Description :

Head of Data Science

Cambridge Layout - Work from Office - Reporting to Role :

Were looking for someone who thinks like the CEO of our data science vertical not a manager of models, but an owner of outcomes. You will decide what gets built, how fast it ships, and whether it actually moves a business forward.

GeoIQ helps Indias largest retail brands answer questions that matter: will this location work Will rent here go up Which micro-markets should we enter next Our models run on one of the richest datasets in Indian retail and there are hundreds of product ideas sitting in that data waiting to be unlocked.

This Role Owns All Of That. Youll Lead a 10-person Team Of Data Scientists And Analysts, Sit Across The Table From Indias Largest Retail CEOs And CXOs, And Work Directly With Our Founders. The Expectation Is Its Impact, Not Youll Own :

The end-to-end data science function i.e. modelling, quality, delivery, roadmap
GeoIQs core models span satellite imagery analysis, mobility data, hundreds of public data sources, and location intelligence. These are hard problems. Some need sophisticated models; some need sharper thinking. Youll need both.
Client outcomes : understanding a business problem deeply, building a solution that works, and making sure it scales across clients, geographies, and use cases.
Cross-functional execution with Product and Engineering to ship products.
Sales support : helping the commercial team win deals with data-backed pitches
Defining what gets built next, we have strong foundations and an expanding surface area of problems worth We Work :

We have been using AI in production pipelines for years as a core part of how our models and workflows are built. We move fast, we rebuild things when a better approach exists, and we hold ourselves to the standard of shipping work that is actually useful, and not just technically interesting.

This Role Sits At The Centre Of That. We Are Not Looking For Someone Who Manages a Team That Produces Analyses. We Are Looking For Someone Who Takes Full Ownership Of Outcomes, Who Sees a Problem And Drives It To a Solution, Regardless Of Where The Blockers You Are :

8- 12 years in data science or applied ML - strong fundamentals across modelling,feature engineering, and problem formulation
Track record of taking hard, ambiguous problems and turning them into robust, scalable solutions that drove real decisions
Comfortable in client rooms - you can discuss a complex geospatial or imagery-based model with a retail CFO without losing the thread
Experience leading a data team - the quality of ownership you built in it matters more than its size
Exposure to geospatial, satellite, or mobility data is a strong plus
You find ambiguity energising, not Stack :

We care about how you think, not which tools youve used. That said, our environment broadly involves:

Python - SQL - Geospatial Tooling - Satellite Imagery Processing - ML / Statistical Modelling - Data Visualisation - LLM / AI Tooling - Cloud This, Why Now :

Backed by Lenskart with access to proprietary data and scale that most analytics companies cannot match
Direct line to founders where decisions happen fast and context is never second-hand
Real, tangible problems: your work influences where brands open stores, where investors put capital, and how retail expands across India
We have built strong foundations. The opportunity ahead - new data sources, new product lines, new markets - is larger than what we have tackled so far
High-visibility client base: Indias largest retail chains, institutional investors, and senior CXOs

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GeoIQ - Head of Data Science