Lead Data Scientist – JD Summary

Experience: 8+ years
Location: Bengaluru
Role type: Client-facing Data Science leadership

1. Key responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Data Science, Machine Learning, and AI projects for clients.

• Understand business problems and translate them into data-driven solutions.

• Manage and mentor technical teams, ensuring delivery quality and timelines.

• Own project planning, estimations, reviews, client expectations, billing, and utilization.

• Define technical strategy, roadmaps, and product initiatives.

• Support presales, client consulting, and stakeholder management.

2. Must-have technical skills

• Programming: Python, R, SQL, NoSQL, Spark/PySpark.

• Libraries: NumPy, Pandas, scikit-learn, TensorFlow and related ML libraries.

• Cloud: AWS, Azure, or GCP.

• Data Science: Statistics, hypothesis testing, and classical Machine Learning algorithms.

• Ability to solve complex business problems using data and analytics.

3. Preferred industry exposure

Experience delivering client solutions in one or more of these domains:

• Retail

• Pharma / Healthcare

• Banking

• Insurance

4. Ideal candidate profile

The ideal candidate is a senior, hands-on Data Science leader who combines strong technical expertise with consulting, people management, and client delivery ownership.

They should demonstrate:

• 8+ years of relevant Data Science / ML experience.

• Successful delivery of end-to-end client projects.

• Strong statistical modelling and ML problem-solving skills.

• Cloud and distributed data-processing experience.

• Team leadership and stakeholder-management capabilities.

• Experience with project governance, presales, and technical roadmap planning.