Designation : Team Lead - AI & Data Science
Required Experience: 5-6 years overall with AI/ML, data science or applied AI; at least 5 years of hands-on AI/ML/data-science work and 2+ years of technical/team leadership.
Job Description:
Aventior is looking for a hands-on Team Lead - AI & Data Science to lead customer-facing AI and analytics engagements from discovery through production and ongoing improvement.
The role combines technical direction, people leadership, customer communication and delivery ownership. You will turn business problems into transparent requirements, assess feasibility and data readiness, shape pragmatic AI/GenAI solutions, guide engineers and data scientists, and deliver secure, measurable outcomes in production.
The strongest candidate is equally comfortable discussing business value with a customer, explaining technical options and trade-offs, reviewing code or model quality, and managing scope, risks and delivery commitments.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Customer engagement, discovery and requirement gathering -
●Lead customer and stakeholder discovery sessions, interviews and workshops to understand business goals, users, existing workflows, pain points, data sources, constraints and success criteria.
●Translate business needs into clear problem statements, functional and non-functional requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, assumptions, dependencies and measurable KPIs.
● Assess data availability, data quality, integration constraints, privacy/security requirements and technical feasibility before recommending an approach.
● Present solution options and trade-offs in business-friendly language, including build-versus-buy, model selection, expected value, risks, cost, latency and operational implications.
● Lead proof-of-concept planning, demos, review meetings and customer sign-off; manage clarifications, scope changes, priorities and expectation setting throughout the engagement.
2. AI solution architecture and technical leadership
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