Senior Manager, Data Science — Dark Stores Intelligence

Delivery Hero; Dubai; On-site; AED 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

talabat, the leading on-demand delivery platform, seeks a Senior Manager Data Science for the Global QC Hub. You will lead an ML team, own the full ML workflow, deploy models at scale, and collaborate with product, data engineers, and business partners to deliver high-impact data products.

You will guide experimentation, causal inference, and platform development while driving organizational learning and scalability across Talabat and Delivery Hero.

Qualifications

• Expert in classical ML and deep learning.
• Strong experience with ML frameworks.
• Experience deploying production ML systems at scale.
• Experience in recommendation, personalization, search, or logistics problems.
• Experience with A/B and multivariate tests.
• Experience with causal methods and uplift modelling.
• Experience with data pipelines and data modeling.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, technology; postgraduate a plus.
• 10+ years of software engineering and data experience; 8+ years in ML; 3+ years of engineering management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage ML team in the QC Hub.
• Own the ML workflow from problem formulation to deployment.
• Lead experimentation and causal inference practice.
• Collaborate with data engineers/scientists and product managers.
• Develop understanding of QC processes and data platforms.
• Define roadmap, success criteria, and priorities.
• Recruit, mentor, and grow ML engineers and data scientists.
• Develop, maintain, and manage end-to-end data analysis and ML processes.
• Contribute to the company's tech vision and strategy.

Skills

Machine Learning

Deep Learning

Experiment design

A/B testing

Causal inference

Data pipelines

Data modeling

Leadership

Engineering management

Pricing optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, technology

Postgraduate degree

Tools

ML platforms

Data visualization tools

Job description

talabat, the leading on-demand delivery platform, seeks a Senior Manager Data Science for the Global QC Hub. You will lead an ML team, own the full ML workflow, deploy models at scale, and collaborate with product, data engineers, and business partners to deliver high-impact data products.

You will guide experimentation, causal inference, and platform development while driving organizational learning and scalability across Talabat and Delivery Hero.