Data Scientist Team Lead
Core
Lead a small team building critical capabilities for WPP's Open Intelligence initiative, focusing on multimodal embedding spaces, Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, and agentic tools/UIs.
Role type
Senior IC Data Science Team Lead (Applied AI & ML)
Builds
Multimodal embedding spaces, MCP server tooling, agentic tools, and user-facing chat agents + UIs for media intelligence.
Domain
Advertising technology, machine learning, audience insight, media intelligence.
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Software architecture, system design, Python, cloud platforms (GCP), embeddings, vector search, LLM tooling, agentic workflows, technical leadership, stakeholder communication.
Preferred skills
Direct people-leadership experience, Model Context Protocol (MCP) experience.
Technologies
Python, GCP, Vertex AI, Cloud Run, BigQuery, MCP, LLMs.
Responsibilities
Line-manage and grow the team (1:1s, recruitment, performance, mentorship), own technical architecture and direction, translate strategy into actionable projects, uphold high engineering standards, communicate impact to leadership, stay hands-on with code and architecture.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with team leadership
