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# Director Data Scientist Management

- **Company:** Hackajob Ltd
- **Location:** Leeds, UK
- **Salary:** £100,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models, AI Platforms, Information Technology
- **Published:** September 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5868805583

## About the Role

* Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science, AI, Data Science, Engineering, or Management, with an advanced degree preferred.
 * Significant experience delivering AI/ML in enterprise environments with proven ownership of multi-phase or multi-pod programs.
 * Deep applied experience across LLMs/NLP, agentic systems, retrieval architectures, robust evaluation, and enterprise-grade delivery.
 * Demonstrated ability to simplify complexity, set technical direction, and drive outcomes across teams.
 * Strong leadership skills with experience mentoring and developing team members.

## Description

* Lead complex, end-to-end AI solution development on our AI platform ELIZA, from problem shaping and experimentation through deployment, adoption, and measurable business impact.
 * Provide technical direction to pods and guide prioritization, trade-offs, and architecture decisions across Product, Engineering, Operations, and Governance.
 * Design and embed responsible AI practices into our solutions, including evaluation methods, transparency standards, risk controls, and human oversight patterns.
 * Help shape our AI Hub responsible AI framework.
 * Partner with platform teams to deliver scalable, observable, secure capabilities.
 * Establish drift and quality monitoring, as well as cost-aware performance.
 * Mentor junior team members and uplift engineering quality through documentation, reusable accelerators, and communities of practice.
 * Contribute to AI Hub standards, reference architectures, and platform components.


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