Team Lead Data Scientist - GenAI (m/f/d)

Position: Team Lead Data Scientist for GenAI

Location: Karlsruhe

Related fields: Analytics, Simulation, Operations Research, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Time Series Analysis, Optimisation, Statistics, Econometrics, Behaviour based modelling, Agent based modelling, Economics, System Dynamics

About ICIS

ICIS is part of Risk Solutions a division of RELX Group, a FTSE 20 company with revenues of $11 billion in 2023 and an employee base of over 30,000 people across 40 countries. ICIS makes some of the world's most important markets more trusted and predictable by providing data services, thought leadership and decision tools. We exist to help businesses in the energy, petrochemical and fertilizer industries make strategic decisions, mitigate risk, improve productivity, and capitalise on new opportunities.

About the Role

We're looking for a Team Lead Data Scientist for GenAI to join our Data Science team of 20+ in our analytics centre in Karlsruhe or our headquarter in London. This role is a unique opportunity to explore and shape the GenAI model landscape in a large data business with 20,000+ B2B users and rich proprietary content & data on global markets and forecasts which no other model has access to.

Key Accountabilities / Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, deploy, continuously evaluate and optimize model architectures to achieve our GenAI and Agentic AI vision in close collaboration with cross functional team members and external development partners.
• Coordinate a small team of 3-5 Data Scientists hands-on on the execution of the product-led roadmap in close integration with software developers and engineers.
• Align the backlog for GenAI with product manager(s), UX researchers and technology leaders.
• Work with other internal Data Science teams to connect GenAI solutions with other predictive & prescriptive data and models into a coherent and customisable customer experience.
• Creatively identify, share and experiment on new model opportunities for internal/external business use cases.
• Contribute to our 20+ Data Scientist community & culture by fostering team spirit, engagement, and sharing learnings & best practices.

Key Skills / Experience Required:

• 3-5+ years industry experience in GenAI related technologies such as Deep Learning and NLP.
• Initial experience in coordinating small teams and setting teams up for success.
• Initial experience in project coordination with stakeholders outside Data Science.
• Standard python machine learning & NLP techniques and popular libraries (eg Pytorch, Tensorflow, nltk, genism, spacy).
• Essential software development principles (modularisation, versioning eg with GIT, tests, understandable code).
• Degree in a scientific field relevant to Data Science.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills (in English).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Agentic workflows and knowledge graphs.
• Scrum and project mgmt. best practices.
• Personal interest to learn about commodity markets and trading.

We offer:

• A vibrant working environment in a dynamic, inclusive, ambitious, and committed team.
• Our company is all about data & analytics and growing fast.
• Connections with 200+ Data Scientists across RELX group.
• Options to join on junior or senior level, a Data Science career track and development support.
• Flexibility, loyalty, empowerment, and trust as part of our corporate culture.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. At ICIS, we are committed to Diversity and Inclusion.