Vice President/Head - Data Science - ML/AI/Advance Analytics - IT

Location: Bangalore

Designation: VP - Data Science (ML/AI/Advance Analytics)

Experience: 11- 16 years

In search for a VP of Data science, who can lead the business in the field of Advanced Analytics / Data science and it is a key senior management position in the India team.

- The ideal candidate is someone who has a breadth of skills, expertise and experience in analytics domain and has strong management experience in building and scaling data science teams.

- The ideal candidate would have organically grown through the ranks, having been hands-on in successfully designed, developed and deployed large scale software and analytical products and recently has been in high ranking management/leadership positions in data science teams owning all things operationally in such teams.

- The candidate will be expected to be a central part of how the Data science department functions day to day whilst also having critical input into the formulation of strategies to scale the department in-line with ambitions.

- To elaborate, the candidate is responsible for the delivery of companies analytical products in the road-map, owns the timely release of these to world class quality standards, guides and mentors the Data Scientists in the team to successfully execute.

- Also, the candidate stays one step ahead, identifies bottlenecks and challenges that are likely to come up in terms of personnel, process, methodologies and tools and make appropriate choices in handling and addressing those.

To summarize, this person owns all deliverables in the Data science team, is someone who can understand what is needed from an execution standpoint, and will insure a highly motivated and talented team executes proficiently and ensures they see projects and initiatives through to completion. This person would be reporting to the CTO and is expected to own the Data Science function and team in the technology department.

We expect this person to be someone whom the team looks up to as a mentor and leader not just as a manager or management layer, someone from whom people can learn from, people buy into and are inspired by. Understanding of the wider technical and analytical outputs in the market is key as well, with the business very much sitting in a highly innovative market place, it is important that the candidate is aware of current and future trends, especially in the areas of advanced analytics, machine learning and AI. Whilst based in their Bangalore office, this person will quickly be expected to make one's presence known and felt across different functions in India and will be a key leader.