About the Role
The Senior Manager/Director - Data Science manages multiple teams of data scientists and ML engineers, with direct and indirect managerial responsibility. This role is fundamental to the growth of the AI & Data Science organization, establishing the technical rigor, culture, and operating rhythm needed to deliver business outcomes. The ideal candidate has in-depth knowledge across Computer Vision, NLP, and Deep Learning, including problems such as image classification, object detection, search, recommendation, and language models.

Key Responsibilities
• Manage multiple teams of data scientists and ML engineers, with direct and indirect managerial responsibilities.
• Work with local and global management across org partners to ensure the success and business outcomes of assigned teams.
• Oversee the deployment and maintenance of machine learning models, AI & LLM-based solutions, and data pipelines in production.
• Establish and enforce rigorous quality assurance processes to maintain the integrity and accuracy of deliverables.
• Act as a subject matter expert on data science topics, providing guidance to internal teams.
• Design large-scale AI/ML systems end-to-end in a fast-paced environment.
• Lead initiatives in core data science, including statistical modeling, machine learning, data mining, and experimental design.
• Identify areas of improvement in existing solutions.

Key Skills
• 10+ years of overall experience, with 5+ years working in Data Science, AI, deep learning, and statistics.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, AI, Data Science, or a related field.
• Strong experience in statistical analysis, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning, particularly Computer Vision, NLP, and LLMs.
• Proven track record leading AI teams and shipping production-scale systems.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to translate business requirements into analytical solutions.
• Proven track record building high-performance teams.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.

Good to Have
• Experience conducting iterative experiments that demonstrate incremental lift in business metrics from AI/ML initiatives.
• Passion for staying updated with the latest advancements in AI, deep learning, and generative AI.
• Experience leading research initiatives to explore new methodologies, tools, and technologies.

Senior Manager - Data Science