Hybrid Lead Data Scientist

at Envision Employment Solutions

• Job title: Lead Data Scientist
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Postgraduate Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Azure
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

About the role

• Drive enterprise-scale AI strategy and architecture while leading multidisciplinary teams in a global IT consulting firm.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive AI roadmaps aligned with corporate strategy
• Oversee the full model lifecycle from research and experimentation to production deployment
• Ensure measurable ROI and business impact from AI initiatives
• Design LLM ecosystems including RAG pipelines, orchestration layers, and fine-tuning strategies
• Lead domain-specific model fine-tuning and pretraining using proprietary datasets
• Integrate platforms such as Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, Anthropic Claude, and Google Vertex AI
• Define governance, compliance, and security frameworks for LLM deployments
• Establish evaluation standards for hallucination rate, factual accuracy, bias, and toxicity
• Own data governance policies and feature store strategy
• Lead model observability, monitoring, and drift management frameworks
• Partner with DevOps and Security to ensure scalability, resilience, and compliance
• Build and lead multidisciplinary AI teams including Data Scientists, ML Engineers, and Data Engineers
• Mentor senior scientists and define research best practices
• Communicate directly with executive leadership and non-technical stakeholders
• Evaluate AI vendors and technology partnerships

Requirements

• Master’s or PhD in AI, Machine Learning, Computer Engineering, or Applied Math or a related field
• Minimum 7 years of overall professional experience
• At least 2+ years in AI/ML leadership roles
• Proven ability to build and scale enterprise-level AI/LLM platforms.
• Visionary mindset driving innovation across business units.
• Excellent executive communication and influence skills.
• Focused on measurable ROI, scalability, and ethical AI.
• Mentors senior scientists, defining best practices and research direction.

Benefits

• Basic salary
• Family Medical Insurance
• Round-trip family flight tickets once per year
• Visa coverage
• Location: Dubai
• Work Model: Hybrid – 2 days in the office and 3 days remote. If assigned to a project, you may be required to work from the client’s premises on a daily basis, depending on the project requirements.
• Working Hours: 9 AM to 6 PM
• Days Off: Saturdays and Sundays