Position Title:  Head Data Science

Be a part of a revolutionary change!

At PMI, we’ve chosen to do something incredible. We’re totally transforming our business, and building our future on smoke-free products with the power to build a smoke-free future.

With huge change, comes great opportunity. So, wherever you join us, you’ll enjoy the freedom dream up and deliver, better, brighter solutions and the space to move your career forward in endlessly different directions.

The SFP Group is undergoing a critical overhaul as we look to transform into an agile, consumer-centric business that harnesses technological innovation to deliver better, science-backed alternatives to millions of adult smokers around the world. It is only by focusing on our strategic priorities and the right organization, fully enabled to deliver what matters the strategies most for our consumers along their journey toward better alternatives, that we will be able to deliver a smoke-free future.

Here, you can make a difference. You can shape the consumer journey, from discovery and acquisition through to conversion and loyalty. And you can watch your efforts lead to meaningful change in the lives of smokers on their way to better alternatives. You’ll develop your skills, collaborating across functions, markets and regions. If you want to make a life-changing impact on consumers, there’s no better place.

At our Global Data & Analytics Hub, we operate within a product-based framework, prioritizing collaboration, innovation, and most importantly, delivery of value to our customers through impactful data products. We are committed to using data and advanced analytics to drive business growth and deliver exceptional value to our customers across markets, functions, and categories.

To further enhance our capabilities and ensure strategic alignment of our data initiatives, we recognize the need for a dedicated Head of Data Science. This role is crucial for driving our data strategy, fostering a culture of data-driven decision-making, and leading a team of dedicated data scientists. The Head of Data Science is instrumental in identifying new opportunities for leveraging data, ensuring the quality and integrity of our data products, and maintaining our competitive edge in the market.

This role implies both individual contribution to production code and managing/coordination role to focus Data Scientists team effort to deliver a business solution and developing capabilities.

Your responsibilities:

• Build D&A analytical capabilitues as a customer centric service delivering relevant and actionable in-sights for business challenges throughout analytics based on data science principles. Continually improve the service by integrating customer feedback and their evolving needs.
• Build a strong alliance with key business leads, create a constant appetite and understanding of the business value of the in-sights built on data and analytics, set the right and realistic expectations, deliver insights leveraging data visualization and data story telling technics, automate decision making, follow up on the findings and recommendations.
• Lead the team of Data Scientist, coach, support their development, establish well balanced team of internal and external resources capable to react on fluctuating demand of analytics requests and deliver according the expectations.
• Ensure effective and efficient allocation of the resources around the selected and prioritized analytics projects having agile principles in mind.
• Efficient operation in PMI environment, budgeting, governance structures and processes, information systems and organizational landscape.
• Keeping track of industry standards and developments, ability to bring in new technologies, algorithms and frameworks.

Who we’re looking for:

• College/University degree - Ph.D in relevant sphere (Mathematics, Computer Sciences) or equivalent
• 7+ years’ experience in Data Science with proven record of successful lead of Data Science teams.
• Working in PMI affiliates is a plus.
• Programming languages: Python, SQL Other languages (R, Scala, PySpark) as a plus
• CI/CD principles: Software developing testing Software versioning (with Bitbucket) Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
• AWS stack, Proficiency with LLM.
• MLOps: machine learning operations for deploying and maintaining models in production.
• Data Governance: Knowledge of data privacy, security, and compliance issues.
• Agile methodologies and a hypothesis-driven approach.
• Independence in conceptualizing, formulating, prototyping, and implementing algorithms to address business challenges
• Proficiency in English, spoken and written with ability to present

What we offer:

Our success depends on the people who come to work every single day with a sense of purpose and an appetite for progress. Join PMI and you too can:

• Seize the freedom to define your future and ours. We’ll empower you to take risks, experiment and explore.
• Be part of an inclusive, diverse culture, where everyone’s contribution is respected; collaborate with some of the world’s best people and feel like you belong.
• Pursue your ambitions and develop your skills with a global business – our staggering size and scale provides endless opportunities to progress!