Manager, Data Science

Kroll is hiring a Data Science Manager to lead and grow our data science
function within the Enterprise Data Group. This role sits at the intersection of
technical leadership and strategic delivery — you will shape how data science is
practised across the team, own the roadmap for ML and AI initiatives, and
develop the talent responsible for bringing those initiatives to life.

Our program spans fintech product development, digital transformation, process
automation with machine learning, business intelligence, data governance, and
generative AI. You will lead a team of data scientists who partner with
engineering, product, and business stakeholders — including professionals from
the world's largest financial institutions, law enforcement agencies, and
government bodies.

At Kroll, your work will help deliver clarity to our clients' most complex
governance, risk, and transparency challenges. Apply now to join One team, One
Kroll.

Responsibilities

* Lead, mentor, and grow a team of junior, intermediate, and senior data
scientists — setting technical direction, enabling individual development,
and cultivating a high-performance team culture

* Own the end-to-end data science roadmap: prioritise initiatives, manage
delivery, and communicate progress and impact to senior leadership and
clients

* Partner with product, engineering, and business stakeholders to define
problems, scope ML solutions, and translate data science capabilities into
measurable business outcomes

* Provide technical oversight across the full ML lifecycle — from problem
framing and data validation through model design, experimentation, production
deployment, and monitoring

* Establish and uphold team standards around code quality, experimentation
rigour, model governance, and responsible AI practices

* Drive adoption and evolution of ML infrastructure on Databricks and Azure
(Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, AKS), including MLOps practices such as
CI/CD, model versioning, and drift detection

* Champion LLM and generative AI initiatives — including RAG architecture,
prompt engineering, fine-tuning, and agentic frameworks — ensuring they are
evaluated rigorously and deployed responsibly

* Recruit and retain top data science talent; lead hiring, onboarding, and
performance management processes

* Represent data science internally and externally, communicating technical
concepts and tradeoffs clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences

Requirements

* Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in computer science, statistics, mathematics,
data science, or a related quantitative field

* 7+ years of applied data science or machine learning experience, including at
least 2 years in a people management or technical lead capacity

* Proven track record of delivering ML solutions to production and driving
measurable business impact

* Strong Python skills and fluency with the modern ML stack (scikit-learn,
PyTorch or TensorFlow, Hugging Face Transformers, pandas)

* Hands-on experience with Databricks (notebooks, jobs, MLflow, Unity Catalog)
and Spark/PySpark

* Production experience on Azure — ideally including Azure AI Foundry, Azure
OpenAI Service, and Azure Data Lake

* Breadth across ML domains: traditional/statistical ML, deep learning, NLP,
and LLM/GenAI applications, including hands-on experience with prompt
engineering, RAG, embeddings, and agentic workflows

* Experience establishing MLOps practices including CI/CD, model monitoring,
drift detection, and model versioning

* Excellent communication skills — able to translate complex technical work
into clear business narrative for senior leadership and clients

* Strong judgment in prioritisation, tradeoffs, and managing competing
stakeholder demands

Preferred

* Experience in financial services, risk, compliance, or regulatory domains

* Hands-on experience with agentic AI frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex,
Semantic Kernel), LLM evaluation tooling, and production deployment of GenAI
applications

* Knowledge of responsible AI principles, including fairness, explainability,
and data privacy

* Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions

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