Overview
Job Title: Director, Data Science Lead Career Level: 10
Job Code: Career Org Level: 9-10: Leadership
Reports to: Global Technology Analytics Career Function: Corporate Functions
Director
Salary and To be removed when posted to Career Family: IT
Incentive: Sharepoint site
Purpose
ManpowerGroup is undergoing a major technology-driven transformation, with a commitment to
innovation and excellence at its core. A key aspect of this transformation is the integration of advanced
analytics, AI, and Generative AI (GenAI) capabilities into our products and applications. By combining
data with deep business knowledge, our analytics solutions aim to drive both business and technology
transformations that are essential for our modernization and digitalization efforts. As we evolve and
streamline our core business processes, our mission is to harness the power of data and artificial
intelligence to create business capabilities that deliver unparalleled value to our stakeholders. Our focus is
on establishing a future-ready organization equipped to provide AI as a service, unlocking new
opportunities through data science and AI-driven innovation.
We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Data Science Lead to play a pivotal role in building and
leading a cutting-edge data science team within our global technology organization. In this role, you will be
responsible for setting up and scaling the team, collaborating with product teams to enable AI capabilities,
and bridging competency gaps across the organization. You will also enhance our analytics platform to
address both current and emerging Generative AI needs. As the owner of the data science practice, you
will oversee the end-to-end process of model evaluation, deployment, and life cycle management, while
working toward offering GenAI as a service. Additionally, you will collaborate with strategic partners and
SaaS vendors to create innovative, data-powered business solutions. This role demands a visionary
leader with a passion for innovation, a strategic mindset, and a deep understanding of how data science
and AI can drive business transformation.
Details
Making an Impact • Lead a global role that spans diverse business areas, brands, and
geographies, ensuring the infusion of AI, GenAI, and data science
capabilities into our products and applications to drive transformative
business outcomes across the organization.
• Build and manage a high-performing data science team that delivers
production-ready AI and GenAI solutions. Collaborate with product and
application teams to identify, validate, and implement AI use cases,
ensuring seamless integration of models into our applications.
• Own the strategic roadmap for advancing our analytics platform,
enabling developers to experiment and deliver AI solutions with
scalable, ready-to-use infrastructure. Implement fail-safe measures
such as security and cost governance, empowering teams to innovate
confidently.
• Lead the lifecycle management of AI and GenAI models, from
evaluation and selection to deployment and monitoring. Ensure best
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practices for model governance, maintenance, and performance, while
facilitating the delivery of AI as a service across the organization.
• Drive the development and deployment of production-ready GenAI-
based solutions. Automate model deployment, monitoring, and lifecycle
processes to scale AI capabilities within our products and business
applications.
• Collaborate with product, analytics, privacy, and compliance teams to
ensure that AI and GenAI models are built on ethically sourced and
compliant data, with a focus on bias mitigation, explainability, and
transparency.
Sharing Expertise • Lead efforts to continuously evaluate and adapt AI strategies and data
science methodologies in line with the evolving needs of the business,
ensuring our AI capabilities remain cutting-edge and aligned with both
current and future goals.
• Foster cross-functional collaboration by partnering with product and
application teams to integrate AI capabilities into products. Identify and
bridge competency gaps across the organization to drive innovation
and expand AI knowledge.
• Stay on the forefront of emerging technologies and best practices in AI
and data science, continuously evaluating new opportunities for their
potential to drive business value and enhance our AI as a service
offerings.
Gaining Exposure • Work closely with business leaders, sponsors, and key stakeholders to
ensure alignment between data science initiatives and business
objectives, infusing AI-driven insights into decision-making processes.
• Play a key role in a globally connected environment, influencing
business-critical decisions that impact a broad range of functions.
Ensure a deep understanding of the business impact of all data science
initiatives, focusing on delivering AI as a service and advancing
organizational goals.
Your Typical Day • Product SME (Technical Lead) (25%)
• Communication and Relationship Management (15%)
• Delivery (50%)
• Value Realization and Adoption (10%)
• International travel may be required (up to 10%)
Other accountabilities as assigned
Success Measures
Specific outcome metrics being determined and measured to help demonstrate the strategic outcome.
• Provide hands on technology leadership
• Ownership of all deliverables, timelines and quality
• Provide technical expertise to and partner with product teams
• Co-own and enhance the analytics platform roadmap
• Align technical enablement with business goals
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Critical Experiences
Required • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or Technical Field preferred.
• Minimum 12 years of relevant experience.
• Proven experience in a data science leadership role, preferably in a technology
organization.
• Strong expertise in AI, machine learning, and GenAI models.
• Experience with enhancing and managing analytics platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to build and lead high-performing teams.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, R, or similar.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms and ML frameworks.
• Experience in deploying and managing AI/ML models in a production environment.
• Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication; Ability to relate ideas and
concepts to others; write reports, business correspondence, project plans and
procedure documents.
• Understanding of legislation, regulatory compliance and how it impacts data
management (GDPR, GxP, FDA, etc.)
• Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Ability to assign, prioritize, and coordinate work of team members globally.
• Personally invested in continuous improvement and innovation.
• Motivated, self-directed individual that works well with minimal supervision.
• Must have experience to work across multiple teams / technologies.
Nice to • Preferred but not essential: Experience in managing outsourced development teams
Have • Experience working on Snowflake data warehouse, familiarity with Snowpark, Cortex.
• Business intelligence tool (preferably PowerBI)
Success Enablers
Strategic Operational Positioning Interpersonal
An ideal candidate for this role...
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About ManpowerGroup
ManpowerGroup® (NYSE: MAN), the leading global workforce solutions company, helps organizations
transform in a fast-changing world of work by sourcing, assessing, developing and managing the talent that
enables them to win. We develop innovative solutions for hundreds of thousands of organizations every
year, providing them with skilled talent while finding meaningful, sustainable employment for millions of
people across a wide range of industries and skills. Our expert family of brands – Manpower®, Experis®,
Right Management® and ManpowerGroup® Solutions – creates substantially more value for candidates
and clients across 80 countries and territories and has done for 70 years. In 2018, ManpowerGroup was
named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for the ninth year and one of Fortune's Most Admired
Companies for the sixteenth year, confirming our position as the most trusted and admired brand in the
industry. See how ManpowerGroup is powering the future of work: www.manpowergroup.com
About Experis
Experis™ is the global leader in professional resourcing and project-based solutions. Experis accelerates
organizations' growth by attracting, assessing and placing specialized expertise in IT, Finance and
Engineering to deliver in-demand talent for mission-critical positions and projects, enhancing the
competitiveness of the organizations and people we serve. Experis is part of the ManpowerGroup family of
companies, which also includes Manpower, ManpowerGroup Solutions and Right Management. To learn
more, visit www.experis.com.
About ManpowerGroup Solutions
ManpowerGroup Solutions provides clients with outsourcing services related to human resources functions,
primarily in the areas of large-scale recruiting and workforce-intensive initiatives that are outcome-based,
thereby sharing in the risk and reward with our clients. Our solutions offerings include Talent Based
Outsourcing, Managed Service Programs, Borderless Talent Solutions, Language Services and
Recruitment Process Outsourcing, where we are one of the largest providers of permanent and contingent
recruitment in the world. ManpowerGroup Solutions is part of the ManpowerGroup family of companies,
which also includes Manpower, Experis, and Right Management. More information about ManpowerGroup
Solutions is available at www.manpowergroupsolutions.com.
About TAPFIN
TAPFIN is a leading managed service provider (MSP) dedicated to the innovation and delivery of integrated
workforce management solutions worldwide. TAPFIN's customized, scalable MSP solutions for contingent
and project-based spend are instrumental in driving process, performance and productivity improvements
across the client organization, while providing visibility, predictability, risk mitigation and overall cost
reduction. Part of ManpowerGroup Solutions, the outsourced services offering from ManpowerGroup,
TAPFIN offers a complete suite of workforce management solutions that fully leverages a blend of global
expertise and local knowledge. For more information, visit www.tapfin.com.
About Right Management
Right Management is the global career and talent development expert within ManpowerGroup®. We help
organizations become more agile, attractive and innovative by creating a culture of career management and
learning that nurtures future talent, motivates and engages people, and provides individuals with
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opportunities to increase their value throughout their careers. We improve time to value through our
expertise in organizational effectiveness, career management and individual development. Our approach is
centered on the fact that organizations thrive when individuals are successful in their careers. We've spent
the last 35+ years identifying workforce challenges and developing innovative solutions, enabling our
globally informed methods to be time-tested across more than 50 countries. For more information about
Right Management, visit: www.right.com.
ManpowerGroup is an EOE/AA/Vets/Disabled Employer
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