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Lead Data Scientist

City of London
2 weeks ago
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A small and rapidly growing Consultancy are looking for a Lead Data Scientist to join their expanding team - this is a hybrid role, requiring around 2-3 days per week either in the office or on client site, depending on requirements.

Many of their clients are in the Public Sector, meaning you must be eligible for SC Clearance in order to apply for this role.

In this role, you will lead on client projects and provide them with subject matter expertise - you'll proactively identify opportunities for data science to be used to help solve their unique challenges, and will action this appropriately.

This will involve working with varied data sources, and designing and implementing various data science and machine learning techniques and algorithms, both on-premises and on the cloud, depending on what's best for each particular client.

You'll communicate your findings and insight to the client, getting involved in presentations to uncover the "story" the data is telling, and therefore what action can be taken.

This role would be well-suited to someone who has experience (or is keen to get experience) in a client-facing environment, and who enjoys the challenge of working on technically demanding and diverse projects.

Requirements

Experience leading on data science projects
Experience working on cloud-based infrastructure e.g. Azure, AWS, GCP
Extensive coding skills in languages such as Python and SQL
Experience working with various forms of data (e.g. structured, unstructured; text, time-series and image) and appropriately modelling these
Experience with various statistical-based techniques to uncover data insight
Some experience with Data Engineering e.g. building data pipelines
Experience developing machine learning algorithms
Excellent communication and requirements gathering skills
Eligibility for SC ClearanceBenefits

Salary up to £75,000 depending on experience
Discretionary bonus
5% pension
Training budget allowance
Flexible working hours

Please Note: This is a permanent role for UK residents only. This role does not offer Sponsorship. You must have the right to work in the UK with no restrictions. Some of our roles may be subject to successful background checks including a DBS and Credit Check.

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