Principal Data Scientist
- Madrid
- Permanente
- Tiempo completo
THE ROLEWe are seeking a visionary and hands-on Principal Data Scientist to lead the design, development, and deployment of cutting-edge AI/ML solutions across our Banking AI portfolio. This role is central to Temenos' AI strategy, delivering responsible, high-impact models that transform how banks operate and serve their customers.You will work closely with product managers, engineers, and domain experts to build scalable, ethical, and high-performing AI systems. You will also mentor data scientists, contribute to AI governance, and drive innovation in areas such as GenAI, LLMs, and predictive analytics.
OPPORTUNITIES
- AI Strategy & Innovation
- Lead research and prototyping of novel AI techniques, including GenAI and LLMs, for banking use cases.
- Define and drive the AI/ML roadmap in alignment with product and business goals.
- Champion responsible AI practices, ensuring fairness, transparency, and compliance.
- Model Development & Deployment
- Design, build, and deploy production-grade AI/ML models for banking, across retail, risk and compliance, payments, wealth.
- Collaborate with engineering and design to integrate models into scalable, cloud-native and on-prem systems.
- Establish best practices for model monitoring, retraining, and lifecycle management.
- Technical Leadership & Mentorship
- Provide technical direction and mentorship to junior data scientists and engineers.
- Review code, model architectures, and experiments to ensure scientific rigor and quality.
- Contribute to the development of internal AI frameworks, tools, and reusable components.
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Partner with product, engineering, design and sales teams to translate requirements into data science solutions.
- Communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders with clarity and impact.
- Support go-to-market efforts with technical insights and customer-facing engagements.
- Advanced degree (PhD or MSc) in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, or related field.
- Experience with AI governance, model explainability, and regulatory compliance.
- Familiarity with composable banking platforms and financial services data.
- Experience working in agile, cross-functional teams in a global, matrixed environment.
- Leadership & Culture Fit
- We're looking for a collaborative, impact-driven leader who thrives in ambiguity and inspires teams to push the boundaries of what's possible with AI in banking.
- Care about partnering with product, engineering, design and sales teams
- Commit to working in agile, cross-functional teams.
- Collaborate to review code, model architectures quickly and effectively.
- Challenge and lead research and prototyping of novel AI techniques.
- Maternity leave: Transition back with 3 days per week in the first month and 4 days per week in the second month
- Civil Partnership: 1 week of paid leave if you're getting married. This covers marriages and civil partnerships, including same sex/civil partnership
- Family care: 4 weeks of paid family care leave
- Recharge days: 4 days per year to use when you need to physically or mentally needed to recharge
- Study leave: 2 weeks of paid leave each year for study or personal development