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# Lead Data Scientist

- **Company:** Understanding Recruitment
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Tensorflow, Information Technology
- **Published:** August 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2815104221-lead-data-scientist

## About the Role

* 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

## 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


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