Director Data Scientist

An exciting opportunity to lead to lead the delivery of transformative AI and GenAI solutions for some of the world's largest Telecommunications and Financial Services organisations. This is not a sales role but a technical delivery role working with business stakeholders to understand their problems and deliver AI solutions.

This is a leadership role responsible for driving AI strategy, leading high-performing data science teams, developing executive relationships, and growing a market-leading AI consulting practice.

You will work closely with C-suite executives to identify high-value AI opportunities, shape enterprise AI roadmaps, and oversee the delivery of complex machine learning and Generative AI programmes that deliver measurable business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

AI & Data Science Leadership

• Lead multidisciplinary teams of Data Scientists, ML Engineers, Data Engineers and AI Architects.
• Design and oversee enterprise-scale machine learning and Generative AI solutions from ideation through production.
• Ensure adoption of best practices across:
• Machine Learning
• Deep Learning
• LLMs
• Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
• AI Agents
• Prompt Engineering
• MLOps
• Responsible AI
• Model Governance
• Guide architecture decisions across cloud AI platforms and modern AI ecosystems.

Industry Expertise

Develop AI solutions within either:

Telecommunications

• Customer Value Management
• Churn Prediction
• Next Best Action
• Network Analytics
• Customer Experience
• Personalisation
• Revenue Optimisation

OR

Financial Services

• Fraud Detection
• Credit Risk
• Customer Analytics
• Wealth Management
• Insurance Analytics
• AML
• Personalisation
• Intelligent Operations

Practice Development

• Mentor and develop senior data scientists and technical leaders.
• Define AI delivery methodologies and reusable accelerators.
• Establish technical standards across AI and GenAI engagements.
• Recruit and grow world-class AI talent.

Required Experience

• Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering or related quantitative discipline.
• 12–15+ years of experience in Data Science, Machine Learning or Artificial Intelligence.
• Minimum 5 years leading enterprise AI consulting engagements.
• Proven experience delivering AI programmes for large Telecommunications or Financial Services organisations.
• Demonstrated experience managing large consulting teams and complex client engagements.
• Experience presenting to executive leadership and Boards.
• Strong commercial mindset with experience supporting business development and revenue growth.

📩 Apply now and send your cv to joel@tenten-partners.com.

Equal Opportunity Statement

TENTEN Partners is an equal opportunity firm and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by applicable laws.