Head of Data Science

About the job

Join an Israeli precision oncology company that develops AI-driven tools to predict cancer patients' responses to therapies like immunotherapy.

What You'll Be Doing

You'll lead the company’s data science strategy, driving the development of predictive, biologically grounded AI models that support clinical decision-making.

This role combines scientific leadership, hands-on technical expertise, and cross-functional influence.

Reporting to the CTO, your will shape the long-term data science roadmap, build and mentor a highperforming team, and ensure scientific rigor across all computational activities.

• Define and execute the company’s data science vision, strategy, and multi-year roadmapBuild,

manage, mentor, and develop a team of Data Scientists, including goal setting, performance

evaluation, and professional growth.

• Partner closely with senior management and cross-functional teams (bioinformatics, translational

medicine, product, scientific affairs, commercial) to drive data-driven decision making.

• Establish best practices, methodologies, and quality standards across all data science activities.

Technical & Scientific Ownership

• Lead the development and deployment of advanced machine learning and statistical models to predict cancer patients’ response to treatment.

• Provide technical leadership and oversight for the analysis of clinical, proteomic, and other multi-omics data.

• Guide the design and define workflows for experimentation, validation, and interpretation of

supervised and unsupervised learning models.

• Ensure model robustness, reproducibility, validation, and statistical rigor.

• Collaborate with experts in proteomics, biology and clinic to generate insights into mechanisms of treatment resistance.

• Convert complex analytical results into clear, actionable insights for scientific, clinical, and

management stakeholders.

• Lead documentation of R&D activities in high-quality technical and scientific reports.

Requirements

MSc in quantitative field (Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Bioinformatics, or related).

PhD – an advantage.

Proven experience leading or mentoring professional data science teams.

Strong background in Machine Learning and applied Data Science

Expertise in supervised and unsupervised learning approaches.

Deep understanding of statistics and probability.

Proficiency in Python

Domain Expertise (Advantage)-

• LLMs
• Computational biology
• Biology

Job No. 417941

CV to anni@nisha.co.il