Director, Applied Science (Responsible AI/Multimodal) at Oracle
Denver, CO
$169,800–$355,400from the description
Aug 14, 2026
Denver, CO
Sep 25, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Director-level scientific leadership role at Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, responsible for building and running the Responsible AI Applied Science team. The position sets the research and product roadmap for multimodal generative AI safety — spanning content moderation, adversarial robustness, hallucination detection, privacy, and AI agent guardrails — and translates that research into production-grade OCI services. It suits a senior research leader with a strong ML/AI publication record who can manage scientists, partner with engineering and product, and drive both breakthrough research and customer-facing delivery.
Principal level · Remote · Full-time
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What the occupation pays Median $178,991 (middle half $141,096–$225,584). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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The PhD requirement is stated as 'or equivalent demonstrated research and industry experience,' so the degree requirement is set to None.
No specific location is named in the posting body; the compensation range is stated as US-wide. The role is classified as US-based but no CBSA is determinable.
This role is a genuine hybrid between a people-management Director (11-3021) and a hands-on Principal Applied Scientist (15-2051). The posting emphasizes direct reports, hiring, roadmap ownership, and executive communication, which tips it toward 11-3021, but the scientific depth and track-record requirements are unusually strong for a pure manager.
No overall minimum years of experience is stated numerically; the posting uses qualitative language ('significant experience') without a specific year count.
Skills are largely framed as research domains rather than named tools or frameworks; concrete named technologies are sparse in this posting, so the skills list reflects the actual named technical areas rather than generic concepts.
Compensation may also include bonus, equity, and compensation deferral per the posting.
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