Head of Data Science

Yottar
London
7 months ago
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Salary:£90,000 - 120,000 (including share options)



About Yottar:

Yottar is a startup that is dedicated to addressing the most strategic uses for machine learning to accelerate the transition to net zero electricity.


We are focussed on a discrete but pivotal bottleneck to the transition to net zero electricity - helping clean energy asset developers understand how and where they can connect to the electricity networks.


Our approach is to ship fast, build iteratively, and talk to prospective users as much as possible.


About our mission:

Yottar is building a digital twin of electricity grids and applying machine learning on top to optimise the siting and design of energy assets.


Grid congestion has emerged as the single biggest bottleneck to the development of zero emission energy systems and all energy asset developers from solar farm developers, battery storage, EV charging and commercial and industrial demand developers, are struggling to get grid connections that don’t require expensive upgrades resulting in lengthy project delays.


However the challenge is not uniform geographically because the potential to connect to the electricity network varies according to the capacity of local grid infrastructure to deal with new connections.


Our platform will provide optimised recommendations for energy asset developers on where they should site, and how they should design assets according to what is possible on the grid.



Team​

You will join a foundational team focussed on rapidly building and scaling Yottar. You will play a leading role in building and shaping the platform and team. You will report to the CEO.


Responsibilities:

  • Deliver core elements of the Yottar platform:
  • Build automated forecasts of load, generation and headroom at different geographical locations
  • Build automated estimates of grid upgrade costs and timelines
  • Build systems that create automated curtailment forecasts.
  • Support the development of robust data pipelines
  • Develop additional elements of the platform as required in response to user feedback
  • Recruit, manage and lead an elite team of data scientists.


What Success Looks Like

We are looking for someone who wants to take ownership of delivering core data elements of the Yottar platform. This person will have the technical skills required to build the initial versions of our core data offerings, the ability to recruit, lead and manage an elite group of data scientists, and the product instincts required to make the product a success.



Qualifications and skills:

  • Passionate about using your skills to accelerate the transition to net zero
  • 4+ years professional experience as a data scientist, with some experience in the energy sector (experience working on electricity networks is ideal but not required)
  • Start-up mindset: relentlessly resourceful, solutions orientated, keen to move quickly, keen to learn how to do things you can’t do currently, and willingness to adapt to changing organisational needs
  • Degree in computer science or similar technical subject
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Exceptional organisational skills with attention to detail, a sense of urgency and a drive to get stuff done.

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Values

Yottar is a values-led company. We hold the following values as being especially important in delivering our mission:

  • Impact and speed: We are in a climate crisis. We need to be highly focussed on work that can have the most impact. This means thinking big, being focussed and shipping rapidly.
  • Think differently: We need to innovate in order to accelerate the transition to net zero. We need to be continuously seeking new and better ways of doing things.
  • Obsessive user focus: Impact comes from listening carefully to those experiencing the challenges we are seeking to address, and rapidly building solutions to help them.
  • Kindness: how we do things intrinsically impacts the outcome of our work. We seek to create an internal culture and external reach based on collaboration, inclusivity and kindness.

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Benefits:

  • 25 days of paid time off, plus UK bank holidays.
  • Paid maternity, paternity, adoption, or shared parental leave.
  • Personal learning budget of up to £500 a year, plus further role-specific training budget.
  • 5% pension matching.
  • Share options: We offer attractive share options to our employees.


Equal Opportunities

Yottar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

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