Data Science Lead

You will play a crucial role as the Data Science Lead in our Data Science Center of Excellence (CoE). Your main responsibilities will include: - Serving as the technical and strategic lead for the Data Science CoE. - Partnering with business leaders to identify use cases, assess feasibility, and define measurable outcomes. - Designing end-to-end data science solutions from problem framing and data exploration to model development and deployment. - Building and mentoring a team of data scientists as the CoE scales. - Promoting best practices in experimentation, model development, versioning, documentation, and governance. - Collaborating closely with engineering and data platform teams for scalable solution delivery. - Evangelizing data science best practices and building credibility through delivery of impactful projects. To be successful in this role, you should have: - 10+ years of experience in applied data science, machine learning, or AI solutioning. - A strong portfolio of business-impacting projects across domains such as customer analytics, personalization, marketing, pricing, operations, or product. - Experience working with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and modern data science tools (Python, R, SQL, etc.). - Strong stakeholder management and communication skills to explain complex models in simple business terms. - Prior experience in setting up data science teams, mentoring junior talent, and working in a cross-functional delivery environment. - Exposure to MLOps and model deployment in production systems is a plus.,