Data Science Team Lead

We are KPMG’s technology arm in Israel. KPMG delves headfirst into the power of emerging technologies and scientific breakthroughs to craft solutions, projects, and products for companies facing complex business challenges in today’s continuously changing world. By uniting groundbreaking technology with industry expertise, we are able to harness the potential of cloud, AI, ML, digital, and cyber to design and implement top-of-the-line tailored solutions.

We are seeking for a talented Data Science Team Lead to join our development center in Israel, a fast-paced and innovative environment. You are a passionate data professional with proven experience in building and growing high-quality data teams, which will play a pivotal role in driving the execution and delivery of advanced Machine Learning models and algorithms, through mentorship and hands-on development, and by working closely with clients to understand their needs and key objectives.

 Responsibilities :

• Serve as a team expert in the most advanced Machine Learning methodologies, helping to plan and implement successful and impactful data science projects
• Manage experienced team of data scientists, providing career guidance and performance evaluation to develop and retain talent
• Solve non-routine analysis problems based on high-dimensional, complex data sets, by actively mentoring and coding
• Lead deployment of large-scale data pipelines, ensuring a seamless delivery
• working directly with key client executive decision makers and acting as the leading expert for best-practice data-driven solutions
• Establish strong cross-functional relationships throughout the organization to improve our customer experience and set of offered skills

• Master's or Ph.D. degree in an appropriate technology field (Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Math, Physics, etc. )
• 3+ plus years of experience as a technical leader of data science teams that have execute successfully projects in an agile environment
• 4+ years of experience in a Data Science role, building and training machine learning models and provide data-driven insights
• Experience deploying ML services and applications on at least one major cloud platform (Azure, AWS, GCP)
• Strong Python skills
• Must have ability to manage multiple projects/clients simultaneously
• Strong storytelling and presentation skills with the ability to explain technical analyses to non-technical audience
• Excellent communication skills in both Hebrew and English, written and spoken

A Big Plus If You Have:

• Extensive experience in the Databricks workspace using PySpark, Spark-SQL, Dataframe API, parquets and delta live tables
• Experience working with Data Engineering
• Advanced knowledge of data models, infrastructure, and data architecture
• Experience with building continuous integration and monitoring for Machine Learning applications

The position is open for all genders as well as people with disabilities.