Lead Data Scientist
Capgemini
San Francisco, CA · $109k–$197k a year · Posted November 3, 2026
Just laid off? Start here: a plan for the first weeks
See every open role at Capgemini
More in California job market · All Lead Data Scientist jobs (164) · Professional Services & Consulting · Data & Analytics jobs
Similar jobs
- Senior Machine Learning Scientist - Personalization · Expedia Group · San Jose, CA
- Senior Data Analyst · Circle Internet Group · San Francisco, CA
- Senior Data Scientist · Circle Internet Group · San Francisco, CA
- Senior Data Analyst, Analytics Insights - Studios and CoD Live Services · Activision Blizzard · Santa Monica, CA
- Senior Data Analyst · Cardless · San Francisco, CA
- Staff Applied Scientist, Reinforcement Learning · Hippocratic AI · Menlo Park, CA
Where San Francisco, CA ranks
Where San Francisco, CA placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #1Best cities for security jobs316 openings · of 20
- #1Best cities for technology jobs7,178 openings · of 100
- #1Best cities for financial services pay after cost of living$173k · of 33
- #1Best cities for entry-level jobs that want AI skills35% · of 100
- #1Best cities for entry-level jobs that want AI skills in the West Coast35% · of 54
- #1Cities with the most jobs that do not need a four-year degree in the West Coast902 jobs · of 47
Rankings about data & analytics jobs
- Best cities for data and analytics jobs #1 New York (1,713 openings)
- Best cities for data and analytics pay after cost of living #1 Foster ($232k)
- Most requested AI skills in data and analytics jobs #1 Machine learning engineering (17.1%)
- AI tools named most often in data and analytics jobs #1 Databricks (7.6%)
- Employers with the most data and analytics jobs #1 Amazon (711 roles)
Data & Analytics jobs · Top Data & Analytics employers · All rankings
Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $153,180 a year. Across 57 open lead data scientist listings that state pay, the middle half runs $156,500 to $185,500 and the median is $172,000. That is 11% below the median, below the middle half of those listings.
Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.
How AI is used in this kind of work
Among data scientists, AI is already used for a large share of the tasks. Measured exposure for data scientists: 46% (high).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
About the job
...Lead Data ScientistChoosing Capgemini means choosing a company where you will be empowered to shape your career in the way you'd like, where you'll be supported and inspired by a collaborative community of colleagues around the world, and where you'll be able to reimagine...