Lead Data Scientist

Gartner India Research & Advisory Services Private Limited; Gurugram District; Hybrid; INR 3,500,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Gartner India Research & Advisory Services Private Limited seeks a Lead Data Scientist to steer AI initiatives across events and conferences. You will own the development of AI agents, explainer dashboards, and robust ML/NLP models, collaborating with product and engineering to deliver scalable data products.

The role emphasizes GenAI tooling, large language models, and end-to-end ML lifecycle, with a focus on business impact and measurable outcomes.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in data science or equivalent.
• Experience with GenAI dev tools and frameworks like LangGraph/Langchain, Langfuse.
• Experience building recommender systems and search pipelines for end-user apps.
• Deploying enterprise-grade ML/NLP/Deep learning, AI Agents with eng and product teams.
• Fine-tuning LLMs or distilling SLMs is a plus.
• Strong Python skills and libraries (scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch, HuggingFace).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and production-grade ML deployments.
• Hands-on with PySpark and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Strong ability to communicate technical ideas to non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead the data science function for AI-driven products and platforms.
• Build and optimize recommender systems for events and conferences.
• Develop and deploy ML/NLP/Deep learning models in production.
• Fine-tune and evolve LLM-based AI agents and generative capabilities.
• Collaborate with product and engineering to translate requirements into scalable solutions.
• Create evaluation frameworks linking products to measurable metrics.

Skills

GenAI tools

LangGraph

Langchain

Langfuse

Recommender systems

Search pipelines

NLP/Deep learning

LLMs fine-tuning

Python

ML libraries

CI/CD

PySpark

AWS

GCP

Azure

Communication skills

Education

Master's or PhD in CS/Statistics/Math

Job description

Lead Data Scientist

What makes Gartner a GREAT fit for you? When you join Gartner, you'll be part of a fast-growing team that helps the world become smarter and more connected. We're the leader in our industry, achieving double-digit growth by helping clients make the right decisions with business and technology insights they can't find anywhere else. Our associates enjoy a collaborative work environment, exceptional training and career development - as well as unlimited growth potential. If you like working with a generous, supportive, high-performing team, Gartner is where you want to be.

Who we are?

Gartner is a people business. Fueled by expert analysis, bold ideas and intellectual courage - we are a team of thinkers, doers and lifelong learners. We are innately curious, driven, disciplined and humble.

The Digital Experience Platform is the go-to place for all clients to interact with Gartner to get value. Our clients are IT and business leaders around the world. They expect to get help from Gartner on their most critical priorities. The Digital Platform is embedded in their workflows to help them on every step of their journey. Our mission is to deliver tremendous client value by building scalable, intelligent digital products and solutions. We are constantly looking for product management, UX and data science leaders to help us accelerate innovation to disrupt the marketplace and disrupt ourselves.

About the role

As a Lead Data Scientist, you will:

• Build and enhance AskGartner (Gartner's AI Advisor) with insights and capabilities from Gartner events and ensure seamless user experience between Events and Gartner.com digital platforms
• Build in-house Agentic products & fine tune LLMs to improve AskGartner and Gartner conferences' Agentic products
• Build & optimize Recommender systems for Gartner Global Conferences. These models ensure improved user experience before, during and after a conference
• Build & Roll-out ML/NLP/Deep learning models to improve Attendees/Exhibitor acquisition & retention
• Work closely with business to refine requirements around conferences business, build quick POCs, present findings in a consumable report or streamlit app
• Enrich conferences client dataset by leveraging scraping, predictive and generative ai tooling & & capabilities
• Improve upon MLOps capabilities by building and optimizing data pipelines, model monitoring and training capabilities
• Build Evaluation Frameworks to ensure products development are tied to metrics that move the needle and can be measured offline
• Automated solutions that help conferences business and strategy teams with analytics and insights capabilities for efficient decision making
• Work closely with business and engineering counterparts to develop & deploy solutions involving production grade micro-services, data pipelines, insight dashboards

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in data science alongside a degree in computer science, statistics, mathematics or a related field. Masters or PHD highly preferred
• Hands on experience with GenAI dev tools and frameworks like LangGraph/Langchain, Langfuse
• Experience building recommender systems, search engine & query pipelines for end user applications
• Experience building and deploying enterprise grade machine learning/NLP/Deep learning, AI Agents in close collaboration with engineering and product managers
• Experience leveraging and fine-tuning Large Language Models (LLMs) or building/distilling SLMs is a plus
• Solid programming skills in Python, data science libraries (scikit-learn, TensorFlow/PyTorch, HuggingFace, etc.) and GenAI tools like claude-code, copilot
• Experience building and deploying machine learning models in close collaboration with engineering - good understanding of CI/CD pipelines
• Hands-on experience with big data technologies (PySpark) and familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) to explore insights and working with complex datasets
• Strong ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical audiences

What makes Gartner a great place to work?

Our vast, virtually untapped market potential offers limitless opportunities - opportunities that may not even exist right now - for you to grow professionally and flourish personally. How far you go is driven by your passion and performance. We hire remarkable people who collaborate and win as a team. Together, our singular, unifying goal is to deliver results for our clients. Our teams are inclusive and composed of individuals from different geographies, cultures, religions, ethnicities, races, genders, sexual orientations, abilities and generations. We invest in great leaders who bring out the best in you and the company, enabling us to multiply our impact and results. This is why, year after year, we are recognized worldwide as a great place to work.

Gartner is the world authority on AI

At Gartner, you'll join a company at the very center of the AI revolution. Gartner has proactive, objective guidance throughout clients' AI journeys. We set the standard for how organizations leverage artificial intelligence to drive meaningful impact. You'll have access to unmatched resources, expertise, and technology, and play a key role in helping Gartner and our clients innovate and grow as we leverage AI to transform business and technology landscapes. It's an exciting time to be at Gartner, with limitless opportunities to make a real impact, grow your skills, and build a lasting, meaningful career in a field that’s reshaping the way we operate.

What do we offer?

Gartner offers world-class benefits, highly competitive compensation and disproportionate rewards for top performers. In our hybrid work environment, we provide the flexibility and support for you to thrive - working virtually when it's productive to do so and getting together with colleagues in a vibrant community that is purposeful, engaging and inspiring.

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