Hybrid Director, Data Science

Posted 16 hours ago

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About the role

  • Director of Data Science leading personalization, recommendation systems, and GenAI chatbot development at Gartner. Managing teams and strategic AI initiatives for enhanced client experiences.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the data science roadmap spanning personalization, recommendation systems, and GenAI chatbot development
  • Architect AI-powered chatbot systems including intelligent search, recommendation engines, context-aware retrieval, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers
  • Apply transformer-based models, LLMs, and advanced techniques to enhance recommendation relevance
  • Leverage internal and external data to model client company priorities
  • Collaborate with engineering, product, UX, and business leaders to prioritize ideas and launch MVPs
  • Lead a team of data scientists, driving enhancements in accuracy, coverage, latency, scalability, stability, and adoption
  • Stay current on fast-moving AI/ML advancements

Requirements

  • 8-12 years of experience in data science, machine learning, or AI
  • At least 3 years managing data science and engineering teams
  • Master’s Degree or PhD in a quantitative field (math, computer science, engineering, etc.) required
  • Proven leadership developing personalization systems, recommendation engines, search/ranking solutions, conversational AI, chatbots, and GenAI applications powered by transformer-based models and LLMs
  • Strong communication skills to influence executives
  • Deep expertise in ML lifecycle, Lean product principles, MLOps, experimentation frameworks, and production recommender/GenAI systems
  • Proficiency with Python, ML frameworks (scikit-learn, NLTK, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face, LangChain), SQL/relational databases (Oracle), NoSQL/graph databases (MongoDB), vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate), distributed ML (Spark), Linux/shell scripting, and cloud platforms (AWS SageMaker, Azure ML).

Benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • Generous paid time off policy
  • Charity match program
  • Group Medical Insurance
  • Parental Leave
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Professional development and unlimited growth opportunities

Job title

Director, Data Science

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$122,000 - $168,000 per year

Degree requirement

Postgraduate Degree

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