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Head of Data Science – Optimisation & Machine Learning
📍Munich (Hybrid)
💰 Senior Leadership Package
🌍 International Digital Platform Environment
The Opportunity
An established international digital platform business is seeking a Head of Data Science to lead a high-impact optimisation function
This is not a transformation or governance role.
We are looking for a technically credible Data Science leader who combines hands-on modelling expertise with team leadership, ideally within eCommerce, marketplace, travel, mobility or high-transaction B2C environments.
You will lead a team of 10–15 Data Scientists focused on revenue optimisation, pricing intelligence, personalisation and advanced experimentation.
What You’ll Be Responsible For
- Leading and mentoring a team of Data Scientists delivering production-grade ML models
- Owning advanced optimisation initiatives across pricing, conversion and customer value
- Designing and scaling experimentation frameworks (A/B testing, uplift modelling, causal inference)
- Driving the adoption of adaptive optimisation approaches, including reinforcement learning methods
- Partnering closely with Product, Engineering and Commercial teams to embed models into live decision systems
- Ensuring strong model governance, evaluation, and production performance
What We’re Looking For
- Proven experience leading Data Science teams (8–15+)
- Strong hands-on background in machine learning and statistical modelling
- Demonstrated delivery of optimisation systems in production environments
- Experience within eCommerce, marketplaces, digital platforms or other high-volume transactional businesses
- Exposure to reinforcement learning, contextual bandits, or real-time decision systems is highly desirable
- Comfortable reviewing code, model design and experimentation methodology
Ideal Background
You may currently be:
- Director of Data Science – Optimisation
- Head of Pricing Data Science
- Lead Machine Learning Engineer – Marketplace
- Principal Applied Scientist moving into leadership
Why Consider This Role?
- Direct commercial impact at scale
- High data maturity and investment in ML
- Opportunity to shape optimisation strategy end-to-end
- Strong executive visibility
- International operating environment
Key Skills
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