Team Lead Data Science (f/m) 80-100%

Your tasks:

• Lead and develop a team of data scientists, fostering a culture of curiosity, collaboration, and impact
• Design and implement new data products to support content personalization, audience segmentation, and churn prediction
• Oversee end-to-end model lifecycle - from ideation and experimentation to deployment and monitoring
• Collaborate closely with Product, Editorial and Marketing teams to translate business objectives into data-driven solutions
• Carrying out more complex analyses including preparation and presentation of the results
• Promote best practices in data science, including code quality, experimentation, and reproducibility
• Contribute to the broader data strategy, helping shape the evolution of NZZ's data and AI capabilities

Your profile:

• Master's degree in a quantitative discipline (computer science, mathematics, statistics, physics, etc.)
• 5+ years of experience in data science, with at least 2 years in a leadership or mentoring role
• Strong theoretical and practical know-how in statistics, machine learning and natural language processing
• Excellent understanding of experimental design, A/B testing, and data-driven decision-making
• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including Vertex AI
• Strong programming skills in Python and SQL
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work cross-functionally with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Must have: very good knowledge of English, nice to have: knowledge of German

We offer:

• Challenging and diverse activities in an interdisciplinary task field with a high level of autonomy and the possibility to contribute to the digital transformation of one of the best-known media brands in the German speaking area.
• Premium working environment: central location with offices «at Bellevue» in the heart of Zurich – with a view to the opera house and the lake - with a large selection of shopping opportunities and restaurants in walking distance.
• Flexible working hours and home office is part of our culture.

Isabelle Liechti, HR Business Partner
+41 44 258 17 09