Senior Applied AI & Decision Intelligence Lead

chanel asia pacific pte limited; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

CHANEL SEAA seeks a Lead Data Scientist, Applied AI to shape the region's data science practice and scale advanced analytics across Southeast Asia and Australia. You will stay hands-on on priority use cases while guiding partners to deliver responsible, production-ready AI solutions.

You will collaborate with business leaders and cross-functional teams to translate strategic questions into rigorous data science programs, set standards and foster adoption across the organization.

Qualifications

• At least 7 years of experience in data science and machine learning, including hands-on delivery of complex analytical solutions.
• Deep practical expertise in statistical modelling, machine learning, experimentation and model evaluation, with expert Python proficiency.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise GenAI, including RAG, embeddings, vector search and agentic workflows.
• Recent direct contribution to data-science or applied-AI work, not only programme sponsorship or vendor oversight.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Data Science and Applied AI Practice.
• Set technical direction, standards and leading practices across data science, machine-learning, GenAI and agentic AI.
• Remain hands-on in priority work through problem framing, exploratory analysis, prototyping, and code or model review.
• Guide practitioners and partners, uphold technical quality, transfer knowledge and help shape the future regional data science capability.
• Turn business questions into decision intelligence and identify the value to clients, boutiques and business.
• Synthesize evidence into clear implications, uncertainties, trade-offs and recommended action.

Skills

Data science

Machine learning

GenAI

Agentic AI

Python

Cloud

Education

Bachelor’s in CS/Math/Statistics

Master’s preferred

Tools

Jupyter / notebooks

ML Ops

Embeddings

Job description

CHANEL SEAA seeks a Lead Data Scientist, Applied AI to shape the region's data science practice and scale advanced analytics across Southeast Asia and Australia. You will stay hands-on on priority use cases while guiding partners to deliver responsible, production-ready AI solutions.

You will collaborate with business leaders and cross-functional teams to translate strategic questions into rigorous data science programs, set standards and foster adoption across the organization.