Global Head, Data Science

The Enterprise Solutions Technology team is dedicated to delivering next-generation high-scale technology platforms through resilient architecture, data excellence, and engineering innovation. Our mission is to enhance our digital presence and improve customer engagement across various domains including Lending, Corporate Actions, Tax, Regulatory & Compliance, Regulatory Reporting, Public Markets, and Private Markets portfolio monitoring.

We are seeking a Data Scientist Leader to lead the design, development, and operation of high‑rigor analytical and machine‑learning systems across a complex regulated financial‑services estate. This is a strategy‑led and hands‑on applied data science and ML engineering role responsible for defining the AI/ML roadmap for Enterprise Solutions while also building high‑rigor analytical and predictive models for anomaly detection, variance analysis, drift detection, market and behavioral signals forecasting, and expectation of production‑grade models comparable in rigor to fraud risk or surveillance systems.

The role ensures AI/ML strategy is sound and that analytical models are correct, explainable, reliable in production, and able to withstand operational and regulatory scrutiny. You will work closely with engineering, data platform, and product teams to take models from problem definition through to production operation, including feature engineering, back‑testing, deployment, monitoring, and ongoing performance management. You will get involved early in complex or high‑risk analytical problems and step in when models degrade or fail in production. A key part of the role is knowing when to apply advanced modelling when simpler approaches are sufficient and when modelling is not appropriate. Limited line management responsibility, but impact is driven primarily through hands‑on technical contribution, review, and influence.

Responsibilities

• Strong experience delivering applied data science and machine learning in production within banking, capital markets, or similarly regulated data‑intensive environments.
• Deep grounding in statistics, machine learning, time‑series analysis, and predictive modelling with experience building models under real operational constraints.
• Hands‑on ownership of the full model lifecycle: data exploration, feature engineering, model development, back‑testing, validation, deployment, monitoring, and ongoing tuning.
• Extensive experience working with large, complex, and imperfect datasets, including missing data, outliers, regime changes, noisy labels, and evolving schemas.
• Strong understanding of production ML system design, including batch vs real‑time inference, model serving patterns, performance trade‑offs, and failure modes.
• Experience operating models in production over time, including versioning, drift detection, retraining strategies, and incident response when models misbehave.
• Practical experience designing explainable models suitable for regulated environments, including feature attribution and model transparency techniques.
• Experience combining statistical models, ML, semantic models, and rules‑based logic where needed to achieve accuracy, stability, and explainability.
• Strong focus on data quality, anomaly detection, and monitoring, including metrics that surface real issues and drive sustained improvement.

Experience & Mindset

• 20 years working with analytics, data science, or ML systems in production with significant experience in financial services or other regulated, high‑availability domains.
• Comfortable working directly with data, models, and code and collaborating closely with software engineers and platform teams.
• Pragmatic and outcome‑driven; measures success by models that run reliably in production, adapt to changing conditions, and withstand scrutiny.
• Clear communicator who can explain modelling choices, assumptions, and limitations to engineers, product partners, and senior stakeholders.
• Acts as a technical mentor to other data scientists through review, pairing, and example; limited people management where appropriate.

About S&P Global Market Intelligence

At S&P Global Market Intelligence, a division of S&P Global, we understand the importance of accurate, deep, and insightful information. Our team of experts delivers unrivaled insights and leading data and technology solutions, partnering with customers to expand their perspective, operate with confidence, and make decisions with conviction.

Benefits

• Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.
• Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized.
• Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.
• Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company‑matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.
• Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones too with some best‑in‑class benefits for families.
• Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards, small perks can make a big difference.

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Equal Opportunity Employer

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Employment Type: Full‑Time

Experience: 20 years

Vacancy: 1