Lead Data Scientist
Understanding Recruitment
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
3 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Experience level
Senior Compensation
£ 150KJob location
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
Tech stack
Artificial Intelligence
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Python
Machine Learning
Information Technology
Job description
- Set the data science strategy across multiple biomedical R&D programmes
- Lead, mentor, and grow a multidisciplinary team spanning data science, ML engineering, and bioinformatics
- Architect scalable pipelines and deploy ML models across genomic, proteomic, imaging, and clinical datasets
- Represent the organisation at top scientific and AI conferences, elevating its presence in the biomedical AI community
Requirements
- Strong academic foundation in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Data Science, or related field (PhD strongly preferred)
- Proven leadership experience in data science within life sciences, biotech, pharma, or biomedical research
- Deep understanding of machine learning methods and their application to biological data
- Expert-level skills in Python and modern ML frameworks
- Exceptional communication and leadership abilities across scientific and technical teams
Benefits & conditions
- Directly influence how machine learning accelerates discovery and improves patient outcomes
- Collaborate with world-class scientists, engineers, and research institutions
- Senior-level compensation (up to £150k + meaningful equity)
- Hybrid model with four days weekly in their London HQ to support close collaboration and rapid progress
If you're a data science leader with deep biomedical expertise and the ambition to push the boundaries of AI in human health, this is a rare opportunity to shape the future of biomedical discovery.