Christian Dior Senior Manager, Data Science & Data Solutions

Parfums Christian Dior is the prestige beauty division of a globally recognised luxury house, operating within the LVMH group. The business combines runway heritage and haute-couture sensibility with progressive investments in digital, data and client experience to serve a global luxury clientele, with a strong commercial focus in Greater China.

1. Lead PCD China’s data science function: define and align local roadmap with global strategy, and oversee end-to-end development, deployment and maintenance of ML models using Dataiku.
2. Drive PCD’s Generative AI strategy: architect technical foundations, lead development of GenAI solutions, and establish responsible-AI governance and best practices.
3. Partner with Brand and Performance Media teams to embed data-driven insights into media strategies across Tencent, Douyin and RED, improving media efficiency and measurable returns.
4. Own omni-channel data collection, CDP onboarding and client-tag taxonomy: prioritise sources, enable downstream systems and maintain a 360-degree client view for commercial activation.
5. Manage data quality, governance and compliance (including PIPL), coordinating with Legal, Beauty Tech and Security stakeholders.
6. Define and implement data monitoring rules, report data defects, and ensure projects respect timelines and budgets while federating cross-functional stakeholders.

1. Minimum 8 years’ hands-on experience in AI/ML modelling or data innovation roles; prior tenure as a Data Scientist or data lead required.
2. Proven track record in leading cross-functional data projects and driving business impact; experience in Retail, Consumer Goods, Cosmetics or Luxury is strongly preferred.
3. Fluency in Mandarin and English, both written and spoken.
4. Bachelor’s degree or higher in a quantitative, technical or business discipline.
5. Strong commercial orientation, excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, and ability to translate technical work into business outcomes.

1. Dataiku
2. Alibaba Cloud
3. MaxCompute
4. DataPhin
5. Hive
6. SQL
7. Python
8. XGBoost
9. LightGBM
10. RNN
11. LSTM
12. LLM
13. prompt engineering
14. agent workflows
15. CDP
16. PIPL
17. Tencent
18. Douyin
19. RED

At least eight years' relevant experience in AI/ML modelling, data innovation or analytics leadership, with demonstrated delivery of production models and data-driven solutions; prior exposure to retail/consumer or luxury beauty environments and cross-functional program leadership is preferred.

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Statistics, Data Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Economics or a related field.

The workplace reflects a heritage luxury brand’s blend of creativity and commercial rigour, with a strong emphasis on product excellence and client experience. Teams operate in a global, matrixed environment that values innovation in digital and data, cross-functional collaboration and high professional standards.