Overview

Data & AI Talent Solutions | 15+ years Hiring Data & AI Talent | Founder of Animo Group

Data Science Manager • Hybrid (Brighton – 1 day a week)

Are you excited by the idea of building advanced conversational AI products used by thousands of people every day?

Our client is scaling a next-generation GenAI product, and they’re looking for a Data Science Manager to lead and grow the team, shaping the AI at its core.

The Role

You’ll be leading a team of 3 Data Scientists and 1 ML Engineer, balancing technical depth with people leadership. Roughly 80% of your time will be hands-on (architecture, coding, debugging, feature development) with 20% focused on developing and mentoring the team.

• Lead architecture, design, and productionisation of models that drive real customer outcomes.
• Review the current AI/ML architecture in the first 6 months.
• Deliver new features including sentiment, intent, and keyword recognition.
• Ensure robustness, scalability, and accuracy of the conversational AI platform.
• Play a key role in expanding the data science function and contributing to the company’s tech roadmap.

What You’ll Bring

• Strong experience in machine learning & AI development, with a proven track record of delivering production systems.
• Expertise in Conversational AI, GenAI, agentic AI, and ML pipelines.
• Hands-on skills with Python, PyTorch, vector databases, and AWS (or equivalent cloud environments).
• A background in a tech company environment.
• Leadership experience: managing and mentoring data science teams, while staying close to the code.
• Excellent communication skills – confident presenting ideas internally and, at times, with customers’ ML/DS teams.

Culture

The company trusts its people to own their work, encourages autonomy, and fosters a collaborative, positive environment. You’ll be working closely with product and engineering leaders, and joining a growing data team passionate about solving hard problems in new ways.

Package & Process

• Location: Hybrid (Brighton office, one day a week)

If you’re a Data Scientist with leadership experience and a passion for building next-gen conversational AI products, we’d love to hear from you.

Location & Visibility

East Sussex, England, United Kingdom 1 day ago; Eastbourne, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago; Little London, England, United Kingdom 1 month ago

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