Lead Data Scientist

The role

You will set technical direction for complex projects and ensure scalable delivery of high-impact solutions. You will mentor cross-functional teams and manage strategic customer relationships.

What you will do

• Setting the technical direction for complex, business-critical projects
• Designing and implementing reliable, production-grade technical solutions
• Defining project problems and developing clear roadmaps
• Overseeing end-to-end delivery across multi-disciplinary workstreams
• Leading technical scoping and feasibility studies for sales opportunities
• Managing relationships and communications with demanding clients
• Driving the adoption of best practices and robust technical processes
• Mentoring and developing other data scientists and team members

Required qualifications

• Depth of expertise in at least one machine learning domain
• Strong technical breadth across the entire data science landscape
• Skilled technical leader proficient in mentoring individuals and managing teams
• Proven project management expertise
• Adept at managing ill-defined, high-risk tasks
• Strong customer leadership skills to act as a trusted technical advisor
• Ability to align technical strategy with Engineering, Commercial, and Infrastructure teams
• Experience extending technical oversight to business unit-level initiatives

About the company

Faculty was established in 2014 to transform performance through human-centric AI. They work with global customers across government, finance, retail, energy, life sciences and defence.