Teams at Upwork

Lead a 0-to-1 AI-native product end-to-end: set vision and roadmap, drive human-to-AI automation, coordinate engineering/design/data/platform partners, run operational scaling and go-to-market for early cohorts, and use qualitative and quantitative learning to iterate and reduce human effort per engagement.

Lead the engineering organization for Upwork's Search & Recommendations platform. Define technical strategy, modernize search infrastructure, scale systems and teams, partner with product/ML/data science, ensure reliability, experimentation, responsible AI, and deliver platform metrics and roadmaps that drive marketplace matching and business outcomes.

Senior strategic partner to the COO and GM of Marketplace who sharpens decision-making, prepares executive materials, owns operating rhythm (reviews, planning, budgets), drives cross-functional alignment, unblocks execution, and models leadership and continuity during change.