Lead Data Scientist
On-siteSolihull, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Lead technical direction for data science solutions by guiding modelling approaches, defining standards for experimentation and reproducibility, and providing hands-on leadership from problem framing through deployment and optimisation. Translate business use cases into production-ready systems by partnering with Data Architecture, ML, and Engineering teams to ensure scalability and robustness. Review and challenge technical designs to maintain consistent quality, while mentoring staff on complex challenges and communicating risks to stakeholders. Evaluate new techniques for pragmatic adoption and raise the organisation's overall technical maturity.
Required Qualifications
- Extensive experience delivering production‐grade, commercially impactful data science solutions, gained in a data science or machine learning roles
- Proven experience operating as a senior technical lead, reviewer, or technical sign‐off authority
- Strong experience building ML solutions on cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, or Azure)
- Advanced expertise in Python and SQL
- Deep applied knowledge of machine learning techniques, including regression, classification, clustering, and time‐series forecasting
- Experience supporting production deployment and lifecycle management of ML models
- Strong understanding of data warehousing, data modelling, and modern data architecture
- Excellent communication skills, able to explain technical decisions clearly to non‐technical stakeholders
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with recommender systems or personalisation use cases
- Familiarity with MLOps concepts and production ML practices
- Demonstrated ability to raise technical standards through influence rather than authority
- Experience in an e‐commerce or retail environment
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