Founding Data Science Lead | Build AI Strategy & Impact

Harnham; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base salary up to $200,000

Annual bonus

Founding Data Science capacity

Roadmap ownership and influence

Hybrid work – Chicago, 3 days on-site

Job summary

Harnham in Chicago is seeking a Data Science Lead to join at an early stage and shape the function. You will be a founding technical leader, hands-on, defining the approach, and delivering end-to-end data science projects that influence commercial and operational decisions.

You will partner with senior stakeholders, tackle ambiguous business problems, build scalable models with Python and SQL, and help shape the team as the data science capability grows.

Qualifications

• Significant professional experience delivering Data Science and ML solutions in commercial environments.
• Advanced Python and SQL skills.
• Experience building predictive or ML models from concept to implementation.
• Ability to tackle ambiguous business problems and define analytical approaches.
• Experience partnering with senior stakeholders and translating technical concepts for non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Data Science and ML projects from discovery to deployment and measurement.
• Identify high-value opportunities for predictive analytics, ML, and AI across the business.
• Build models and analytical solutions influencing commercial and operational decisions.
• Translate business challenges into technical strategies with senior stakeholders.
• Establish best practices across modeling, experimentation, deployment, and DS development.
• Influence future technical roadmap, tooling, and architecture of the function.
• Remain hands-on with Python, SQL, and modern DS tooling while guiding the team.
• Help shape the team as the DS capability scales.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data science

Machine learning

Stakeholder management

Job description

Harnham in Chicago is seeking a Data Science Lead to join at an early stage and shape the function. You will be a founding technical leader, hands-on, defining the approach, and delivering end-to-end data science projects that influence commercial and operational decisions.

You will partner with senior stakeholders, tackle ambiguous business problems, build scalable models with Python and SQL, and help shape the team as the data science capability grows.