Head of Data Science

Job Title: Head of Data Science

Reports to: CTO

Location: Ireland - Home/Office

Would you like to lead the team who changes the way the world gets their products into new markets? Are you up to the challenge of radically simplifying the way top manufacturers understand, consume, and comply with the myriad of ever-changing regulations? If this challenge excites you and you can demonstrate that you have technical mastery of generative AI and NLP and the ability to build and lead high-performing teams, we want to meet you!

Our challenge

We’re building the future of product and corporate compliance driven by AI, and have already delivered real value to our internal team and to our users with generative AI. As we look to 2025 and beyond, we believe the right combination of AI agents working on our users’ behalf can create dramatically more value as we transition our platform from traditional software-as-a-service to results-as-a-service.

The role

We’re looking for a visionary and technical leader to join us as the Head of Data Science. You will play a critical role in helping us realize that vision. Your expertise in deep learning and generative AI will help us expand our sense of what’s possible. You will bring your leadership experience to develop and guide our data science team and help them achieve more than they thought possible. You will will play a meaningful part in empowering global companies to create, procure, and market safe, sustainable products in a constantly changing world.

Key Responsibilities:

• • Leadership & Strategy:
    • Lead, grow and inspire our team of data scientists and AI engineers, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.
    • Define and execute the data science strategy aligned with our mission to deliver AI-powered solutions for product and corporate compliance.
    • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product, engineering, and domain experts to ensure AI initiatives succeed in performing the key jobs for our users.
  • AI Product Development:
    • Spearhead the development of generative AI models and AI agents that automate complex compliance tasks, delivering seamless results to our customer.
    • Leverage varied unstructured data to build or tune models that improve the accuracy and efficiency of the agents that compose our solution.
    • Stay at the forefront of AI advancements, continuously integrating cutting-edge techniques and technologies into our offerings.
    • Oversee the entire lifecycle of AI solution development, from conceptualization and prototyping to deployment and optimization.
    • Ensure our AI systems are ethical, transparent, and compliant with relevant regulations.

• Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement:

• • Facilitate collaboration between the data science team and other departments, ensuring seamless communication and alignment of AI projects with overall company objectives.
  • Serve as an internal advocate for AI, educating teams on the transformative potential of AI technologies, and fostering our culture of innovation.
  • Engage with external partners, research institutions, and industry experts to keep our AI capabilities at the cutting edge.
  • Demonstrate C&R’s technology leadership through authoring whitepapers and speaking at industry events and interacting directly with customers and prospects.

Experience & Qualifications:

• B.S. in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 15+ years of experience in data science and AI in a commercial environment.
• Proven experience in building and leading data science teams.
• Experience in in taking a scalable and tested GenAI solution to production
• Deep expertise in machine learning, data engineering, and cloud-native architectures.
• Hands-on experience with modern data science tools and libraries.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, R, and SQL.
• Experience with AWS and related data services.
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong understanding of software architecture for high availability and fault tolerance.
• Commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.

About us:

Compliance & Risks is the leading provider of market access and product compliance SaaS solutions and is recognized as the leading end-to-end global product compliance solution provider across the technology, consumer goods and retail, industrial goods and life sciences sectors. The company’s market leading SaaS platform, C2P, enables uninterrupted market access for enterprises selling products globally by monitoring and managing key product requirements, regulations and standards in their chosen markets. The C2P platform provides the world’s most comprehensive database of legislative information, insights and actions, linked to product workflows, to help clients bring products to markets faster with lower risk and ensure ongoing compliance.

The company serves over 220+ global enterprise customers including: GE, Google, Nike, Amazon, Ikea, Bose, Tesla, Vaillant, Unisys, Samsung and Fujitsu.

We take pride in what we build

We are a product company. We understand the impact our product has on the world and for our company. We watch it iterate, evolve, grow. We can easily connect the code we write to the problems we are solving for companies who are trying to build and sell their products in the global market. Whether it’s a hoodie, a car or a laptop, we can see our code helping to get that product to the high street. 

We take pride in how we build

Our self organizing teams make the decisions in how they architect, implement and deliver the code that they write. We support the decisions they bring, and trust our teams to present the options that make most sense for the company, the team and for the growth of the individuals. 

Company Highlights:

• 20-30% YoY revenue growth since 2017
• Established global offices
• Top private equity sponsorship from Luminate Capital Partners
• 80,000+ regulations and standards on the platform
• A market leading retention rate over 95%

We are a diverse team in Compliance & Risks and we are committed to building and promoting an inclusive place to work for everyone. We strive to attract and retain a diverse range of people into our organization.  We aim to increase the diversity of our employee base by growing our diverse talent pipeline, including partnerships with organizations like Resilient Coders, Women who code, Women in Tech. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all employees, by promoting a work environment free from bullying, discrimination or harassment. Compliance & Risks is an equal opportunities employer.