About this role
Global Head of Data Science responsible for defining the AI/ML roadmap and delivering high‑rigor analytical and predictive ML systems across a regulated financial services estate.
Key Responsibilities
- Define AI/ML roadmap
- Lead model development and production deployment
- Ensure model monitoring and drift detection
- Manage regulatory scrutiny and explainability
- Mentor other data scientists
Technical Overview
Leads full ML lifecycle from problem definition, feature engineering, back-testing to deployment; ensures models are explainable, reliable, and compliant with regulatory scrutiny; collaborates with engineering/platform teams.
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is an accomplished data science leader with 20+ years of production ML experience in financial services, capable of shaping the AI/ML roadmap and delivering explainable, production-grade models.
Must-Have Skills
20+ years experience in analyticsdata scienceor ML systems in productionExperience delivering applied data science and machine learning in production within bankingcapital marketsor similarly regulated environmentsDeep grounding in statisticsmachine learningtime-series analysisand predictive modellingHands-on ownership of the full model lifecycleProduction-grade models in regulated environmentsExplainable models suitable for regulated environmentsMentoring data scientists
Nice-to-Have Skills
Experience in regulated industriesMLOps practicesModel monitoring and retraining strategiesAnomaly detection and drift detection in production
Required Skills
machine learningdata sciencestatisticstime-series analysispredictive modellingmodel lifecycle managementback-testingdeploymentmonitoringdrift detectionexplainable AI
Hard Skills
Machine LearningStatisticsTime-series analysisPredictive modellingModel lifecycle managementBack-testingDeploymentMonitoringDrift detectionExplainable AIModel serving patternsRegulatory scrutinyFeature engineeringData qualityAnomaly detection
Soft Skills
CommunicationMentoringStrategic thinkingLeadershipCollaborationProblem-solving
Keywords for Your Resume
data sciencemachine learningai/ml roadmapproduction MLmodel lifecyclefeature engineeringback-testingdeploymentmonitoringdrift detectionexplainable modelsregulated environmentsanomaly detectionvariance analysisforecastingpredictionmodel serving patternsdata qualityAI/MLexplainable AI
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