Remote Lead, People Analytics & AI Product

Canonical Ltd.; Dubai; Remote; AED 514,000 - 734,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning budget

Wellness program

Travel opportunities

Performance bonus

Job summary

Canonical Ltd. is seeking a senior data science leader to guide a cross-functional squad of data scientists, engineers, and UX designers. You will translate HR questions into research objectives and shape the future AI/Data stack in open source.

You will drive strategic insights, governance, and storytelling, ensuring secure, privacy-compliant data products that empower managers with real-time analytics and actionable recommendations.

Qualifications

• Must have strong foundation in data science, statistics, and engineering.
• Proficient in coding and data visualization tools.
• Experience translating business questions into research objectives.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a product-focused squad of data scientists, engineers, and UX designers.
• Bridge HR concepts with software development to implement human-centric analytics products.
• Develop predictive and prescriptive insights to influence business outcomes.
• Lead data storytelling and ensure GDPR/privacy compliance across the data stack.
• Develop AI agents to surface insights to managers in real-time.

Skills

Data science

Statistics

SQL

Python

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

Superset

Tableau

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Canonical Ltd. is seeking a senior data science leader to guide a cross-functional squad of data scientists, engineers, and UX designers. You will translate HR questions into research objectives and shape the future AI/Data stack in open source.

You will drive strategic insights, governance, and storytelling, ensuring secure, privacy-compliant data products that empower managers with real-time analytics and actionable recommendations.