Lead Data Scientist

We are seeking a Lead Data Scientist to join our Collection Platforms & AI – Cognitive Engineering team. As a member of this team, you will work on building GenAI-driven and ML-powered products and capabilities to power natural language understanding, data extraction, information retrieval and data sourcing solutions for S&P Global. You will define AI strategy, mentor others, and drive production-ready AI products and pipelines while leading by example in a highly engaging work environment.

Requirements

• Define AI roadmap, tooling choices, and best practices for model building, prompt engineering, fine-tuning, and vector retrieval systems
• Architect, develop and deploy large-scale ML and GenAI-powered products and pipelines
• Own all stages of the data science project lifecycle, including identification and scoping of high-value data science and AI opportunities, partnering with business leaders, domain experts, and end-users to gather requirements and align on success metrics, evaluation, interpretation, and communication of results to executive stakeholders
• Lead exploratory data analysis, proof-of-concepts, model benchmarking, and validation experiments for both ML and GenAI approaches
• Establish and enforce coding standards, perform code reviews, and optimize data science workflows
• Drive deployment, monitoring, and scaling strategies for models in production (including both ML and GenAI services)
• Mentor and guide junior data scientists; foster a culture of continuous learning and innovation
• Manage stakeholders across functions to ensure alignment and timely delivery

Benefits

• Health & Wellness
• Flexible Downtime
• Continuous Learning
• Invest in Your Future
• Family Friendly Perks
• Beyond the Basics