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Principal Data Scientist

Aily Labs · New York, United States

External listingfull-time4 days ago

About The Role

Join our team as a Principal Data Scientist, where you'll leverage your passion for AI and deep understanding of business context to drive measurable impact. You'll work across four key areas of enterprise operations: Finance, Manufacturing & Supply Chain, Research & Development, and Cross-Functional. In this role, you'll lead multiple projects, shape product strategy, and provide leadership for the Data Science team. You'll also have the opportunity to communicate and align with internal and external stakeholders, turning business requirements into AI solutions.

  • Lead and manage multiple data science projects across various domains, ensuring timely and high-quality releases.
  • Define and own AI domain roadmaps, transforming ambiguous business challenges into structured action plans with clear milestones.
  • Provide leadership for the Data Science team, mentoring and managing team members, and driving impactful cross-functional delivery.
  • Principal Data Scientist – 6+ years
  • Someone with a startup mindset: comfortable with ambiguity, proactive, and hands‑on when something needs fixing or improving
  • Lead 5+ simultaneous projects across multiple workstreams; shape product strategy with PM/Eng; manage risks and ensure timely, high-quality releases
  • Demonstrate strong business acumen: estimate AI solution impact on KPIs and business outcomes; identify domain-wide opportunities and influence strategy
  • Define and own AI domain roadmaps; transform ambiguous business challenges into structured action plans with clear milestones and dependencies
  • Someone who thrives at the intersection of business, analytics, and AI and wants to ensure AI solves the right problems with measurable impact
  • Provide leadership for the Data Science team: mentor and manage; define standards; drive impactful cross-functional delivery; empower team members
  • Lead 1+ major projects as AI lead with full accountability; break down work, assign tasks, and manage multiple workstreams with stakeholder alignment
  • A scientist and builder: you explore multiple approaches, analyze results, and iterate fast, balancing cutting‑edge techniques with simple, scalable solutions
  • Own key features and projects; design and improve models, pipelines, and experimentation frameworks
  • Have deep expertise in one technical area; lead by example on technical excellence, business acumen, and strategic vision
  • Communicate and align with internal/external stakeholders; turn business requirements into AI solutions; make speed vs. quality trade-offs
  • Have comprehensive MLOps expertise, advanced Python/SQL skills, and domain specialization; enforce code quality standards across the team
  • A strong communicator who adapts the message to different audiences and enjoys working cross‑functionally with product, engineering, and business stakeholders
  • Ready to Lead Boldly – helping business leaders make decisive decisions powered by real-time AI insights
  • Provide technical mentorship; set modeling standards and drive cross-functional delivery with PMs, engineers, and customers
  • Who we’re looking for (all levels):
  • Senior/Lead Data Scientist – 7+ years

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