Lead Data Scientist — NLP & Computer Vision (Cape Town)

Placements24; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,700,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus incentives

Medical, dental, optical

Annual leave

Professional development

Cape Town project opportunities

Retirement fund

Wellness program

Career progression

Job summary

Placements24 in Cape Town seeks a Lead Data Scientist to head analytics, guiding a team of data scientists, architect scalable NLP and computer vision solutions, and translate insights into business strategy.

The role combines hands-on ML with strategic oversight, requiring 5+ years in data science and leadership, proficiency in Python and AI frameworks, and strong stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in data science with leadership experience.
• Strong expertise in NLP and Computer Vision.
• Proficiency in Python and ML libraries.
• Experience with big data and cloud platforms.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of data scientists.
• Develop NLP and CV models for various applications.
• Define data science strategies and roadmaps.
• Oversee end-to-end DS project lifecycle.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and business teams.
• Present findings to senior leadership.
• Drive research into new AI techniques.
• Ensure quality, scalability, and robustness of AI solutions.

Skills

Data science leadership

Team mentoring

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Effective communication

Education

Master's or PhD in CS/DS/Statistics

Tools

Python

scikit-learn

NLTK

SpaCy

OpenCV

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Spark

Hadoop

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Placements24 in Cape Town seeks a Lead Data Scientist to head analytics, guiding a team of data scientists, architect scalable NLP and computer vision solutions, and translate insights into business strategy.

The role combines hands-on ML with strategic oversight, requiring 5+ years in data science and leadership, proficiency in Python and AI frameworks, and strong stakeholder engagement.