Head of Data Science & AI Strategy

Career Launch; New York (NY); On-site; USD 190,000 - 285,000; Full time

Job summary

Career Launch in New York is seeking a Director of Data Science to lead data, ML, and AI initiatives that improve products and operations. You will shape strategy, mentor a high-performing team, and partner with engineering, product, and security to scale models.

The role emphasizes turning business priorities into measurable data products, establishing data quality standards, and communicating results to executives. Authorization to work in the United States is required.

Qualifications

• Senior experience in machine learning and data science.
• Strong statistical and experimental judgment.
• Experience moving data/model work from discovery to production.
• Ability to connect technical work to revenue, risk, or operating outcomes.
• Clear communication with executives and engineers.
• Authorized to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Lead data science strategy, experimentation, model quality, and a high-performing team.
• Define the technical direction for data, ML, or AI initiatives.
• Turn business priorities into measurable models, data products, experiments, and production systems.
• Establish standards for data quality, evaluation, privacy, and responsible model use.
• Partner with engineering, product, security, and business leaders on implementation.
• Communicate tradeoffs and results clearly to technical and executive audiences.
• Develop team capability through hiring, mentoring, documentation, and repeatable practices.

Skills

Senior data science experience

ML and analytics

Production ML lifecycle

Business impact orientation

Executive communication

Data strategy leadership

Job description

Career Launch in New York is seeking a Director of Data Science to lead data, ML, and AI initiatives that improve products and operations. You will shape strategy, mentor a high-performing team, and partner with engineering, product, and security to scale models.

The role emphasizes turning business priorities into measurable data products, establishing data quality standards, and communicating results to executives. Authorization to work in the United States is required.