that field. This person will also be an interface with academic communities, staying abreast of technical research areas relevant to Kinaxis, developing and delivering course materials, and contributing to academic research.

The successful candidate will play a critical role in advancing external views into Kinaxis, while positioning Kinaxis as a leader with technical leaders and others in supply chain and beyond.

What you will do

• Represent Kinaxis publicly as a recognized content expert in supply chain and AI, including responding to press inquiries, with the ability to translate seamlessly between technical and business audiences.
• Give innovative and thought-provoking presentations and participate in panels at leading industry and academic events focused on supply chain and AI.
• Write thought leadership pieces that demonstrate innovative thinking in the form of articles, blogs, white papers, social media posts, etc. on topics related to supply chain and AI.
• Curate and synthesize external perspectives to bring into Kinaxis by encouraging and promoting peer-to-peer networking within the professional community of supply chain and AI, relevant technically-focused forums, and other industry associations.
• Spearhead research collaborations with academia, driving outcomes that add value to Kinaxis by ensuring objectives are met and managing unique elements of these collaborations (e.g. intellectual property, data, translation to product, etc.)
• Actively participate in relevant research communities within academia and beyond to keep topic area knowledge current and share experiences both internally and externally to influence company direction, especially related to product or services.
• Explore algorithms with particular relevance to Kinaxis, and where needed collaborate with academic research partners and prototype to demonstrate viability for our solutions.
• Consult at a credible peer level with key stakeholders.
• Coordinate other internal technical employees who can contribute to our leadership in this area by writing or presenting from their expertise, including on the external Engineering blog.
• Contribute to academic research with publications as time permits.

What we are looking for

• Bachelor’s degree in related field (math, computer science, operations research, statistics, machine learning); advanced degrees strongly preferred.
• 10-15 years’ experience, and although experience in consulting and/or working with vendors is relevant, preference is for those with experience working as a practitioner in industry.
• Recognition as an expert in supply chain management and AI.
• Strong writing skills and experience communicating messages for external audiences.
• Programming skills in R, Python, Javascript preferred to prototype ideas.
• Excellent presentation skills to audiences large and small, both technical and business.
• Experience and skill using social media to communicate ideas.
• Ability to take a position, based on facts, and support that position, both externally and internally, with clear analysis.
• Outstanding communication and reflective listening skills and the ability to adjust message as needed.
• Ability to work as an individual contributor with limited administrative support.
• When feasible, ability to travel up to 50% of the time, within North America as well as internationally.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate both with peers as well as C-level executives.

What we have to offer

• Challenging Work – We love solving highly complex problems. And as the global leaders in our industry, we never stop innovating—our work is never “done. That’s because across our teams and in all roles, every employee is empowered to bring their best ideas forward and to jump in and solve the problems they’re passionate about.
• Great People – We take our work seriously, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously! It’s in our DNA to celebrate, laugh, and have fun. We are stronger, together, when we are open, honest, and above all, real. Every person is valued here and plays an important role in our shared success.
• Global Impact – As a global team spanning continents, boundaries, and cultures, every day we are inspired by the impact our work has on our colleagues, our customers, our communities, and the world at large.
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion – Diversity, equity and inclusion are more than words to us. They are the guiding principles for building a culture where we celebrate each others’ differences, continuously strive for equality and recognize that inclusion makes us stronger as individuals, a company and a global citizen.

For more information, visit the Kinaxis web site at www.kinaxis.com or the company’s blog at http://blog.kinaxis.com/ .

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