Data Science Lead

Job Title: Data Science Lead CoE

Location:  Hyderabad, India (Hybrid)
Experience: 10+ years
Role Type:  Full - time

Start Date: Immediate

About the Role:

As we build our Data Science Center of Excellence (CoE), we are looking for an entrepreneurial and technically strong Data Science Lead who can lay the foundation for a high-performing team. You will work directly with stakeholders across multiple business units to define use cases, lead model development, and ensure successful deployment and value realization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as the technical and strategic lead for the Data Science CoE.
  

• Partner with business leaders to identify use cases, assess feasibility, and define measurable outcomes.
  

• Design end-to-end data science solutions from problem framing and data exploration to model development and deployment.
  

• Build and mentor a team of data scientists as the CoE scales.
  

• Promote best practices in experimentation, model development, versioning, documentation, and governance.
  

• Collaborate closely with engineering and data platform teams for scalable solution delivery.
  

• Evangelize data science best practices and build credibility through delivery of impactful projects.
  

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in applied data science, machine learning, or AI solutioning.
  

• 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.