Lead Data Scientist

As a Lead Data Scientist at Faculty, you'll play a pivotal role in setting the technical direction and ensuring high-quality delivery of complex projects. You'll be responsible for: Setting technical direction for business-critical projects, balancing speed, innovation, and reliability Designing and implementing reliable technical solutions, documenting architectures and specifications Defining project roadmaps, overseeing end-to-end delivery, and managing technical risk Leading technical scoping and feasibility studies for high-value sales opportunities Managing relationships with technical stakeholders, aligning solutions with commercial goals Driving best practices, shared resources, and robust technical processes across the Data Science team Mentoring and developing other data scientists and team members To succeed in this role, you'll need: Proven project management expertise, dividing complex problems into actionable workstreams Strong customer leadership skills, acting as a trusted technical advisor Depth of expertise in at least one machine learning domain and broad technical knowledge across data science Skilled technical leadership, mentoring individuals, managing teams, and rolling out impactful tools and workflows Experience managing high-risk tasks, delivering innovative outcomes under commercial pressure Excellent cross-functional collaboration, aligning technical strategy with Engineering, Commercial, and Infrastructure teams Faculty is committed to diversity and inclusion, encouraging applications from all backgrounds. Job Data by YubHub .