Lead Data Scientist - IT (Information Technology) - Bangalore, India

ResponsibilitiesMachine Learning & Data ScienceLead the design, development, and deployment of advanced Machine Learning solutions to solve complex business and operational challenges.Develop and optimize models across areas such as classification, clustering, anomaly detection, forecasting, recommendation systems, and predictive analytics.Drive the full model lifecycle from data exploration and feature engineering through experimentation, evaluation, deployment, and monitoring.Define model performance metrics, validation frameworks, and success criteria to ensure business relevance and measurable impact.Identify opportunities to leverage data and AI to improve operational efficiency, automation, decision-making, and user experience.Guide best practices in statistical analysis, experimentation, model governance, and AI quality assurance.Mentor and provide technical leadership to Data Scientists and AI practitioners across the organization.Generative AI & Agentic AILead the design and implementation of Generative AI solutions leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs), embeddings, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), and multi-agent architectures.Develop AI agents capable of reasoning, planning, knowledge retrieval, and task orchestration within complex enterprise environments.Evaluate emerging AI technologies, models, and frameworks to identify opportunities for innovation and business value creation.Design and optimize prompt engineering, evaluation methodologies, guardrails, and AI safety mechanisms.Define architectures for agentic systems integrating enterprise data, business workflows, APIs, and knowledge repositories.Establish evaluation frameworks to measure accuracy, reliability, explainability, and operational readiness of GenAI and Agentic AI solutions.Drive proof-of-concepts and pilot initiatives from ideation through industrialization and production adoption.Profile requiredEducation & Experience9+ years of experience in Data Science, Machine Learning, or Applied AI roles.Proven experience leading end-to-end AI initiatives from experimentation through production deployment.Demonstrated ability to translate business challenges into scalable AI solutions.Experience mentoring Data Scientists and providing technical leadership across projects.Machine Learning & Data Science ExpertiseStrong expertise in supervised and unsupervised learning techniques, including classification, clustering, anomaly detection, forecasting, and recommendation systems.Deep understanding of statistical modeling, hypothesis testing, experimental design, and data analysis.Experience developing, evaluating, and optimizing machine learning models in production environments.Strong knowledge of feature engineering, model explainability, model monitoring, and performance evaluation.Experience working with large-scale structured and unstructured datasets.Generative AI & Agentic AI ExpertiseHands-on experience building Generative AI solutions using Large Language Models (LLMs).Strong understanding of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), embeddings, vector databases, prompt engineering, and evaluation methodologies.Experience designing and implementing AI agents, multi-agent systems, and autonomous workflows.Experience integrating LLMs with enterprise systems, APIs, business applications, and knowledge repositories.Understanding of AI guardrails, responsible AI principles, hallucination mitigation, and AI governance requirements.Experience evaluating and selecting foundation models based on business, technical, and operational criteria.Why join us “We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status”. Business insightAt Société Générale, we are convinced that people are drivers of change, and that the world of tomorrowwill be shaped by all their initiatives, from the smallest to the most ambitious.Whether you’re joining us for a period of months, years or your entire career, together we can have a positive impact on the future. Creating, daring, innovating and taking action are part of our DNA.If you too want to be directly involved, grow in a stimulating and caring environment, feel useful on a daily basis and develop or strengthen your expertise, you will feel right at home with us!Still hesitating?You should know that our employees can dedicate several days per year to solidarity actions during their working hours, including sponsoring people struggling with their orientation or professional integration, participating in the financial education of young apprentices and sharing their skills with charities. There are many ways to get involved.