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Director, Data Science

Toronto, ON, CAFull-time2026-10-06 → 2026-11-11
Hybrid · Canada

Core

Lead the creation of a new science team to define long-term AI strategy, analyze ecosystem impact, and drive business value at enterprise scale for agentic AI products.

Role type

Director, Data Science (Strategy & Leadership)

Builds

Agentic AI products (autonomous coding agents, context engineering, model-development lifecycle) and enterprise data-driven solutions

Domain

Financial Services / AI & Machine Learning

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Strategic planning, A/B test design, statistical modeling, deep learning, big data analysis, stakeholder management, team leadership, Python, AWS, Spark

Preferred skills

PhD in STEM, 5+ years AWS experience, 5+ years Python/Scala/R, 5+ years machine learning, 5+ years Spark

Technologies

Python, Conda, AWS, H2O, Spark

Responsibilities

Design AI/ML models and build solutions for agentic AI products; define long-term science strategy; analyze and optimize impact throughout the ecosystem; design experiments (A/B tests) and model telemetry; guide C-suite leadership with data insights; lead and mentor a team of data scientists.

Seniority

Director, strategic leadership with hands-on technical expertise