Director Data Science

Director – Data Science & AI

Global Private Equity Firm

The experience expected from applicants, as well as additional skills and qualifications needed for this job are listed below.

£200k - £300k DOE & Bonus & co-invest opps

Hybrid / London / Travel Required

Our client is a leading Private Equity firm with £300Bn AUM, specialising in venture capital, crypto, credit, life sciences and tech opportunities.

With a global presence and a reputation for excellence, they operate a portfolio of companies across an array of industry verticals including healthcare, consumer, technology and financial services. You will work with your team to solve complex business challenges and deliver enterprise value, through data science and AI solutions.

As the Director, Data Science & AI, you will be at the forefront of developing and executing data-driven strategies that optimize enterprise performance and enhance decision-making processes for a wide variety of end users. You will project lead teams of Data Scientists and Engineers, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative machine learning and AI solutions.

You will need to be able to work closely with hands on technical experts, advising and coaching around techniques and methodologies, as well as being able to contribute to projects yourself with hands on coding and modelling capabilities. You will face into non-technical c-suite and SLT customers, so you should be highly skilled in articulating technical concepts in an engaging and impactful manner Projects are often turned around in a matter of weeks, with commercial impact being front and centre, so the ability to demonstrate value at pace is key.

You will work in harmony with PortCo's to empathise, understand and dissect their challenges, as well as pull on your depth of expertise as to ‘the art of what’s (technically, and commercially) possible’.

Typical Data Science and AI projects relate to pricing, customer engagement, supply chain, business performance improvement, operations and more!

Ideally you will have experience in private equity, as well as management consulting (the latter being essential) as well as the ability to delight, impress and engage non-technical stakeholders, bringing credibility and exceptional problem-solving skills and ability to deliver commercial results.

Skills & experience required:

• Educated to degree level in a quantitative subject; Machine Learning, Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Economics etc.
• Proven experience in data science, analytics, or a related field, with the ability to deliver hands-on projects as well as guide and lead project teams.
• Expert in building and leveraging stakeholder relationships, in order to understand requirements and in turn build meaningful and impactful data science and AI solutions.
• Management consultancy experience is required and private equity experience is strongly preferred, working directly with PortCo’s.