Lead Data Scientist_8+yrs

Lead Data Scientist – JD Summary

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

1. Key responsibilities

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

  
  


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

  
  


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

  
  


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

  
  


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  Define technical strategy, roadmaps, and product initiatives.

  
  


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  Support presales, client consulting, and stakeholder management.

  
  

2. Must-have technical skills

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

  
  


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

  
  


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  Cloud: AWS, Azure, or GCP.

  
  


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

  
  


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  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:

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  Retail

  
  


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  Pharma / Healthcare

  
  


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  Banking

  
  


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  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:

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  8+ years of relevant Data Science / ML experience.

  
  


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  Successful delivery of end-to-end client projects.

  
  


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  Strong statistical modelling and ML problem-solving skills.

  
  


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  Cloud and distributed data-processing experience.

  
  


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  Team leadership and stakeholder-management capabilities.

  
  


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