Head of Data Science

About the role

Lead the organization’s data and AI strategy, governance, analytics, and technology initiatives to enable a data‑driven culture, deliver business value, strengthen decision‑making, and drive innovation. The role reports to senior leadership and shapes how data is used across the company.

Key responsibilities

• Lead Data Science, Analytics, Business Intelligence, Data Engineering, and AI functions.
• Develop and execute data governance frameworks, policies, standards, and management initiatives.
• Drive analytics and AI solutions to generate insights, improve performance, and support decision‑making.
• Oversee data platforms, pipelines, warehouses, BI tools, and enterprise data architecture.
• Manage data and AI teams, project delivery, budgets, and stakeholder engagement.

Required profile

• Minimum 7 years of experience in data analytics, data science, AI or digital transformation, with at least 5 years in leadership roles.
• Proven track record delivering data, analytics, AI and digital transformation projects.
• Strong knowledge of data governance, data management, machine learning, statistical modeling and AI platforms.
• Experience with ETL, data warehousing, data modeling, BI tools, databases and data integration technologies.
• Financial services industry experience (banking, micro‑finance, FinTech) preferred.

Required skills

• ETL processes
• Data warehousing
• Data modeling
• Business Intelligence tools
• Databases and data integration
• Machine learning and statistical modeling
• AI platforms