[Hiring] Senior Director Data Science and AI @Cushman & Wakefield

Role Description

The Senior Director, Data Science & AI is a senior technical leader responsible for executing the organization's AI strategy. This role leads a multidisciplinary team of data scientists, ML engineers, and AI practitioners to build, deploy at scale, operate, and govern AI solutions across the enterprise. The Director champions AI innovation across the enterprise — spanning traditional machine learning, generative AI, and agentic systems — while maintaining the operational rigor, governance frameworks, and ethical standards required of a modern AI-driven organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field (Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science, etc.) or a bachelor’s degree with related applied quantitative experience.
• Master's degree in quantitative, arts, or business field preferred.

Requirements

• 6-8 years of progressive experience in data science, AI/ML engineering & data.
• 1+ years of experience with generative AI and Agentic systems.
• At least 4+ years in a people leadership role.
• Demonstrated track record of delivering production AI/ML systems at enterprise scale, from inception through deployment and ongoing operations.
• Hands-on experience with generative AI, large language models, and prompt engineering in an enterprise context.
• Experience building or scaling agentic AI systems.
• Proven experience establishing MLOps/LLMOps practices.
• Background in AI governance, model risk management, or responsible AI frameworks is highly desirable.

Benefits

• Health, vision, and dental insurance.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Health savings accounts.
• Retirement savings plans.
• Life and disability insurance programs.
• Paid and unpaid time away from work.
• Competitive pay, which may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Company Description

Cushman & Wakefield is an Equal Opportunity employer to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.

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