Data Science Lead: Strategy, Mentorship & GenAI Innovation

سنونو; Doha; On-site; QAR 1,500,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global vibes

Learning budgets

Autonomy

Flexible time off

Job summary

Snoonu, Qatar’s homegrown super app, is seeking a Senior DS/AI Leader to drive strategy, mentorship, and end-to-end delivery of data science initiatives. You will guide advanced ML/DL models, optimize experimentation, and align technical direction with business priorities in a fast-paced, globally-minded team.

You will oversee architecture for real-time and streaming environments, ensure governance, and foster a culture of innovation, learning, and impact across cross-functional teams within

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in data science, machine learning, or statistical modeling, with at least 1 year in a leadership role.
• Advanced expertise in statistical modeling, experimental design, and specialized ML/DL domains (e.g. recommendation systems, time series, NLP, AI agents).
• Proven track record of leading end-to-end, high-impact projects from problem framing to deployment, with ownership of business metrics and measurable value delivery.

Responsibilities

• Act as a strategic advisor, combining technical expertise with domain knowledge to solve complex business challenges and unlock growth opportunities.
• Unblock team members and drive solutions under tight timelines, ensuring delivery without compromising on quality or technical standards.
• Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing DS&AI team, fostering technical excellence, business impact, continuous learning, and professional growth.
• Drive innovation by researching, evaluating, and integrating cutting-edge techniques into production solutions.
• Shape and influence the organizational data strategy, defining standards and practices to maximize long-term business impact.
• Lead and oversee the full lifecycle of high-impact DS&AI projects, from scoping and design to production deployment, ensuring measurable outcomes for the business.
• Define and communicate the technical vision for the DS&AI team, ensuring alignment of solutions with company strategy and stakeholder priorities.
• Safeguard project quality by setting technical best practices, reviewing designs, and providing strategic technical guidance across initiatives.
• Guide experimentation and model validation through advanced methodologies, ensuring results translate into business KPIs.
• Oversee deployment, monitoring, and scaling of ML and GenAI systems, ensuring performance, governance, and sustainability at scale.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Leadership

DS/AI expertise

SQL proficiency

Forecasting

Education

MSc in Data Science

Tools

Python

TensorFlow

PyTorch

SQL

A/B testing

Job description

Snoonu, Qatar’s homegrown super app, is seeking a Senior DS/AI Leader to drive strategy, mentorship, and end-to-end delivery of data science initiatives. You will guide advanced ML/DL models, optimize experimentation, and align technical direction with business priorities in a fast-paced, globally-minded team.

You will oversee architecture for real-time and streaming environments, ensure governance, and foster a culture of innovation, learning, and impact across cross-functional teams within