Senior Lead - Data Scientist

Job Title: Senior Lead - Data Scientist Company: KK Group Job Category: Data Science Roles & Responsibilities: We are looking for a Senior Lead – Data Science who will serve as the technical lead for delivering high impact predictive analytics and machine learning projects. This role is a senior individual contributor position focused on end\-to\-end solution delivery, project management, and stakeholder engagement, without people management responsibilities. The ideal candidate is a hands on data science expert who can independently drive projects from problem definition to deployment. Key Responsibilities: * Lead end to end delivery of Data Science and ML projects, ensuring high quality technical outcomes and timely execution. * Work closely with business teams to understand complex problems, define use cases, and translate them into analytical solutions. * Conduct EDA, feature engineering, model development, and validation using industry best practices. * Build, deploy, and monitor machine learning models (supervised, unsupervised, forecasting, NLP). * Own project scoping, planning, timelines, risks, stakeholder communication, and status updates. * Ensure robust model documentation, reproducibility, versioning, and lifecycle management. * Collaborate with Data Engineering teams to ensure data readiness and pipeline design. * Drive alignment between business requirements, analytical outputs, and measurable value. * Stay updated on emerging trends in ML, GenAI, MLOps, and bring innovation to the function. Building on 2 years of experience, KK Group is a leading partner to the renewable energy industry. Our capabilities span developing state\-of\-the\-art technologies, high\-quality lean manufacturing, and flexible aftermarket services.KK Group is owned by A.P. Moller Holding, the parent company of the A.P. Moller Group, established in 1904 by Arnold Peter Møller.We are a global and diverse team of more than 4,000 people, working towards enabling a future powered by renewable energy. Work Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Availability: Full time

* 5–7 years of proven experience in Data Science, Machine Learning, and predictive modelling. Strong proficiency in Python, Scikit learn, Pandas, NumPy; exposure to PyTorch/TensorFlow. * Solid foundation in statistics, experimentation design, model tuning, and ML theoryExperience deploying ML models using MLFlow, Azure ML, Databricks, or equivalent platform. * Intermediate to advanced SQL skills. * Strong project management capabilities — scoping, planning, sprint/task management, risk handling. * Excellent stakeholder management \& communication skills, with ability to work independently. * Experience with cloud based analytics ecosystems (Azure preferred). * Experience with GenAI, LLM\-based solutions, embeddings, or vector databases. * Familiarity with feature stores, Delta Lake, or real time inference. * Prior involvement in enterprise\-scale AI/ML project delivery. Education: * Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or related fields. Key Skills: Data Science, Python, SQL, Pandas, NumPy, Statistics, Machine Learning Salary: Not disclosed