Lead Data Scientist

Salary: £59,000 - 99,000 per year

Requirements

• Strong experience delivering data science solutions in client-facing or consulting environments.
• Advanced capability in Python and or R, with hands-on use of modern machine learning libraries.
• Deep understanding of statistical modelling, experimentation, and model evaluation techniques.
• Experience deploying and operating models on cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Proven ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Experience with Pega Customer Decision Hub and Adaptive Decision Manager in production environments is highly desirable.
• Exposure to real-time decisioning, customer engagement, or personalisation use cases is advantageous.
• Familiarity with MLOps practices and model monitoring frameworks is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of end-to-end data science delivery, from problem definition through to deployment in live environments.
• Design, build, and deploy machine learning models within Pega-based decisioning platforms.
• Lead model development across feature engineering, training, validation, and ongoing performance monitoring.
• Work closely with application and logic developers to embed models into operational decision workflows.
• Develop statistical and machine learning models for personalisation, propensity scoring, and next-best-action use cases.
• Design and run experiments, including A/B testing, to quantify business impact.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to other data scientists.
• Engage confidently with client stakeholders.

Technologies

• AI
• AWS
• Azure
• Cloud
• GCP
• Machine Learning
• Python

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We are a specialist organisation working at the forefront of AI-driven customer engagement. We focus on enabling highly personalised, real-time decisions across digital channels using advanced analytics and machine learning. Our business combines deep domain expertise with strong delivery capability, supporting enterprise clients across multiple sectors. This is a remote role based in England, offering a senior opportunity to combine technical depth with real client impact, with a rate of £450-£480 Outside IR35.

last updated 24 week of 2026