Head of Data Science & AI Strategy

UBL - United Bank Limited; Karachi Division; On-site; PKR 12,000,000 - 18,000,000; Full time

Job summary

United Bank Limited is seeking a Head of Data Science & AI to lead the enterprise data science and AI function. You will define strategy, partner with risk, compliance, and business units, and industrialize AI solutions across the organization.

The role requires strong technical depth in ML, statistics, and AI, plus leadership in building a high-performance team and ensuring responsible, scalable AI adoption within a regulated banking environment.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Business Administration or Statistics.
• Minimum 10+ years of experience in Data Science, Advanced Analytics, AI, or related quantitative domains with at least 3–5 years in a leadership role.
• Banking, financial services, or other regulated industries experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the bank’s Data Science and AI strategy aligned with enterprise priorities and ensure initiatives are value-focused and execution-ready.
• Collaborate with business divisions to identify priorities and translate them into practical use cases, roadmaps, and measurable outcomes.
• Design, develop, validate, deploy, monitor, and improve ML, statistical, optimization, and AI models across banking domains.
• Use predictive and prescriptive modelling to improve customer experience, revenue, marketing effectiveness, portfolio performance, and risk management.
• Drive research to evaluate AI techniques including generative AI, NLP, recommendation systems, forecasting, and anomaly detection.
• Establish standards for model development, documentation, reproducibility, explainability, validation, and lifecycle governance.
• Ensure solutions comply with policies, data governance, information security, and regulatory expectations.
• Mentor data scientists and analytics practitioners, building a high-performance team culture focused on delivery and controls.
• Educate stakeholders on advanced analytics, model outputs, and adoption considerations to boost engagement and trust.
• Balance multiple projects, manage priorities, risks, and resources across portfolios.
• Support regulatory inspections and internal reviews related to analytics and governance.

Skills

Python

SQL

Analytical tools

Education

Master’s degree in Data Science, CS, Business Admin or Statistics

Post Doctorate in relevant field

Tools

ML platforms

Open-source frameworks

MLOps practices

Job description

United Bank Limited is seeking a Head of Data Science & AI to lead the enterprise data science and AI function. You will define strategy, partner with risk, compliance, and business units, and industrialize AI solutions across the organization.

The role requires strong technical depth in ML, statistics, and AI, plus leadership in building a high-performance team and ensuring responsible, scalable AI adoption within a regulated banking environment.