Head of AI & Data Science, HR Analytics

Archer; Greater London; On-site; GBP 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Archer, collaborating with J.P. Morgan, seeks a Head of AI & Data Science for HR Data & Analytics to lead a global team turning workforce data into insights and strategic recommendations.

You will set the technical agenda, direct the full lifecycle of research, and decide where to build, reuse, or partner—balancing speed with governance across a regulated environment. You will guide the development of an AI-native operating environment, including model factories and evaluation workflows, to

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading AI and data science teams.
• Proven track record delivering enterprise-scale AI solutions.
• Advanced degree in a quantitative field required.
• Strong experience with modern AI/ML algorithms and tools.
• Hands-on experience with agentic engineering and multi-agent systems.
• Strong statistical analysis and experimental design skills.
• Proficient software development in collaborative environments.
• Excellent communication and executive presence.
• Strong project management and delivery mindset.

Responsibilities

• Act as the hands-on leader of a team that delivers commercial outcomes using AI and machine learning solutions across our people-focused product areas
• Direct the full research lifecycle, from framing problems and generating hypotheses through experiments, prototypes, and results that reach production
• Develop model factories and a high-bandwidth evaluation factory that create, calibrate, and improve models and agents against product benchmarks
• Advance agentic, specification-driven, and evaluation-driven development, including multi-agent orchestration deployed responsibly in a regulated environment
• Translate models into insights that help reduce costs, expand capabilities, strengthen controls, and improve employee experiences
• Promote reuse and partnership of techniques across the firm, and adopt vendor solutions where they add value
• Partner with technology teams to architect scalable, cost-effective, enterprise-quality data and analytics systems, including self-service platforms
• Align and prioritize research and development resources against the products that matter most and their measurable business impact
• Communicate the significance of the team's work to senior leaders, and pursue patents or publications where warranted
• Ensure conformance with all applicable controls, policies, and procedures

Skills

AI / Data Science leadership

Team management

Advanced degree in quantitative field

AI/ML algorithms & enterprise tools

Agentic engineering / multi-agent

Statistical analysis & experimental

Software development

Executive communication

Project management

Education

Master's or PhD in quantitative discipline

Tools

Agentic coding tools

Job description

Archer, collaborating with J.P. Morgan, seeks a Head of AI & Data Science for HR Data & Analytics to lead a global team turning workforce data into insights and strategic recommendations.

You will set the technical agenda, direct the full lifecycle of research, and decide where to build, reuse, or partner—balancing speed with governance across a regulated environment. You will guide the development of an AI-native operating environment, including model factories and evaluation workflows, to