Lead Data Scientist & AI Leader — Production ML

Badger Holdings (Pty) Ltd; Cape Town; In loco; ZAR 1.000.000 - 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 steer a small team and deliver production-ready ML solutions. You’ll own end-to-end ML projects from discovery to deployment, collaborating with underwriting, claims, and finance to create measurable business impact.

The role combines hands-on data science with leadership: mentor three Data Scientists and one ML Engineer, set technical direction, ensure governance and explainability, and

Competenze

• 5+ years of data science experience.
• Experience owning the full ML lifecycle from problem to production.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and business partnering.

Mansioni

• Lead end-to-end delivery of ML/AI projects from discovery to deployment.
• Build, validate and deploy predictive models across CLV, fraud, pricing, and segmentation.
• Collaborate with underwriting, claims, finance and operations to identify opportunities.
• Ensure models are production-ready, explainable and governed.
• Present insights to senior leadership and mentor the team.

Conoscenze

Python

SQL

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Formazione

Bachelor’s degree in Data Science

Postgraduate qualification

Strumenti

Azure

Snowflake

dbt

GCP

Descrizione del lavoro

ARC, a division of Badger SA, in George, Western Cape, is seeking an experienced Data Scientist Lead to steer a small team and deliver production-ready ML solutions. You’ll own end-to-end ML projects from discovery to deployment, collaborating with underwriting, claims, and finance to create measurable business impact.

The role combines hands-on data science with leadership: mentor three Data Scientists and one ML Engineer, set technical direction, ensure governance and explainability, and