About Our Client

Our client is a fintech company.

Job Description

1. Lead and Develop a High-Impact Team
- Manage, mentor, and grow a team of data scientists
- Foster a culture of learning and professional development
- Guide project execution and support career progression
- Own performance reviews, compensation, and leave management

2. Strategic Vision & Team Performance
- Set clear goals and expectations
- Regularly assess team performance and alignment
- Provide technical leadership and direction

3. Cross-Functional Leadership
- Build strong relationships with business, product, and engineering
- Act as a strategic partner in initiatives
- Drive implementation of data science solutions

4. Model Quality & Monitoring Excellence
- Define metrics and quality standards
- Oversee monitoring and alerting systems
- Ensure reliability, scalability, and impact

5. Drive Cross-Functional Data Science Initiatives
- Lead initiatives on monitoring, cost reduction, and best practices
- Promote strong code management and documentation

6. Planning & Strategic Initiatives




- Lead planning processes (quarterly, annual, long-term)
- Ensure project prioritization aligns with strategy

7. Opportunity Identification & Value Creation
- Identify high-value opportunities with business and product
- Develop innovative solutions that drive outcomes

The Successful Applicant

● Master's or Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Economics, or another quantitative discipline

● Strong research-oriented mindset and at least 9+ years of experience in data science, advanced analytics, or related fields

● Strong business acumen and ability to partner with business, product, and engineering teams

● Deep expertise in statistics, machine learning, deep learning, and optimisation algorithms

● Proven ability to design, execute, and scale A/B experiments to validate and optimize data science solutions across diverse business contexts

● Advanced programming

📌 Data Science Manager | Fintech (Bengaluru)
🏢 Michael Page
📍 Bengaluru