Senior Decision Scientist

Harnham
Brighton and Hove, UK
7 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Compensation
£80,000.0 - £90,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

A/B Testing Artificial Intelligence Data Analysis Information Engineering Data Presentation Machine Learning Recommender Systems SQL Databases Data Analytics

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing Data & Analytics function at a business that is placing data and AI at the heart of its strategy. As a Senior Decision Scientist, you’ll help shape how data is used to drive commercial decisions, improve product experiences, and influence long-term business outcomes. You’ll join at a pivotal time as the organisation evolves its data capability and scales a high-impact team. The Company They are a fast-growing, product-led technology business operating internationally, with data and AI playing a central role in their future growth. The organisation has invested heavily in building strong data foundations, creating a mature analytics environment and fostering a culture of experimentation and innovation. As they continue to scale, they are transforming their data function from a centralised model into embedded product teams, creating greater proximity between data professionals and business decision-making. The Role As a Senior Decision Scientist, you will work closely with Product Managers, Engineers, Designers and senior stakeholders to identify opportunities, influence strategy and deliver measurable business impact. Key responsibilities include:

  • Understanding complex business and product challenges through data analysis.
  • Identifying, sizing and prioritising commercial opportunities.
  • Conducting product analytics to improve customer experiences and business performance.
  • Defining success metrics and building frameworks for measuring impact.
  • Designing, implementing and analysing A/B tests and experimentation programmes.
  • Supporting product teams with insight-driven decision making.
  • Delivering data storytelling and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
  • Collaborating across analytics, data engineering and data science disciplines.
  • Leveraging AI tools and emerging technologies to enhance analysis and product development.

Projects may include recommendation engines, customer personalisation, checkout optimisation, fraud reduction, financial process improvement, customer segmentation and AI-powered product features.

Requirements

  • Strong experience turning data into commercial recommendations and business outcomes.
  • Experience working within product, digital, e-commerce or technology environments.
  • Strong analytical capability, including SQL and relevant analytical tooling.
  • Experience designing and evaluating experiments, including A/B testing and statistical analysis.
  • Commercially minded with the ability to balance rigour and pace.
  • Comfortable working through ambiguity and solving open-ended business problems.
  • Interest in AI, machine learning and emerging technologies.
  • Ability to communicate complex findings clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Experience with product analytics, opportunity sizing and performance measurement.

Benefits & conditions

  • Significant investment in Data & AI capabilities.
  • Opportunity to help shape a growing team expanding from 10 to approximately 16 people.
  • Dedicated learning and development support.
  • Long-term career progression as the Data & Analytics function continues to scale.
  • Exposure to cutting-edge AI, experimentation and product development initiatives.
  • Collaborative, high-performing and commercially focused culture.

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