Head of Data Science, Competera

• Experience in a similar position in the company that moved through the scale-up stage
• Ability to make tough decisions
• Leadership and mentorship experience
• Experience in implementing organizational structure changes
• Experience in the Retail industry
• Worked on tabular and/or Time Series problems
• Knowledge of the current state of MLOps. Applied the MLOps principles to their work
• Experience with Python stack for ML
• Exceptional human and leadership skills
• Being an inspirational leader and role model
• Public speaking skills
• Ability to explain in 60 seconds to a 70 years old grandma and 5 years old kid of how AI/Business/Organization/etc. works
• Negotiation skills

Desirable

• We are now looking for a Head of Data Science to lead the whole ML direction in terms of technology, organization and ML Strategy
• Own the Competera’s ML Strategy
• Ensure ML Strategy is aligned with Technology, Company and Product Strategies
• Own ML OKRs
• Collaborate with stakeholders and top management on a regular basis
• Participate in regular company meetings as a speaker
• Communication with customers and their DS/ML teams
• Decide whether DS/ML/DA expertise is needed in the teams and be responsible for hirings
• Own mentorship and management strategy for Senior and Lead DS and ML engineers