Lead Data Scientist

Global Excel Management Inc; Windsor; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading management firm in Windsor is seeking a Lead Data Scientist to oversee AI initiatives and ensure they align with business strategies. The role involves guiding a team, managing AI workflows, and providing technical mentorship. Candidates should have significant experience in AI solution design and a strong background in Agile methodologies. Competitive compensation includes base salary and performance bonuses.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Performance bonus

Benefits package

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of progressive experience in AI-focused technical roles.
• Proven experience designing and implementing AI/ML solutions in enterprise environments.
• Strong background in integrating and evaluating third-party AI products and services.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end design and validation of AI solutions.
• Translate business, functional, and non-functional requirements into architectural blueprints.
• Provide technical mentorship and architectural guidance to data scientists.

Skills

AI/ML solution design

Architectural expertise

Technical mentorship

Agile methodologies

Bilingual proficiency (English and French)

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field

Tools

Dataiku

Snowflake

Job description

Job Description

Are you passionate about Artificial Intelligence? Do you want to work in a multilingual, dynamic, and friendly environment that fosters personal and professional growth? We would love to meet you!

As a Lead Data Scientist, you will be responsible for ensuring that all AI initiatives align with enterprise architecture standards, business strategy, and regulatory requirements. Operating within a SAFe Agile framework, you will provide deep architectural expertise, facilitate platform delivery, and support business value realization.

What does your typical day look like?

• Lead the end-to-end design and validation of AI solutions, whether developed in-house or by third-party vendors, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture and business needs;
• Develop and operationalize an Agentic Framework for AI use cases to support modular, composable, and autonomous workflows;
• Translate business, functional, and non-functional requirements into architectural blueprints and actionable implementation plans;
• Provide technical mentorship and architectural guidance to data scientists and engineers working on AI initiatives;
• Promote architectural thinking, best practices, and code quality across cross-functional AI teams;
• Define integration patterns, orchestration workflows, and MLOps practices for seamless deployment of AI workloads across cloud-native and containerized environments;
• Support Agile Release Trains and development teams by translating architectural strategies into features, enablers, and spikes.

What skills and training do you need?

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related technical field;
• 7–10 years of progressive experience in AI-focused technical roles, including architecture, machine learning solution design, and deployment at scale;
• Proven experience designing and implementing AI/ML solutions in enterprise environments, emphasizing modular, reusable architectures;
• Hands-on experience with modern AI platforms and orchestration tools, such as Dataiku for AI workflows and Snowflake for cloud data operations;
• Familiarity with containerized environments, model lifecycle management, and MLOps best practices;
• Experience managing and guiding a team of data scientists;
• Strong background in integrating and evaluating third-party AI products and services;
• Experience with Agile/SAFe methodologies in fast-paced, cross-functional teams;
• Relevant certifications (e.g., Dataiku DSS, Snowflake SnowPro, Azure AI Engineer Associate, MLOps tools) are advantageous;
• Bilingual proficiency in English (required) and French (asset) to support global and regional collaboration.

When you apply:

If you require assistance or accommodations during our recruitment process, please notify Human Resources so we can review and support your needs.

We offer you:

• More than just a position; we offer a professional future with competitive compensation, including base salary, performance bonus, and benefits;
• Contact your local HR department for more information about benefits available at your site.

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