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ML Platform Innovation Lead

Job Req ID: 32199

Posting Date: 2 May 2024

Function: Data & AI

Unit: Digital

Location:

RMZ Ecoworld, Devarabeesanahal, Bengaluru, India

Salary: Competitive

Why this job matters

At BT, we are developing new and exciting propositions for our customers, many of which will tap into the vast amount of data available to us (some of the richest and most exciting in the UK). We are looking for innovative and collaborative people ensure we can deploy those propositions safely and radically.

In particular, we are looking for super-talented people with a passion for developing platforms, tools and services to accelerate data science and to collaborate with data and ML engineers and scientists to enable easy adoption. You’ll be playing a leading role in building innovative products and services for the Data Science community as part of the transformation of a 178 year-old UK brand. You’ll be collaborating with many different teams across BT and be able to demonstrate your impact on generating insights from data.

You could be a key member of BT’s Data & AI business, part of BT’s Digital unit. The diverse team has big growth ambitions centred on building personal, simple and brilliant propositions that are underpinned by Data and AI. If you would like to join us, please get in contact.

We can offer you myriad opportunities to learn and develop, experience a range of careers and expand your network. In particular, training on specific tools and platforms can be provided if necessary.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead the development and management of the Platform roadmap, working with senior colleagues across enterprise architecture, solution architecture, data and AI governance, engineering and data science, identifying gaps and opportunities for new tools and services to enrich the platform given new and emerging requirements

• Lead and prioritise the development of new and improved functionalities for our Data Science Platform(s).

• Own and promote the ‘inner-sourcing’ strategy to make the most of developments and innovations across the organisation

• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture colleagues to explore, test and integrate relevant vendor or open-source capabilities.

• Report on progress and generation of value clearly and succinctly to a wide range of colleagues, in and outside the immediate team.

• Be a subject matter expert across BT for MLOps, with a responsibility for advising other teams to encourage the usage of the platform.

• Contribute to the development of and ensure adherence to relevant frameworks and regulations to ensure safe development of AI applications.

• Support business case development, tendering, budgeting and forecasting processes when required.

• Management, coaching and mentoring of DS Platform specialists.

What we are looking for from you…

• 5-7 years+ leading initiatives in MLOps / Data Science/Software engineering.

• Direct and recent experience of using cloud ML platforms such as Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Vertex AI, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Sagemaker or Microsoft Azure ML Studio.

• Prior experience building ML pipelines, productionising ML solutions, and building products and services to support this.

• Experience of working directly with customers/stakeholders and, potentially, as part of an Agile squad.

• Ability to prioritise competing demands and backlogs based on commercial drivers.

• Team management and coaching, mentoring and career development experience.

• Demonstration of thought leadership through significant contributions to the wider Data Science community.

Our leadership standards

Looking in:

Leading inclusively and Safely

I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity.

Owning outcomes

I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.

Looking out:

Delivering for the customer

I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business.

Commercially savvy

I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making.

Looking to the future:

Growth mindset

I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation.

Building for the future

I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.

About us

BT is part of BT Group, along with EE, Openreach, and Plusnet.

Millions of people rely on us every day to help them live their lives, power their businesses, and keep their public services running. We connect friends to family, clients to colleagues, people to possibilities. We keep the wheels of business spinning, and the emergency services responding.

We value diversity and celebrate difference. ‘We embed diversity and inclusion into everything that we do. It’s fundamental to our purpose: we connect for good.’

We all stick to the same values: Personal, Simple, and Brilliant. From day one, you’ll get stuck in to tough challenges, pitch in with ideas, make things happen. But you won’t be alone: we’ll be there with help and support, learning and development.

This is your chance to make a real difference to the world: to be part of the digital transformation of countless lives and businesses. Grab it.

A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:

Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you’re a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.

DON'T MEET EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT?

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