Lead Data Scientist DDAI

• Sydney Melbourne or Brisbane Location.
• Hybrid working arrangement.
• Key leadership opportunity!

Create better futures with responsible use of GenAI!

Join Westpacs centralised DDAI team and help shape how Generative AI and advanced ML create real customer and colleague impact across the bank. Youll build and deploy production-grade solutions end-to-end influence best practice and help grow a Data Science Centre of Excellencesetting the standard for responsible scalable AI.

If youre a seasoned Data Scientist who can translate ambiguity into measurable value lead delivery and bring others along on the journeythis is your seat at the table.

How will I help

As a Lead Data Scientist in Group AI Services youll work across the Business and Wealth Division to deliver high-quality innovative customer-centric data science outcomes. Youll partner with stakeholders and technologists to shape requirements develop models deploy AI solutions and showcase the value of data sciencedriving adoption and building data literacy.

Youll also play a key role in strengthening our data science practices standards and ways of working while helping scale GenAI capability across Westpac specifically in the Business and Wealth Division.

What youll be doing (high impact end-to-end)

• Build and deploy end-to-end ML and GenAI solutions (including LLMs / generative models) to solve complex business problems.
• Lead projects from discovery through to deliveryimproving ways of working and influencing team direction.
• Partner closely with business and technology stakeholders to define requirements and deliver outcomes.
• Communicate complex concepts clearly to increase understanding trust and adoption of AI.
• Contribute to best practices standards and guidelines that enable safe and consistent ML delivery.
• Act as the technical Data Science Lead for GenAI and ML use casesacross the Business and Wealth Division.
• Mentor and guide junior team members and promote engineering-quality AI development and potentially manage a small team of Data Scientists
• Stay current with emerging research and contribute to academic/industry publications where relevant.

What do I need (Senior/Lead Capability)

Were looking for depth pragmatism and leadershipsomeone who can build ship and uplift:

• Significant experience delivering and deploying both ML and GenAI solutions with measurable outcomes.
• Strong hands-on capability in deep learning / generative models (reinforcement learning experience desirable).
• Solid experience with ML and Agentic frameworks such as TensorFlow PyTorch Keras AutoGen LangChain or LlamaIndex etc. and strong Python engineering
• Expertise in one or more of: NLP / LLMs / GenAI or Computer Vision; plus tools such as Microsoft AI Services (e.g. audio-to-text text mining image recognition) and/or OpenAI capabilities.
• Experience working with Azure platforms preferable.
• Strong stakeholder engagement: you can translate business needs into robust responsible solutions.
• Demonstrated leadershipmentoring guiding delivery and lifting team practice.

Why join us

Were obsessed with becoming our customers #1 banking partner for life and were looking for people who are enthusiastic about helping us achieve that return were committed to making Westpac the best place to work in the country. Here are just a few of the ways were already doing that:

• Exclusive offers on banking products and discounts from top brands including generous employee-only mortgage rates!
• Flexible work arrangements to help you achieve a greater work/life balance and a variety of leave options including Culture Lifestyle and Wellbeing leave.
• Tailored learning and development opportunities to help your grow your career within the bank.
• Lots of opportunities to give back to the Community by getting involved in our many volunteering initiatives.

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Were all about creating a supportive and inclusive community. We welcome everyone no matter your age gender background or abilities. We also provide additional support to welcome our veterans Indigenous Australians and neurodiverse community.

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