Lead Data Scientist – Research//Lead AI

Position : AI Lead

Location :Trivandrum, Mumbai, Delhi

Experience : 10+ years of combined experience in data science, analytics, and AI.

Looking for Candidates from Product based Banking, Fintech or Telecom Companies

Lead Data Scientist – Research & Foundation AI Focus

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About the Company

Company pioneers enterprise-grade Agentic AI solutions, leveraging large-scale behavioral data and foundation models. Our solutions enable intelligent agents to collaborate, co-create, adapt strategies, and autonomously execute actions to maximize measurable business impact.

Mission Statement

As Lead Data Scientist, you will define and execute a research-intensive AI and data science agenda. You will lead foundational model research, drive agentic AI innovation, and publish advances that propel organizational leadership in enterprise-grade AI agent solutions.

About the Role

Own the foundation model and agentic AI research roadmap, setting strategic direction for breakthrough innovations.

Responsibilities

• Lead peer-reviewed research, drive early-stage experimentation, and steward integration of research outcomes into advanced agentic AI products and platforms.
• Mentor and inspire an elite research-oriented data science team.
• Shape and drive original research in foundation models, large-scale generative architectures, and agentic reasoning.
• Lead benchmarking, adaptation, and application of state-of-the-art generative models (e.g., LLMs, multimodal transformers) for new product capabilities.
• Publish high-impact research; foster industry-academic collaborations and represent Company at AI conferences and global fora.
• Prototype, validate, and transfer novel agentic AI methods into enterprise contexts.
• Develop research frameworks, open science practices, and model governance for responsible AI innovation.
• Guide cross-functional research teams to integrate foundational advances into the organization’s agentic AI platforms (e.g., Niya-X).
• Advise on strategic investments in AI infrastructure and drive adoption of pioneering algorithms and architectures.

Qualifications

• PhD (preferred) or Master’s in Machine Learning, AI, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related quantitative discipline.
• Peer-reviewed publications in top AI/ML conferences or journals.

Required Skills

• Hands-on expertise with AI development environments.
• Experience developing, evaluating, and scaling foundation models such as LLMs or multimodal transformers.
• Familiarity with rapid prototyping and product development lifecycles in an innovation-driven research environment.
• Applied AI research experience.

Preferred Skills

• Strong analytical, mentoring, and cross-team leadership skills.
• Ability to mentor, influence, and collaborate across multicultural, interdisciplinary research teams.
• Strong logical reasoning, decision-making, and strategic vision skills.

Interested Candidates can mail their cv at simmi@hiresquad.in or call at 8467054123

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