Data Science Lead — Hands-On AI Leader & Player-Coach

Morton Moore Pty Ltd; George; On-site; ZAR 837,000 - 949,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Player-coach leadership

On-site role

Cloud-native data stack

Job summary

Morton Moore Pty Ltd in George seeks a Data Science Lead to drive its AI/ML capability. You will be a hands-on leader, mentoring a growing team while remaining close to modelling work and business outcomes.

The role covers end-to-end model lifecycle, governance, and modern cloud-native deployments on a permanent, on-site basis in George. Strong Python/SQL and cloud experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years in data science or ML with senior/lead experience.
• Delivery of production ML models with measurable business impact.
• Strong Python and SQL skills; familiarity with data warehousing.
• Experience with cloud platforms like Azure, GCP or AWS.
• Hands-on with supervised, unsupervised and time-series modelling.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development and deployment of ML models delivering commercial value.
• Own model lifecycle from discovery to production monitoring and retraining.
• Run discovery sessions to scope opportunities and define success metrics.
• Mentor data scientists while staying hands-on and hands-on with modelling.
• Advise on governance, validation, and regulatory compliance.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data Warehousing

Modeling: time-series

Supervised learning

Unsupervised learning

MLOps

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Tools

Snowflake

dbt

Databricks

Azure ML

Vertex AI

BigQuery ML

Job description

Morton Moore Pty Ltd in George seeks a Data Science Lead to drive its AI/ML capability. You will be a hands-on leader, mentoring a growing team while remaining close to modelling work and business outcomes.

The role covers end-to-end model lifecycle, governance, and modern cloud-native deployments on a permanent, on-site basis in George. Strong Python/SQL and cloud experience are essential.