Lead Data Scientist, Product

Who We Are Provenir is a global fintech company with offices across North America, the UK, and Singapore backed by talented teams across APAC, EMEA, and LATAM. Provenir helps fintechs, financial institutions, and payment providers make smarter decisions, faster. We are passionate about technology and empowering businesses to become industry leaders. As a leading provider of decisioning and analytics products for financial services and other industries, we empower businesses to create digital-first decisioning solutions that drive business growth. If you’d like to work at an innovative fintech with a global footprint that is redefining the industry, then we want you! Half data scientist. Half product thinker. Every time someone gets approved for a loan, a savings account, or a line of credit there's a decision happening in the background. A fast, automated, intelligent decision. At Provenir, we build the software that powers those decisions for banks and financial institutions around the world. We've created a brand new role to build something that doesn't yet exist inside our business: a dedicated R&D function at the crossroads of data science, product, and engineering. No inherited process. No existing playbook. Just exceptional people, the mandate to find what's missing, and the backing to build it. You'll sit within our Product function, working in close partnership with Data Science and Engineering. Data tells you what's wrong with what you have. Finding what you're missing requires conversations. You'll own your workstream end to end from research insight through to product roadmap recommendation, no handoffs. If you do your best work inside well-defined processes with a long onboarding runway, we'd rather you knew that upfront. But if you've always sat awkwardly between the academic and the commercial, if great research going nowhere frustrates you, if you've been waiting for a role that asks you to do both keep reading. What You'll Do Lead original research into new AI capabilities Generative AI, Agentic AI, Machine Learning focused on what Provenir should build next Turn research into concrete product recommendations the business can act on Talk to customers and internal experts to surface unmet needs before they show up in the data Collaborate with engineering and data science peers to move ideas from research into reality Own the product narrative around your workstream, from first hypothesis through to roadmap What We're Looking For Technically, you bring… A strong academic foundation in data science Masters, PhD, or equivalent applied research experience Real, hands-on commercial data science experience not purely theoretical Practical exposure to Generative AI, Agentic AI frameworks, or advanced Machine Learning The ability to make credible recommendations even when the data picture isn't perfectly clean Commercially, you think… In problems before solutions business needs first, science second Like someone who can own a product workstream without a PM translating for you With an instinct for what customers need, not just what the numbers show As a person, you are… A self-starter you add value before anyone has to ask Equally comfortable in a strategic conversation and a deep technical one, and able to switch between them in the same meeting Energised by fast-scaling environments, not exhausted by them Clear and confident communicating with engineers, customers, and leadership alike Excited by what this role doesn't have yet, rather than unsettled by it Our employees are our top priority; we offer comprehensive health and wellness plans. You will enjoy paid time off and company holidays, flexible and remote-friendly opportunities, and maternity/paternity leave. At Provenir, we recognize that diversity and inclusion make our teams stronger. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and welcome everyone regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, domestic partner status, citizenship, or veteran status or medical condition. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.