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title: "Manager Data Scientist – AI – Talabat"
url: https://get9to5jobs.com/job/manager-data-scientist-ai-talabat/
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company: "Talabat"
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location: "Dubai"
employment_type: "full_time"
date_posted: 2026-10-01
valid_through: "2026-10-31"
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# Manager Data Scientist – AI – Talabat

Talabat, the leading on-demand food and q-commerce app in the region, is hiring a Manager-level Data Scientist focused on AI, a senior technical role responsible for building and guiding machine learning and AI work that feeds directly into how the platform operates, from how orders are matched and routed to how the broader delivery experience gets optimized at scale.

The role combines hands-on data science leadership with people management, guiding a team’s technical approach to modeling and AI problems, while staying close enough to the detail to make sound calls on methodology, data quality, and what’s actually feasible to ship. Because Talabat operates at genuinely large scale across multiple markets, the AI and data science problems here are rarely academic, they need to work reliably against real, messy, high-volume operational data.

This suits an experienced data scientist who’s ready to lead a team as well as solve hard technical problems personally, comfortable translating ambiguous business questions into well-scoped modeling work, and genuinely energized by applying AI to real operational problems rather than purely research-style work. People who thrive in this kind of role combine strong technical depth with the communication skills to bring non-technical stakeholders along.

## Requirements

- Strong background in data science, machine learning, or applied AI, with a degree in a quantitative field

- Proven experience leading or managing a data science or machine learning team

- Track record of shipping machine learning models into real, high-volume production systems

- Strong Python and SQL skills, with experience in common ML frameworks

- Ability to translate ambiguous business problems into well-scoped technical work

- Excellent communication skills for working with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

## Suggested Resume Keywords

data science, machine learning, applied AI, team leadership, Python, SQL, production ML systems, demand forecasting, Talabat, Delivery Hero, q-commerce, model deployment

## About Talabat

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