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About the Role OKX is looking for a Senior Director of AI to lead both people and product — building and managing a high-calibre AI team while staying deeply involved in the design, evaluation, and production deployment of autonomous agent systems. This role calls for a leader who leads by doing: technically grounded, sharp on product judgment, and able to translate both into tangible business outcomes. What You'll Do Team Leadership — Build, manage, and develop a team of AI engineers and researchers; own hiring, growth, and performance across the function Agent Product Delivery — Lead end-to-end delivery of autonomous AI Agent products, covering the full lifecycle from requirements and architecture through to production operations Eval-Driven Development — Establish benchmark-driven evaluation frameworks that replace manual iteration with quantifiable quality signals across agent systems Agent Harness Design — Design and implement end-to-end Agent Harness infrastructure to ensure agent stability and reliability in complex, real-world scenarios LLM Orchestration — Orchestrate creative reasoning steps alongside deterministic guardrails, finding the right balance between flexibility and control Engineering Workflow Integration — Embed AI Agent capabilities deeply into core products and engineering pipelines, improving both developer productivity and business value Cross-functional Alignment — Collaborate with product, engineering, and business teams to ensure technical direction stays tightly aligned with strategic priorities What We're Looking For Must-have Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field (PhD preferred) 10+ years of experience in AI/ML research, productization, or platform development, including core technical or leadership roles at globally recognized technology companies Deep expertise in LLMs and Generative AI, deep learning, reinforcement learning, recommendation systems, and related areas Prove