Data Science Lead

Limassol, Cyprus

Full-time

On-site

Relocation support

Near the sea

Description

Mayflower is looking for a Data Science Lead to lead its Data Science team in Limassol, Cyprus. The company builds high-load products used by millions of people worldwide and applies machine learning across recommendations, search, trust & safety, content understanding and other core product areas.

The position combines people management, technical leadership, stakeholder collaboration and hands-on work on key machine learning initiatives.

What you’ll do

• Lead and develop a high-performing Data Science team • Set priorities, ownership and technical standards across the team • Establish best practices for experimentation, model development, validation and reproducibility • Work closely with Product, Backend Engineering and MLOps teams • Improve the ML lifecycle from prototyping and experimentation to production and monitoring • Contribute directly to recommendation systems, personalization, search, trust & safety and content understanding • Define appropriate success metrics and identify where machine learning can deliver measurable product impact • Support complex technical decisions and review models and experiments

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in Data Science or Applied Machine Learning • Previous experience in a Senior or Lead role • Experience managing a Data Science team • Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills • Strong understanding of modern machine learning methods • Strong Python and ML stack experience • Experience with experimentation and A/B testing • Ability to combine technical leadership with people management

What they offer

• EU-based employment contract • 3-year Cyprus work visa • Full support with visa and relocation processes for you and your family • Flights to Limassol for you and your family • Company-paid apartment for the first month • Private medical insurance for you and your family • 50% coverage of school and kindergarten fees • Provident fund after probation • Performance reviews twice a year with bonus and salary adjustment opportunities • Sports and well-being benefits • Language courses, conferences, training and coaching • Free breakfast and lunch at the Limassol office