Head of Data Science — NLP & AI Strategy (Hybrid)

Archer; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visa sponsorship

Job summary

Archer, in collaboration with Vanguard, seeks a senior data science leader to oversee a portfolio of diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analytics aimed at guiding business decisions across multiple domains.

You will manage a team of data scientists, drive AI initiatives in conversational AI projects, and partner with stakeholders across marketing, supply chain, and economic research to evolve Vanguard's analytics capabilities.

Qualifications

• Minimum of five+ years related work experience in Data science roles.
• Expertise in NLP, Generative and Agentic Solutions.
• Deep understanding of Transformer Architectures and experience in improving performance of Agents.
• Programming skills to access, transform and prepare large scale data for machine learning modeling.
• Experience utilizing statistical and machine learning methods.
• Experience in creating explainable ML solutions and attribution methodologies.
• Undergraduate degree in Engineering, Analytics, Applied Mathematics, Economics, Statistics or related field; Graduate degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversees and engages in diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analytics to support data-driven decisions in conversational AI projects.
• Manages a team of data scientists responsible for analytics across marketing, supply chain, and economic research.
• Identifies data inconsistencies, documents assumptions, and fills data gaps.
• Engages with stakeholders to translate requirements into analytic approaches.
• Designs test/research plans and validates models; provides statistical consultation.
• Presents insights and recommendations to business leaders.

Skills

NLP

Generative AI

Agentic Solutions

Transformer Architectures

Programming

Machine Learning

Explainable ML

Education

Undergraduate degree in Engineering / Analytics / Applied Mathematics / Economics / Statistics

Graduate degree preferred

Job description

Archer, in collaboration with Vanguard, seeks a senior data science leader to oversee a portfolio of diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analytics aimed at guiding business decisions across multiple domains.

You will manage a team of data scientists, drive AI initiatives in conversational AI projects, and partner with stakeholders across marketing, supply chain, and economic research to evolve Vanguard's analytics capabilities.