Data Scientist Lead Role

Badger Holdings; Cape Town; In loco; ZAR 900.000 - 1.500.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

ARC (a division of Badger SA) in George, Western Cape, is seeking an experienced Data Scientist Lead to guide our data science team and deliver high-impact ML solutions from concept to production.

You will own end-to-end ML projects, mentor three Data Scientists and one ML Engineer, and collaborate with underwriting, claims, finance and operations to turn business problems into scalable, explainable models.

Competenze

• Experience leading data science teams delivering ML solutions.
• Strong background in end-to-end ML lifecycle from concept to production.
• Ability to translate business problems into data-driven solutions.

Mansioni

• Lead a team of three Data Scientists and one ML Engineer to deliver ML projects.
• Oversee end-to-end ML projects from discovery to deployment and monitoring.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across underwriting, claims, finance and operations.
• Ensure models are production-ready, explainable and governed.
• Present insights to senior leadership and drive business impact.
• Mentor and develop the data science team, establishing best practices.

Conoscenze

Team leadership

Machine learning

End-to-end ML lifecycle

Stakeholder management

Production-grade ML

Strumenti

Azure

Google Cloud Platform

Descrizione del lavoro

Data Scientist Lead

ARC (a division of Badger SA) | George, Western Cape | Permanent | On-site

Lead AI that delivers real business impact.

At ARC, we're building the next generation of data, analytics and AI capabilities for Badger Holdings, including dotsure.co.za and Pacific International Insurance. Our mission is simple: use intelligent technology to create smarter decisions, better customer experiences and stronger businesses

We're looking for an experienced Data Scientist Lead to lead our data science team while remaining deeply involved in solving complex business problems through machine learning and AI.

This is a true player-coach opportunity. You'll guide a talented team, shape technical direction and personally deliver high-impact machine learning solutions from concept through to production.

The right candidate will be a technically strong data scientist who has hands on direct experience in the full ML product lifecyle, from concept to delivery.

What you'll do:

As our Data Scientist Lead, you'll lead a team of three Data Scientists and one Machine Learning Engineer while driving strategic AI initiatives across the business.

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of machine learning and AI projects from business discovery through deployment and monitoring.


• Build, validate and deploy predictive models across customer lifetime value (CLV), fraud detection, lapse prediction, pricing optimisation, claims prediction and customer segmentation.


• Work closely with stakeholders across underwriting, claims, finance and operations to identify high-value opportunities.


• Translate commercial challenges into scalable data science solutions.


• Ensure models are production-ready, explainable, governed and deliver measurable business value.


• Present insights and recommendations to senior leadership and executive stakeholders.


• Mentor, coach and develop the Data Science team while establishing technical best practices.


• Collaborate with data engineering, analytics engineering and ML engineering to deliver robust AI solutions.


• Contribute to ARC's evolving AI ecosystem across Azure, GCP and modern cloud data platforms.

What we're looking for:

You'll thrive in this role if you combine technical excellence with strong leadership and commercial thinking.