Data Science Manager

Company Description

Tesco Bengaluru: We are a multi-disciplinary team creating a sustainable competitive advantage for Tesco by standardising processes, delivering cost savings, enabling agility, providing cutting-edge technological solutions and empowering our colleagues to do ever more for our customers. With cross-functional expertise in Global Business Services and Retail Technology & Engineering, a wide network of teams and strong governance we reduce complexity thereby offering high quality services for our customers. Tesco Bengaluru, established in 2004 to enable standardisation and build centralised capabilities and competencies, makes the experience better for our millions of customers worldwide and simpler for over 4,40,000 colleagues.
Tesco Technology consists of people from a number of different backgrounds, but having a common purpose to serve our shoppers a little better every day with our retail technological solutions. We shared a common interest in harnessing innovations in technology to enhance their shopping experience at Tesco stores. Whether making products, software or systems, our teams focuses on various aspects from taking strategic ownership of the architecture to delivering technological solutions such as design, testing, deployment, infrastructure, operation and security of the systems to ensure agile, smooth and safe operations. These help us to deliver the maximum business impact. Teams refine their internal processes to best fit their own needs, working to build core capabilities in application and services. We collaborate globally across teams to build end-to-end customer-facing solutions, as well as to share knowledge, experience, tools and techniques.
At Tesco, inclusion means that Everyone?s Welcome. Everyone is treated fairly and with respect; by valuing individuality and uniqueness we create a sense of belonging.
Diversity and inclusion have always been at the heart of Tesco. It is embedded in our values: we treat people how they want to be treated. We always want our colleagues to feel they can be themselves at work and we are committed to helping them be at their best.
Across the Tesco group we are building an inclusive workplace, a place to actively celebrate the cultures, personalities and preferences of our colleagues ? who in turn help to build the success of our business and reflect the diversity of the communities we serve.

Job Description

Job Title: Data Science Manager – AI Governance; Innovation

About the Tesco Data Science Team 

At Tesco; our Data Science team focuses on modelling complex business problems and deploying data products at scale. Our work spans across multiple areas including physical stores; online; supply chain; marketing and Clubcard; where we encourage rotation amongst our Data Scientists so they can gain expertise in different subjects.   

We work on several domains and problem types: online; pricing; security; fulfilment; distribution; property; IoT and computer vision are just some. Our team members spend 10% of their week on learning and personal development. Multiple academic collaborations enrich the team expertise; knowledge sharing events are regular. Furthermore; we have got a great work-life balance; team days and relaxed but engaging culture.  

You will be

As a Data Science Manager; you will help shape and expand a highly skilled team of Data Scientists focused on delivering a better understanding of the business and optimising processes based on all available data. You will have the following responsibilities: 

Owning the innovation process across all business and technical domains and leading the relevant development of data science algorithmic features

Develop; implement and manage AI governance frameworks to ensure ethical and responsible AI practices; while monitoring compliance with relevant regulations and standards

Setting up the team/projects for success by making sure that the projects they are responsible for are resourced appropriately and by unblocking difficult situations 

Leading framing and scoping of Data Science problems across multiple projects 

Line managing data scientists 

Support; guide and mentor the team in their daily work 

Help to define the strategic direction the overall team should take; trading off between contradicting priorities 
Conduct risk assessments; collaborate with legal and technical teams to address governance issues; and educate employees on AI policies and procedures.

Partnering with Engineering to the design complex software systems and influencing the wider team architecture 

Promote data science across Tesco; and promote Tesco across the external Data Science community 

Skills relevant for the Job

Mathematical & Statistical Understanding: 

A strong numerical higher degree in a mathematical; scientific; engineering or computer science discipline with application to Data Science 

The ability to use your academic knowledge and commercial experience to tackle specific business problems 

An analytical mind set and the ability to use your academic knowledge to tackle specific business problems 

A high-level expertise in Python 

Strong background in Machine Learning 

Experience with Software Engineering best practises (SDLC) 

Experience in designing reliable and scalable ML systems

Experience in open source big-data technologies and cloud 

Experience of setting up and managing open source Data Science environments 

AI Governance related Skills

Knowledge of machine learning; data science; and AI ethics.

Strong understanding of AI technology and ethical considerations

Knowledge of legal and regulatory frameworks related to AI and data protection

Experience in data governance and management

Familiarity with risk management and compliance frameworks

Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

Management & Leadership Experience: 

Proven track record of driving successful innovation projects.

You have previously managed colleagues 

Experience in hiring and building out high performing Data Science teams 

You have experience in setting a strategic direction and running complex data science projects with multiple stakeholders 

You can influence senior stakeholders and have a passion for implementing change 

Experience in developing and managing partnerships with academic institutions

A background or strong understanding of the retail sector; logistics and/or ecommerce would be advantageous but is not required. 

Experience relevant for the job 

Experience of leading highly technical Data Science developments involving multiple stakeholders in AI governance

Experience in collaborating with legal; compliance; and technical teams to address AI governance issues.

Experience of coaching / mentoring others in technical approaches 

Experience if leading and managing AI innovation projects from conception to implementation.

Experience of partnering with technology teams to productionize developments and roll out at scale 

Qualifications

AI; ML; AI Governance; Innovations using AI/ML

Additional Information

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