Principal Data Scientist I

RELX; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 118,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive bonus

Country-specific benefits

Job summary

RELX in Raleigh, NC, seeks a senior Data Scientist to lead analytic projects and govern model development end-to-end. You will mentor teams, drive collaboration with senior stakeholders, and shape governance for complex AI initiatives.

The role requires extensive Data Science leadership, experience with customer relationships, and the ability to guide multi-step reasoning in GenAI environments. Eligible for an annual incentive bonus and country-specific benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience leading analytic projects and sharing results.
• Ability to lead code reviews and approve models before reaching customers.
• Experience evaluating and creating new frameworks, governance and methodologies.
• Experience managing teams, directly or indirectly.
• Ability to set a high bar for model development.
• Strong communication with senior stakeholders.
• Mentoring or training others as a SME.
• Experience leading complex projects and customer relationships.

Responsibilities

• Act as a leader for analytic projects and result sharing.
• Lead code reviews, acting as final approver of models before reaching customers.
• Evaluate and create new frameworks and define governance.
• Manage and lead small-to-medium sized teams, directly or indirectly.
• Set a high-bar for model development.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Communication

Problem solving

Team management

Data science

Customer relationship

Job description

Are you looking to develop your Data Scientist career?

Would you like to be part of a team that innovates using technology?

Responsibilities

• Acting as a leader for analytic project and result sharing
• Leading code reviews, acting as a final approver of models before reaching customers
• Evaluating and creating new frameworks and defining methodologies and governance
• Managing and leading small-to-medium sized teams, directly or indirectly
• Setting a high-bar for model development

Requirements

• Large language models (prompting, fine-tuning, adaptation), LLM
• Advanced retrieval-augmented generation (hybrid search, ranking optimization), RAG
• Embedding strategies and semantic search systems
• Knowledge graph integration and graph-enhanced intelligence
• Agentic AI architecture, multi-step reasoning, autonomous agent orchestration, and long-running agent design with feedback loops, GenAI
• Evaluation science (offline metrics, human-in-the-loop systems)
• Cost-performance optimization
• AI observability and monitoring in production
• Data governance and compliance-aware system design
• Have excellent communication skills and the ability to convey information clearly to senior stakeholders
• Be a natural problem-solver and able to take a lead in collaborating to resolve issues
• Have experience in mentoring or training others, and acting as a subject matter expert to guide colleagues
• Have some management experience, including leading a team indirectly or directly
• Have significant experience in a Data Scientist role
• Have experience in leading complex projects and customer relationships

U.S. National Base Pay Range: $118,300 - $219,800. Geographic differentials may apply in some locations to better reflect local market rates. This job is eligible for an annual incentive bonus.

We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits.