AI & GenAI Data Scientist - Manager

Position Overview

At PwC, our people in data and analytics focus on leveraging data to drive insights and make informed business decisions. They utilise advanced analytics techniques to help clients optimise their operations and achieve their strategic goals. In data analysis at PwC, you will focus on utilising advanced analytical techniques to extract insights from large datasets and drive data-driven decision-making. You will leverage skills in data manipulation, visualisation, and statistical modelling to support clients in solving complex business problems.

Enhancing your leadership style, you motivate, develop and inspire others to deliver quality. You are responsible for coaching, leveraging team member’s unique strengths, and managing performance to deliver on client expectations. With your growing knowledge of how business works, you play an important role in identifying opportunities that contribute to the success of our Firm. You are expected to lead with integrity and authenticity, articulating our purpose and values in a meaningful way. You embrace technology and innovation to enhance your delivery and encourage others to do the same.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyse and identify the linkages and interactions between the component parts of an entire system.
• Take ownership of projects, ensuring their successful planning, budgeting, execution, and completion.
• Partner with team leadership to ensure collective ownership of quality, timelines, and deliverables.
• Develop skills outside your comfort zone, and encourage others to do the same.
• Effectively mentor others and use the review of work as an opportunity to deepen team expertise.
• Address conflicts or issues, engaging in difficult conversations with clients, team members, and other stakeholders, escalating when appropriate.
• Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards, the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.
• Manage development teams in building AI and GenAI solutions including analytical modeling, prompt engineering, Python programming, testing, front-end and back-end integration, and iterative client development.
• Document and analyse business processes for AI/GenAI opportunities including requirement gathering, hypothesis creation, and solution development.
• Collaborate with client teams to understand business problems and select appropriate models and approaches for AI/GenAI use cases.
• Design and create AI/GenAI architectures for plugin-based solutions and custom application builds.
• Manage teams to process unstructured and structured data for LLMs, including embedding, generative SQL development, and building connectors to databases.
• Oversee daily operations of a global data and analytics team on client engagements, review models, provide feedback, and assist in analysis.
• Direct data engineers and data scientists to deliver efficient solutions meeting client requirements.
• Lead and contribute to the development of proofs of concept, pilots, and production use cases while working in cross-functional teams.
• Facilitate executive level presentations to showcase GenAI solutions, progress, and next steps.
• Structure, write, communicate, and facilitate client presentations.
• Manage associates and senior associates through coaching, feedback, and guidance on work performance.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• Minimum 7 year(s) of relevant experience
• Experience managing GenAI application development teams including back-end and front-end integrations
• Proficiency in Python (e.g., Pandas, NLTK, Scikit-learn, Keras), common LLM frameworks (e.g., Langchain, Semantic Kernel), relational (SQL) and non-relational (NoSQL) storage
• Experience with analytical techniques such as Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Optimization
• Expertise in vectorization, embedding, prompt engineering, and RAG (retrieval, augmented, generation) workflow development
• Understanding or hands-on experience with Azure, AWS, and/or Google Cloud platforms
• Familiarity with Git Version Control, Unit/Integration/End-to-End Testing, CI/CD, and release management

Benefits & Perks

• Compensation: The salary range for this position is $99,000 - $232,000, plus eligibility for an annual discretionary bonus. For roles based in Maryland, this is the listed range. Actual compensation will depend on your skills, experience, qualifications, location, and applicable employment laws.
• PwC offers a wide range of benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, and personal & family sick leave. For more details, please visit Benefits at a Glance.