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# Principal Data Scientist

- **Company:** BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Salary:** $78,000 - $84,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Big Data, Computer Programming, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Standard Sql, Information Technology, Data Management
- **Published:** October 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://arc.dev/remote-jobs/j/redirect/ps07w70rdn

## About the Role

* Strong experience in a data science or closely related role.
 * A degree in mathematics, statistics, computer science or related field.
 * A background working in media, customer research or related area.
 * A hands-on approach to problem solving, from understanding the impact down to mathematical details.
 * Excellent programming skills with Python.
 * Good working knowledge of SQL and experience querying large datasets.
 * Experience building machine learning models and deploying them into production.
 * Experience shaping projects and translating vague business problems into practical solutions.
 * Experience interacting with senior stakeholders and leading technical workstreams.

## Description

The way BBC Studios operates has changed significantly over the last 5 years. It has moved into new areas of business and alongside that has developed the data capabilities required to support a modern organisation. We have built a successful data science team and are looking for a principal data scientist to join us, working across the different BBC Studios' lines of business., * Lead data science projects across our different lines of business. For commercial News, it might be automated decision-making to chose between subscription prompts and adverts, or for TV commissioning it could be developing synthetic audiences as an alternative to traditional surveys.

 * Drive Studios' capabilities to power data driven decision making, including automated tagging and other metadata focussed solutions to enhace discoverability and recommendations.
 * Provide technical leadership in defining problem statements, and selecting the most appropriate algorithmic approaches and data sources.
 * Own the end-to-end delivery of data science projects, from ideation and proof of concept through to production.
 * Collaborate closely with stakeholders across the business, clearly communicating insights, impact, and recommendations.
 * Keep up to date with latest development in generative AI and apply where appropriate.