Data Science Manager/ Lead (Agentic AI/ Retail) 1-year contract

Argyll Scott ·www.argyllscott.com

Location Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Salary HKD 60,000 / year
Type Full time
Level Lead
Source Shazamme
Technology
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Key Responsibilities

  • Help define the AI and data science strategy, identifying opportunities that deliver measurable business value.
  • Engage business stakeholders to understand their needs and translate them into practical analytics and AI use cases.
  • Lead the development and prioritisation of a data science roadmap, balancing business impact, feasibility and delivery requirements.
  • Guide data scientists and review analytical approaches, models and Python code to maintain technical quality.
  • Explain findings, model capabilities and limitations in clear business language to support decision-making and adoption.
  • Oversee initiatives including agentic tools supporting trading decisions, demand forecasting and other retail analytics applications.
  • Help shape an agentic AI platform built on the enterprise data warehouse, enabling multiple business units to perform analysis and develop new use cases.
  • Partner with ML engineering and data teams to move solutions into production and evaluate their business impact.

Requirements

  • Strong experience in data science, with a solid foundation in machine learning and statistics.
  • Experience leading data science projects and providing technical guidance to other practitioners.
  • Strong commercial awareness and the ability to understand how business teams operate and make decisions.
  • Proven ability to engage stakeholders, define business problems and communicate the value of data science solutions.
  • Understanding of LLMs and agentic AI, including their practical applications and limitations.
  • Strong Python skills and sufficient technical depth to review code, challenge approaches and guide delivery.
  • Comfortable combining strategic oversight with selective hands-on involvement.
  • Retail experience would be advantageous, although candidates from other industries are welcome.
  • Consulting experience would be particularly relevant.

Argyll Scott Asia is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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