Summary
flyadeal is hiring a Data Science Lead in Jeddah to guide data science work from identifying strategic problems through technical delivery. The role involves designing, building and reviewing machine-learning, forecasting and optimization models, and ensuring solutions are deployed, monitored and scalable. The lead will align projects with business goals, track KPIs, communicate insights and mentor others. Applicants need a relevant bachelor's degree and at least 5 years of data science experience, with skills in Python or R, SQL, Azure ML and production model development.
The posting
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The role is responsible for leading the end-to-end data science lifecycle from strategic problem identification to technical execution and ensuring that advanced machine learning and optimization solutions drive measurable business value.
Key Responsibilities
- Align data science initiatives with business goals and identify high-impact use cases.
- Actively design, build, and review models (ML, forecasting, optimization), perform complex analyses, and validate results.
- Lead development of machine learning, forecasting, and optimization solutions.
- Ensure data governance, integrity, and compliance standards.
- Implement MLOps practices for deployment, monitoring, and scalability.
- Translate business needs into analytical solutions and communicate insights clearly.
- Prioritize projects, track KPIs, and ensure measurable business impact.
- Promote experimentation, new technologies, and continuous improvement.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Data Science, Computer Engineering or Science, Mathematics, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence.
- Minimum +5 years’ experience in data science.
- Programming & Data, Python/R, SQL and Azure ML
- Machine Learning: Supervised/unsupervised learning, forecasting, optimization
- Statistics, A/B testing, predictive & prescriptive modelling
- Model deployment, monitoring, CI/CD, versioning
- Solution Design, Scalable, reliable, and production ready model architectures
- Leadership & Mentoring.
- Decision Making.