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Director, Data Science (AI)

London, England, GBFull-time2026-08-28 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid

Core

Lead a data science organization to build and ship real AI-first products (classical ML and GenAI) for financial professionals.

Role type

Director, Data Science (AI)

Builds

AI products and solutions for external financial customers and internal users

Domain

Financial markets infrastructure and data

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Strategic vision setting, indirect leadership (managing managers), technical mentorship, roadmap definition, team hiring and development, cross-functional collaboration with Product and Engineering

Preferred skills

Experience shipping ML over full product lifecycle, influence on company-wide leadership

Technologies

Classical machine learning, Generative AI

Responsibilities

Define and execute strategic data science vision; hire and develop diverse data science leaders; provide technical oversight and standardized training; mentor teams while enabling autonomous decision-making; collaborate with Product and Engineering leaders to deliver roadmaps

Seniority

Director, leader-of-leaders