Lead Data Scientist
Harnham
Leicester, United Kingdom
5 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
£ 75KJob location
Leicester, United Kingdom
Tech stack
Computer Programming
Customer Data Management
Python
Machine Learning
Recommender Systems
TensorFlow
SQL Databases
PyTorch
Build Management
Job description
- Lead the end-to-end development, deployment, and optimisation of data science projects in a production environment
- Design and build advanced machine learning models using customer data, including churn prediction, customer segmentation, and recommendation systems
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to data scientists, setting best practices and raising overall capability
- Collaborate closely with stakeholders across the business, from C-suite executives to junior team members, translating complex technical concepts into clear, actionable insights
- Help shape the data science roadmap and contribute to strategic decision-making within the organisation
Requirements
This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll combine deep technical expertise with the ability to guide teams and influence senior stakeholders., * 4+ years' commercial experience working as a Data Scientist
- Strong programming skills in Python and SQL, with hands-on experience using PyTorch and TensorFlow
- Proven experience working on customer-focused or personalisation-driven data science problems (e.g. churn, recommendations, segmentation)
- Excellent communication skills, with the confidence to engage and influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience leading projects or providing technical direction to others (formal leadership not essential)
Skills
- LTV
- Python
- SQL
- Churn
- Recommenders