Senior ML Manager (m/f/d)

Location: Cologne, de

Company Description

About Redcare Pharmacy:
As Europe’s No.1 e-pharmacy Redcare Pharmacy is powered by passionate teams and cutting-edge innovation. We strive to create a healthy collaborative work environment where every employee feels valued and inspired to contribute to our vision “Until every human has their health”. If you’re seeking a career that offers purpose and aligns with your values join us and start your #Redcareer today.

About the role:
This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of Redcare’s data and AI landscape. As a strategic investment at the core of our company, you will be instrumental in building and scaling a team where your decisions will make a direct business impact.

About the tech stack:
We work with modern machine learning technologies and platforms, cloud-based infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and ML Ops tools. We are also open to introduce new technology when it enables our teams and business.

Job Description

About your tasks:

• Drive the development and operation of production-grade ML systems that power revenue-generating services like recommender engines and search.
• Lead and grow a team of currently 5 ML engineers (with future expansion), fostering their development and performance.
• Define and enforce quality standards across the ML engineering discipline, setting the benchmark for excellence.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including AI and Data Science, product management, and stakeholders to align on goals and drive innovation.
• Remain hands-on, bringing deep technical expertise to guide architecture decisions and ensure robust implementations.

Qualifications

About you:

• Proven leadership experience, ideally in managing high-performing ML engineering teams.
• Strong background in building and running ML systems in production, especially those with direct business impact.
• Comfortable with internal stakeholder communication and cross-functional alignment.
• You thrive in dynamic environments and care deeply about building things the right way.
• You understand how to ensure quick iteration cycles in order to achieve business impact fast while enforcing rigorous technical quality standards in our products.

Additional Information

About your benefits:
In order to provide you with the best possible support for your individual needs - whether it‘s living a healthy life, having enough time for your family, or developing your skills - we offer a wide range of different, site-specific benefits:

• Welcome days: We want you to feel at home with us from the very first day. Therefore, we welcome you with our comprehensive onboarding program.
• Sports: Stay healthy. Profit from a membership (M) package at Urban Sports Club, so that you can take advantage of a huge variety of sport offers.
• Work from Home: If your job does not require you to be present in the office, we can arrange the place you work from individually - even for up to 20 days a year anywhere in the EU.
• Personal development: Grow! We support and encourage your individual development through various in- and external trainings.
• Kindergarten Grant: We offer our employees who pay for childcare in kindergarten 100,00 € (total) per month. 
• Mental health: Get quick professional help from psychologists from nilo if you feel overwhelmed in your personal or professional life. Anonymously and free of charge.