Head of Data Science & AI

Head of Data Science & AI

• Salary: Up to £200,000 + 50% Bonus • Hybrid in London - 2 days pw • Fraud/Financial Crime

We're supporting a leading financial services organisation undergoing significant investment across AI, Machine Learning and Economic Crime capabilities.

This is a critical leadership opportunity to build and scale a high-performing Data Science & AI function focused on delivering advanced fraud, financial crime and automated decisioning solutions. You'll play a key role in shaping how AI is deployed across a business-critical area, whilst driving innovation within a highly regulated environment.

The Opportunity:

You'll own the end-to-end Data Science & AI agenda, leading the development of production-grade machine learning models, AI systems and intelligent decisioning capabilities that help detect, prevent and manage fraud and financial crime at scale.

Working closely with Product, Analytics, Engineering and senior business stakeholders, you'll transform decision strategies into automated solutions whilst building the teams, platforms and governance frameworks needed to support enterprise-wide AI adoption.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, deployment and optimisation of AI, machine learning and automated decisioning solutions • Own the full model lifecycle including development, deployment, monitoring, retraining and governance • Drive best practice across Data Science, MLOps, AI Engineering and model management • Build and lead a…