Role Title:Data Science LeadRole Location:Abbey StreetCompany:Vhi Group Services DacA full-time and permanent position has arisen within Vhi for Data Science Lead role. This is an exciting opportunity to help support the implementation of Vhi's strategic vision, through the development and embedding of cutting edge and innovative Data Science and AI capabilities, to enhance, automate and streamline processes across the wider businessThe Data Science Lead will be responsible for leading a team of highly skilled individuals, and will leverage the latest AI and modelling techniques to drive actionable insight and generate business valueThe successful candidate will be responsible for driving innovation, with a desire to continuously evaluate and adopt the latest emerging technologies, methodologies and tools in Machine Learning and AI to ensure Vhi remains at the forefront of technical innovationBenefitsHybrid working opportunitiesHealth InsurancePerformance related payCompany pensionAnd many moreRole PurposeResponsible for defining and implementing the overall data science vision and strategy, with a key focus on working with wider business areas to identify opportunities where innovative AI and ML solutions could be utilised to drive business value, through reducing costs, streamlining processes and improving overall customer experience, and subsequently obtaining buy in from key stakeholders to utilise these solutionsLead, Mentor and Grow the Data Science team, helping to foster a culture for innovation and continuous developmentResponsible for the design and implementation of AI solutions to support automation and streamlining of existing business processesResponsible for the development, deployment and ongoing refinement of key data science models underpinning fraud detection, customer behaviour analytics and other predictive modelling, leveraging cloud technologies and scalabilityStrong focus on developing models to support generation of actionable, value-driven insights and ultimately deliver business valueLead the exploration and application of Agentic AI architectures, such as autonomous agents, task orchestration frameworks and multi agent systems to solve complex business challenges and enhance intelligent automationIdentify optimisation and efficiency improvements in AI solutions, leveraging concepts such as prompt caching and Small Language Models to reduce costs and improve sustainabilitySupport the design, implementation and refinement of Vhi's AI and Data strategiesA strong focus on keeping up to date with the latest technological advances and developments in Generative and Agentic AIAlignment with Vhi ValuesEducation & ExperienceHold a relevant degree in mathematics, computer science, statistics, or a relevant numerate degreeAdvanced understanding of statistics & probability, machine learning and optimization algorithms.Have 8+ years leading data science teams and complex data science projectsExtensive knowledge of Generative AI, Agentic AI, predictive analytics tools (eg: R/ Python) and modelling techniques encompassing large volumes of data in a commercial settingExtensive experience designing and deploying AI, machine learning, outlier, propensity and predictive modelsDemonstrated ability to lead in a team environment with changing priorities and time pressuresDemonstrated alignment to Vhi valuesSkills and AbilitiesExtensive Experience utilising Large Language Models (LLMs), prompt engineering, retrieval augmented generation (RAG) and domain specific tuningProven ability to lead and work effectively with wider business areasExperience in the development and deployment of Agentic AIExperience in deploying data science models (e.g., ML, propensity, predictive, outlier) into productionAdvanced SQL and Python/RAdvanced data analysis and data wrangling capabilitiesAbility to lead highly technical Data Science projects taking full ownership of the end-to-end development cycleStrong interpersonal and presentation skills – with the ability to present technically complex concepts to a non technical audienceStrong decision-making skills with a logical and flexible approach to problem-solvingDemonstrated strong commercial/ business awarenessDemonstrated attentiveness to quality and productivityVhi is an equal opportunities employerNote: This role profile does not set out to capture every task to be carried out by the role holder but instead provide an overview of the main responsibilities of the job. 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