Chief Data Scientist

Chief Data Scientist role with a tech company in the delivery space, aiming to disrupt the market by dramatically lowering the cost of fulfilment by 30%. Lower costs can then be passed to customers.

Delivery drivers currently experience high idle time; on average, drivers spend about 25% of their day in dead time. The role focuses on building sophisticated routing and pricing optimisation algorithms to address this challenge and capture market share in a global $500 billion delivery market.

• Lead and build a high-performing data science team to design and deploy routing and pricing optimisation algorithms.
• Drive measurable business value by reducing fulfilment costs and improving driver utilisation.
• Collaborate with product, operations and engineering to translate data insights into practical solutions in a competitive market.
• Own the technical roadmap and ensure delivery of scalable, robust models and systems.
• Navigate a fast-paced, competitive landscape where several players are pursuing similar goals.

• Proven experience leading data science or analytics teams.
• Strong track record in building and deploying routing and pricing optimisation algorithms.
• Ability to work across business functions to deliver tangible impact.

If you have the experience to do the job, we’ll likely have reached out to you. If not, you can still express interest.