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Head of Data Science & AI
Salary: Up to £200,000 + 50% Bonus
Hybrid in London - 2 days pw
Fraud/Financial Crime
We're supporting a leading financial services organisation undergoing significant investment across AI, Machine Learning and Economic Crime capabilities.
This is a critical leadership opportunity to build and scale a high-performing Data Science & AI function focused on delivering advanced fraud, financial crime and automated decisioning solutions. You'll play a key role in shaping how AI is deployed across a business-critical area, whilst driving innovation within a highly regulated environment.
The Opportunity:
You'll own the end-to-end Data Science & AI agenda, leading the development of production-grade machine learning models, AI systems and intelligent decisioning capabilities that help detect, prevent and manage fraud and financial crime at scale.
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Working closely with Product, Analytics, Engineering and senior business stakeholders, you'll transform decision strategies into automated solutions whilst building the teams, platforms and governance frameworks needed to support enterprise-wide AI adoption.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the design, deployment and optimisation of AI, machine learning and automated decisioning solutions
- Own the full model lifecycle including development, deployment, monitoring, retraining and governance
- Drive best practice across Data Science, MLOps, AI Engineering and model management
- Build and lead a high-performing team of Data Scientists, ML Engineers and MLOps specialists
- Partner with Product, Analytics and Technology teams to deliver AI-powered fraud and financial crime solutions
- Ensure models and AI systems are scalable, explainable, auditable and compliant with governance requirements
- Drive adoption of emerging AI technologies including GenAI, LLMs and agentic workflows
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What We're Looking For:
- Proven experience leading Data Science, AI or Machine Learning teams within large, complex organisations
- Strong experience delivering production-grade AI and machine learning solutions at scale
- Deep understanding of MLOps, model lifecycle management and AI governance
- Experience within Fraud, Financial Crime, Risk or wider Financial Services environments
- Knowledge of advanced modelling techniques, automated decisioning systems and emerging AI technologies including LLMs and Agentic AI
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior business and technology leaders
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Head of Data Science & AI | Fraud & Financial Crime AI Leadership Role
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