Remote Lead Data Scientist – Mining & AI Innovation

Placements24; Centurion; Hybrid; ZAR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Fully remote role

Training and conferences

Job summary

Placements24 seeks a Remote Lead Data Scientist to spearhead analytics initiatives for a mining technology leader. Develop and deploy advanced models to optimize operations, predict failures, and improve resource exploration from your home office.

You will lead a team of data scientists, collaborating with geologists, engineers, and operations managers, translating complex insights into actionable business strategies in a fully remote setting.

Qualifications

• PhD or Master's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field.
• 10+ years of experience in data science, with at least 5 years in a leadership or senior role.
• Demonstrable experience applying ML and statistical modeling to mining or heavy industry problems.
• Expert proficiency in Python or R and data science libraries (e.g., Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch).
• Strong experience with SQL and NoSQL; familiarity with Spark/Hadoop and cloud platforms; production ML deployment.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and deployment of machine learning models for mining operations (predictive maintenance, ore grade prediction, safety analytics).
• Design and implement data pipelines for large, diverse datasets.
• Mentor and manage a team of data scientists; provide technical guidance.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify business challenges and data-driven opportunities.
• Develop and present visualizations and reports for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Stay updated on ML, AI, and mining analytics advances and assess their applicability.
• Oversee experimentation design (A/B tests) to validate model performance.
• Ensure data quality, integrity, and security across projects.
• Drive adoption of data science best practices and contribute to data strategy.
• Contribute to R&D of novel algorithms for mining analytics.

Skills

Leadership experience

Stakeholder management

Remote team leadership

Visionary data strategy

Education

PhD or Master's in Data Science/CS/Statistics/Math

Tools

Python

R

Scikit-learn

TensorFlow

PyTorch

SQL

NoSQL

Spark

Hadoop

AWS/Azure/GCP

Job description

Placements24 seeks a Remote Lead Data Scientist to spearhead analytics initiatives for a mining technology leader. Develop and deploy advanced models to optimize operations, predict failures, and improve resource exploration from your home office.

You will lead a team of data scientists, collaborating with geologists, engineers, and operations managers, translating complex insights into actionable business strategies in a fully remote setting.