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Lead Data Scientist
Vizient, Inc
Cape Girardeau County, UAE
Full Time
Lead
4 weeks ago
Machine LearningGenerative AIAgentic AILarge Language Models (LLMs)Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)Python
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About the Role
Vizient is seeking a Lead Data Scientist to develop and deploy advanced analytics, machine learning, generative AI, and agentic AI solutions. You will lead the design of scalable data science products, mentor data scientists, and translate complex findings into actionable insights.
Key Skills for This Role
Machine LearningGenerative AIAgentic AILarge Language Models (LLMs)Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)Python
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development, and implementation of advanced machine learning and generative AI solutions
- Build and deploy scalable, automated data science products and reusable analytic assets
- Analyze large scale, high dimensional datasets using modern analytics tools and distributed computing platforms
- Design and prototype agentic AI workflows leveraging LLMs, retrieval systems, and business rules
- Optimize RAG solutions through embedding evaluation, metadata design, and reranking approaches
- Develop evaluation frameworks for ML and AI solutions including performance, accuracy, and reliability measures
- Make key analytical and architectural decisions, establish technical standards, and provide leadership
- Lead code reviews, mentor data scientists, and promote best practices
- Partner with engineering, platform, and business teams to deploy and maintain production ready solutions
- Translate complex analytical findings into clear reports and presentations for diverse audiences
Requirements
- Relevant degree preferred; advanced degree in applied mathematics, statistics, computer science, econometrics, or related field is a plus
- 7 or more years of relevant experience
- Demonstrated expertise in data science methodologies, statistical modeling, machine learning, generative AI, agentic AI, and NLP
- Strong understanding of LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG, and autonomous decision making frameworks
- Expertise in programming languages such as Python, R, SQL, SAS, or similar
- Experience with vector databases, semantic search, knowledge graphs, or enterprise search platforms
- Experience deploying, monitoring, and maintaining ML/AI solutions in production
- Knowledge of responsible AI principles, model governance, explainability, bias detection
- Experience with cloud based and distributed data platforms like Databricks
- Experience leading complex analytics initiatives and mentoring data scientists
Full Job Posting
Summary
- In this role, you will develop and deploy advanced analytics, machine learning, generative AI, and agentic AI solutions that address complex business and client challenges.
- You will design scalable data science products, translate sophisticated analytical findings into actionable insights, and guide data scientists.
- You will influence technical strategy, drive innovation, and ensure analytical solutions align with organizational objectives.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development, and implementation of advanced machine learning, generative AI solutions across structured and unstructured data.
- Build and deploy scalable, automated data science products and reusable analytic assets.
- Analyze large scale, high dimensional datasets using modern analytics tools and distributed computing platforms.
- Design and prototype agentic AI workflows leveraging LLMs, retrieval systems, structured data, APIs, tools, and business rules.
- Translate business requirements into AI agent architectures.
- Optimize RAG solutions through embedding evaluation, metadata design, reranking approaches, citation quality assessment, and knowledge freshness validation.
- Develop evaluation frameworks for ML and AI solutions.
- Make key analytical and architectural decisions, establish technical standards, and provide leadership.
- Lead code reviews, mentor data scientists, and promote best practices.
- Partner with engineering, platform, and business teams to deploy, monitor, and maintain production ready analytics and AI solutions.
- Translate complex analytical findings into clear reports, visualizations, and presentations.
- Collaborate with stakeholders and clients to define analytical approaches.
Qualifications
- Relevant degree preferred. Advanced degree in applied mathematics, statistics, computer science, econometrics, or a related field is a plus.
- 7 or more years of relevant experience required.
- Demonstrated expertise in data science methodologies, statistical modeling, machine learning, generative AI, agentic AI, and NLP required.
- Strong understanding of LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG, and autonomous decision making frameworks highly preferred.
- Expertise in programming languages such as Python, R, SQL, SAS, or similar analytical tools.
- Experience with vector databases, semantic search technologies, knowledge graphs, metadata management, or enterprise search platforms.
- Experience deploying, monitoring, and maintaining ML and AI solutions in production environments.
- Knowledge of responsible AI principles, model governance, explainability, bias detection, validation methodologies, and ethical use of data.
- Experience designing and implementing human in the loop workflows.
- Experience working with cloud based and distributed data platforms and modern analytics frameworks such as Databricks.
- Strong analytical, problem solving, communication, and presentation skills.
- Experience leading complex analytics initiatives, providing technical guidance, and mentoring data scientists.
Estimated Hiring Range
- The current salary range for this role is $117,600.00 to $206,000.00.
- This position is also incentive eligible.
- Vizient has a comprehensive benefits plan.
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