About this role
We are looking for an experienced, hands-on, and visionary VP of R&D to lead and scale Five Sigma’s R&D organization, with a strong focus on AI-first, data-driven, and intelligent systems. This role is central to building and scaling an advanced SaaS platform powered by AI, while growing and managing distributed engineering teams in Israel and globally.
The ideal candidate brings deep experience in building AI-powered products, scaling engineering organizations, and leading teams that deliver complex, production-grade AI systems at scale.
What You’ll Do
- Own the end-to-end R&D strategy, execution, and delivery of Five Sigma’s AI-powered SaaS platform
- Lead, mentor, and scale global R&D teams across Israel and international locations, including hiring, onboarding, and organizational design
- Start with direct, hands-on leadership of multiple R&D’s teams and gradually scale it while staying technically engaged.
- Build and evolve an R&D organization capable of delivering AI-first products at high scale, supporting rapid growth and increasing customer demand
- Drive the technical vision and architecture for AI/ML systems, including LLM-based, agentic, and data-driven capabilities
- Ensure production-grade AI systems that meet high standards of reliability, performance, security, and explainability
- Drive engineering excellence through clear, data-driven metrics for delivery speed, quality, reliability, and operational performance.
- Partner closely with Product, Data, and AI teams to translate business and customer needs into scalable AI solutions
- Establish best practices for developing, deploying, and monitoring AI systems in production (MLOps, CI/CD, evaluation, and observability)
- Balance rapid innovation with long-term platform stability and technical excellence
- Act as a key member of the leadership team, contributing to company-wide strategy and execution
Requirements
What You Bring
- 10+ years of experience in software development, including senior leadership roles
- Proven experience leading and scaling AI-driven R&D or engineering teams in a SaaS or cloud-based environment
- Strong technical background in, modern architectures, and cloud infrastructure
- Hands-on experience with agentic LLM workflows across the entire SDLC and beyond.
- Demonstrated success managing distributed and international teams
- Experience scaling organizations and platforms through rapid growth (Series A–C preferred)
- Strong leadership, communication, and talent development skills
- Ability to bridge business goals with deep technical and AI-driven execution
You’ll Excel If You Have
- Experience building production AI systems in B2B SaaS products
- Background in data-heavy or regulated domains where trust, reliability, and safety are critical
- Experience designing AI platforms that balance automation, human-in-the-loop, and explainability
- Prior experience in a fast-growing startup or scale-up environment
Why Join Five Sigma?
You’ll help shape the future of AI-driven claims handling at a moment when intelligent, autonomous systems are redefining the industry. This role offers meaningful ownership, direct impact on product and technology direction, and the opportunity to build and scale a global, AI-first R&D organization from the ground up.
Other facts
About Five Sigma
Five Sigma offers AI and automation technology for claims handling. Clive™, the industry’s first Multi-Agent AI Claims Expert, working on top of any existing claims management system (CMS), and Five Sigma's AI-native Claims Management Platform.
For P&C carriers, MGAs, TPAs, and reinsurers, Five Sigma delivers tangible results through claims technology: cost savings, productivity boost, cycle time reduction, improved accuracy, and better policyholder service.
Clive™, our award-winning Multi-Agent AI Claims Expert, adds AI and automation to any existing system to automate routine tasks, dynamically plan claim handling, and advance the claim automatically according to the insurer’s operating procedure (SOP). Clive manages multiple AI agents that handle and automate different tasks and claim handling stages, including: intake, triage, liability assessment, coverage, communications, fraud detection, compliance, settlement, and more.
Our customers can deploy Clive AI quickly, one agent at a time, and expand as they go. Adjusters are freed to focus on complex decision-making and better customer service.
Five Sigma’s Claims Management Platform is an AI-native CMS, with Clive built-in. Our platform includes 360° claim visibility, an omnichannel communication hub, and easily configurable workflows — offering unmatched efficiency and cost savings.
What you'll do
- Own the end-to-end R&D strategy and execution for Five Sigma’s AI-powered SaaS platform while leading and scaling global R&D teams. Drive the technical vision and ensure the delivery of reliable, high-performance AI systems.
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