Engineering Manager, Applied AI & Data Science

Join The Economist Group, a global media and information-services company. As an Engineering Manager in Applied AI & Data Science, you will lead a multidisciplinary team of AI Engineers, ML Engineers, NLP Engineers, and Data Scientists. You will be responsible for the health, delivery, and growth of the team while remaining a hands-on contributor. Your work will span generative and agentic AI systems, NLP, and predictive models. You will collaborate with product managers, data engineers, and business stakeholders to shape the architecture and implementation of AI systems.

Lead and manage a multidisciplinary team of AI Engineers, ML Engineers, NLP Engineers, and Data Scientists, providing mentorship and career development.

Responsibilities

• Own the delivery of AI and data science projects, including planning, resourcing, prioritization, and delivery in collaboration with product management.
• Contribute directly to the team’s deliverables by building, prototyping, reviewing code and models, and stepping into implementation when necessary.