Hybrid Senior Director, Data Science – AI Enablement

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About the role

  • Senior Director managing Data Science & AI capabilities for financial well-being at Aviso. Leading a multidisciplinary team to drive AI adoption and measurable business outcomes under governance.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the enterprise roadmap for data science, advanced analytics, and AI-enabled capabilities—from discovery through production scale
  • Establish research, experimentation, and measurement standards (hypothesis framing, A/B tests and bandits where appropriate, evaluation, and impact measurement)
  • Lead and coach multidisciplinary teams to drive discovery, prioritization, adoption, and lifecycle management
  • Partner with engineering and architecture to deliver reusable, production-grade patterns on Databricks across Azure and/or AWS (pipelines, scoring/services integration, reliability, monitoring)
  • Drive build / buy / partner / hybrid decisions and structure external engagements with clear outcomes and knowledge transfer
  • Embed responsible AI and governance by design—privacy, security, compliance, documentation, and audit-ready delivery—plus ongoing monitoring and lifecycle management (performance, drift, stability, and guardrails).
  • Lead, develop, and grow a high-performing team and culture grounded in rigor, collaboration, and measurable impact

Requirements

  • Graduate degree in Business Analytics, Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering, or a related STEM field (or equivalent combination of education and experience)
  • Relevant certifications in AI/ML, cloud, data engineering, or product leadership (preferred), or equivalent advanced accredited training
  • Scrum / Agile certification is an asset (CSM, PSM I/II, SAFe Agilist, or equivalent)
  • 10+ years of experience in data science, analytics, and applied AI delivering measurable business outcomes
  • 5+ years of experience leading and scaling data science and analytics teams
  • Proven experience taking work from research/insight through to production-grade solutions with adoption and performance ownership
  • Experience leading cross-functional delivery with business and functional partners, including executive stakeholder management
  • Experience delivering AI solutions in regulated, high-trust environments (privacy, security, compliance, audit expectations)
  • Strong grounding in experimentation and evaluation (A/B testing, bandits where appropriate, uplift measurement, guardrails) and model validation/monitoring
  • Strong product-oriented mindset; ability to translate insights into AI-enabled capabilities people adopt
  • Experience with or strong interest in learning GenAI / LLM solutions (e.g., RAG, copilots/agentic), including LLM evaluation and LLMOps concepts (versioning, monitoring, operational ownership)
  • Expert proficiency with Python and/or R and modern ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn; familiarity with Keras or mLlib is an asset)
  • Strong experience with large-scale data processing and modern data platforms, including Databricks
  • Experience delivering in cloud environments such as Azure and/or AWS
  • Strong ability to partner with engineering/architecture on production-grade delivery (APIs/services integration, CI/CD/ML alignment, reliability, monitoring)
  • Advanced data storytelling and visualization experience; strong BI tool fluency (Power BI/Tableau) and ability to coach standards
  • Ability to explain complex technical concepts and analyses to non-technical audiences and influence decisions with clarity and credibility
  • Comfort with ambiguity and evolving priorities; ability to lead teams while aligning across business and functional partners
  • Fluent communication skills in English are required and bilingual skills in French are an asset.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation package that rewards and recognizes individual contributions
  • Excellent health, dental and insurance benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees
  • Generous vacation time, fitness benefit, parental leave top-up options
  • Matching contributions to our retirement program
  • Commitment to the continuous improvement of our staff through learning & development and an education assistance program
  • Regular social events to foster teamwork

Job title

Senior Director, Data Science – AI Enablement

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

CA$160,000 - CA$180,000 per year

Degree requirement

Postgraduate Degree

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