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TekRek

Director, Data Science and Artificial intelligence (AI)

Hybrid

Toronto, Canada

Mid level

Full Time

12-03-2026

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Skills

Communication Leadership Python Monitoring Prioritization Research Architecture Machine Learning Organization Azure AWS Analytics Data Science Databricks

Job Specifications

About the Company

Our partner organization operates in financial services sector. They are building out modern data and AI capabilities with a focus on governance, measurable outcomes, and enterprise adoption.

The team works across advanced analytics, machine learning, and AI enablement, partnering closely with engineering and business stakeholders to move priority use cases from concept through production.

The Role

This is a senior leadership role for someone who can scale enterprise data science and AI delivery in a practical, outcomes-driven way. You will own the roadmap across advanced analytics, machine learning, and GenAI initiatives, lead a multidisciplinary team, and decide when to build internally, partner externally, or combine both to deliver trusted, production-ready capabilities.

What You Will Do

Own the enterprise roadmap for data science, advanced analytics, and AI initiatives, taking use cases from early discovery through production rollout.
Set the standards for experimentation and measurement, including hypothesis design, controlled testing, evaluation, and impact tracking.
Lead and develop multidisciplinary teams across discovery, prioritization, adoption, and ongoing lifecycle management.
Partner with engineering and architecture to deliver reusable, production-ready patterns on Databricks in cloud environments such as Azure and AWS.
Embed governance into delivery, covering privacy, security, compliance, documentation, monitoring, drift management, and audit readiness.

What You Bring

10+ years of experience across data science, analytics, and applied AI, with a track record of delivering measurable business results.
5+ years of experience leading and scaling data science or analytics teams in complex organizations.
Proven experience taking work from research and experimentation into production-grade solutions with clear ownership for adoption and performance.
Strong hands-on depth in Python and/or R, modern ML frameworks, large-scale data platforms such as Databricks, and cloud delivery in Azure and/or AWS.
A strong grasp of experimentation, model evaluation, monitoring, AI governance, and executive-level communication in regulated or high-trust environments.

Why This Role

This is a chance to lead enterprise AI delivery where trust, governance, and commercial value matter equally. You will shape how advanced analytics, ML, and GenAI are built and scaled in a regulated setting, with the scope to influence strategy, delivery standards, and long-term capability across the business.

About the Company

TekRek was founded on the simple vision of making recruitment as efficient as possible. Recruitment is one of the most important undertakings in building a successful business and we at TekRek understand this. That is why we believe in combining a data driven recruiting process with a human touch to engage and interact with the best candidates in the Technology space. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@tekrek/videos Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/tekrek-speaker-series/ TekRek's core areas of recruitment are Software Develo... Know more