Data Scientist (Convertible to perm role, Data Science/AI project experience, Central area) IRT

We are hiring and the details of the position are: Job title: Data Scientist (Convertible to perm role, Data Science/AI project experience, Central area) Office Location: Marina One Core Focus Areas: • End-to-End Delivery Leadership: Managing the full project lifecycle from initial problem definition, scoping, and milestone tracking to user testing, production deployment, and project closure. • Stakeholder Engagement & Vision Alignment: Engaging directly with business stakeholders to understand pain points, shape project goals, and communicate complex outcomes in a business-friendly manner. • Business-to-Technical Translation: Converting high-level business vision and challenges into precise project scopes, actionable tasks, clear deliverables, and defined success criteria. • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partnering closely with Technical Leads, Data Scientists, and Engineers to ensure proposed solutions are technically feasible and aligned with business needs. • Risk Management & Governance: Proactively identifying and mitigating project risks, issues, and dependencies while ensuring required documentation, approvals, and operational handovers are completed. Job Responsibilities: Project Strategy & Business Requirements Elicitation: • Engage directly with business stakeholders across various industry domains to deeply understand their pain points, operational challenges, and strategic objectives. • Shape project goals and translate complex, high-level business challenges into clearly defined project problem statements, scopes, deliverables, and success criteria. • Work closely with Technical Leads, Data Scientists, Engineers, and Developers to validate that proposed AI/ML solutions are technically feasible and structurally aligned with client requirements. End-to-End Delivery & Execution Management: • Lead end-to-end Data Science and AI projects, taking full ownership of problem definition, planning, progress tracking, resource coordination, and delivery. • Adapt and apply modern project management methodologies (e.g., Agile, Scrum) tailored to the unique flow of AI and data science delivery. • Guide solutions seamlessly through all maturity stages: from initial prototype and validation phases to user testing, production readiness, and official release. Risk Management & Governance: • Actively identify, track, and manage project risks, issues, assumptions, and cross-team dependencies, escalating critical matters appropriately to ensure timeline integrity. • Manage required project governance, ensuring all essential documentation, formal approvals, and stakeholder sign-offs are obtained throughout the project lifecycle. Stakeholder Communication & Value Articulation: • Present project progress, technical findings, and final outcomes in a clear, accessible, and business-friendly manner to non-technical stakeholders. • Continuously gather stakeholder feedback throughout the delivery cycle to refine project direction and maintain strong organizational alignment. • Manage stakeholder expectations, facilitate cross-departmental alignment, and build consensus between business and technical teams. Operational Handover & Project Closure: • Coordinate smooth, formal handovers to business-as-usual (BAU), support, or operational teams following official release to ensure long-term solution sustainability. • Conduct formal project closures, capturing key learnings and ensuring all technical and operational handshakes are completed smoothly Job Requirements: • Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM). • Minimum 3+ years of progressive experience as a Technical Business Analyst, Technical Project Manager , Technical Product Owner, or in a similar delivery role supporting AI, data science, or data-driven products . • Proven track record of managing the full AI or data science project lifecycle —from ideation and problem definition through development, testing, production deployment, and operational handover. • Strong practical knowledge of project management methodologies, including Agile and Scrum, with demonstrated ability to adapt them specifically to AI/ML delivery. • Familiarity with major cloud platforms and AI infrastructure (e.g., Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon Web Services (AWS), or Microsoft Azure). • Highly proactive and accountable mindset, demonstrating strong ownership and the ability to operate independently with minimal supervision in a fast-paced environment. • Exceptional stakeholder management, presentation, and communication skills, with a proven ability to bridge the gap between business leaders and technical engineering teams. We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted #J-18808-Ljbffr