Data Science Leader: AI for Scientific Discovery

Elsevier; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Elsevier is seeking a Data Science Leader to build and inspire high-performing teams that deliver AI-powered solutions for scientific discovery and healthcare outcomes.

You will provide strategic direction, elevate technical excellence, and guide adoption of cutting-edge AI technologies across search, NLP, and knowledge systems. Join a mission-driven company enabling researchers and clinicians worldwide.

Qualifications

• Experience leading data science teams and delivering complex AI projects.
• Strong background in building scalable AI-powered products.
• Proven ability to translate business needs into data science strategy.
• Familiarity with ML/NLP, retrieval, and knowledge systems.
• Demonstrated leadership in cross-functional environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop high-performing teams of data scientists, ML engineers, researchers, and contributors.
• Define and execute data science strategies advancing discovery, research intelligence, and knowledge access.
• Drive AI capabilities across search, retrieval, NLP, and knowledge systems.
• Translate challenges into scalable data science solutions with measurable outcomes.
• Establish standards for experimentation, model quality, and responsible AI practices.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Research, UX, Analytics, and domain experts to shape strategy.

Skills

Team leadership

AI strategy

MLOps

NLP

Knowledge graphs

Tools

LLMs

RAG

Semantic search

Knowledge graphs

Job description

Elsevier is seeking a Data Science Leader to build and inspire high-performing teams that deliver AI-powered solutions for scientific discovery and healthcare outcomes.

You will provide strategic direction, elevate technical excellence, and guide adoption of cutting-edge AI technologies across search, NLP, and knowledge systems. Join a mission-driven company enabling researchers and clinicians worldwide.