Senior Decision Scientist Discovery & Intelligence

• Relevant experience. 6+ years in data science, machine learning, applied research, or a related role, including leadership of complex analytical products.
• Deep discovery expertise. Advanced Python and SQL with strong experience in search, ranking, recommendations, NLP, embeddings, similarity, entity resolution, or graph-based methods.
• Production capability.

moving models from experimentation into reliable production services or workflows using modular code, APIs or batch processing, automated tests, Git, CI/CD, monitoring, and cloud deployment.

• Practical AI leadership. Demonstrated use and evaluation of generative AI, foundation models, or AI-assisted development with appropriate privacy, bias, explainability, and human-oversight controls.
• Senior partnership. Ability to frame ambiguous problems, communicate uncertainty and tradeoffs, influence technical and business leaders, and mentor decision scientists.

• Advanced discovery systems.

with vector databases, RAG, multimodal models, large-scale recommenders, learning-to-rank, knowledge graphs, or weak supervision.

• Experimentation.

designing online or quasi-experiments, human-evaluation programs, and feedback-driven model improvement.

• Industry background. Publishing, media, retail, marketplaces, or consumer-products experience; advanced quantitative degree or equivalent experience.

An Inclusive Workplace.

We welcome candidates with different paths and perspectives.

If you do not meet every preferred qualification, we still encourage you to apply.

Simon & Schuster India is an equal opportunity employer (EOE).

At Simon & Schuster India, the spirit of inclusion feeds into everything that we do.

From employee benefits/programs and social impact outreach initiatives, we believe that opportunity, access, resources, and rewards should be available to and for the benefit of all.

Simon & Schuster India is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, and Veteran status.

Candidates hired for this or any other posted Simon & Schuster India role will be employees of Simon & Schuster Publishers India Private Limited, subject to all policies, including the Workplace Privacy Notice , and eligible solely for the benefits plans thereof.