Senior Data Science Manager

About This Role

Senior Data Science Manager - Financial Services, Abu Dhabi

Discover the Opportunity:

We’re partnering with a leading financial services organisation in Abu Dhabi that is investing heavily in data science, machine learning, and AI to drive transformation across its core business functions.

This is a senior leadership role focused on delivering high-impact data science initiatives across areas such as customer analytics, risk, credit, and operations. You will play a key role in translating complex business challenges into scalable data science solutions, driving measurable outcomes across a highly regulated environment.

This opportunity combines strategic ownership with hands-on technical leadership, enabling you to shape both the data science roadmap and the deployment of production-grade AI solutions.

Discover the Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, development, and deployment of advanced data science and machine learning models to drive business outcomes across multiple domains
• Apply a range of techniques including supervised, unsupervised, and time-series modelling to solve complex business problems using structured and semi-structured data
• Own the end-to-end data science lifecycle, including feature engineering, model development, validation, benchmarking, and deployment
• Conduct experimentation using A/B testing, statistical analysis, and hypothesis testing to measure model performance and business impact
• Collaborate closely with engineering and technology teams to ensure models are production-ready and integrated through CI/CD pipelines
• Monitor model performance, data drift, and stability, ensuring ongoing reliability, fairness, and compliance with regulatory requirements
• Engage with stakeholders across the business to identify opportunities and embed data-driven decision-making into core processes
• Lead and mentor data science teams, driving delivery standards, capability development, and best practices
• Drive adoption of data science solutions through structured change management, stakeholder engagement, and communication

Discover the Requirements:

• 9+ years of experience in data science, machine learning, or advanced analytics roles
• Strong experience applying AI/ML techniques within complex, data-driven environments, ideally within financial services
• Proven experience leading teams and delivering production-grade data science solutions in regulated environments
• Strong hands-on expertise in Python, statistical modelling, and machine learning techniques
• Experience with Generative AI, LLMs, and MLOps frameworks
• Experience building and deploying models on cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure
• Strong understanding of experimentation, model validation, and performance monitoring
• Experience working in cross-functional teams and collaborating with business and technology stakeholders
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field (Master’s preferred)