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The Lead Data Scientist will act as a leader, coach and champion for data science, managing teams, setting direction and building organisational capability. The role ensures data science work is technically strong, ethical, scalable and aligned to client and business outcomes. You will work with multidisciplinary teams across data, AI, software engineering, product, QA and delivery to create practical outcomes for clients and end users.
Job Responsibility:
Lead and manage data science teams or workstreams, setting clear direction and delivery priorities
Shape data science strategy, standards and reusable approaches across products, services or programmes
Coach data scientists and multidisciplinary teams in methods, tools, responsible AI and delivery practices
Oversee complex modelling, analytics and machine learning work, ensuring appropriate validation and assurance
Work with senior stakeholders to identify opportunities where data science can create measurable value
Collaborate with product, engineering, architecture and delivery leads to deploy and maintain scalable solutions
Requirements:
Strong leadership experience within data science, analytics, AI or machine learning delivery teams
Broad knowledge of data science techniques, tools, use cases, risks and operational considerations
Ability to set direction, manage priorities and communicate complex technical topics to senior stakeholders
Experience assuring data science outputs, including model quality, ethics, privacy and governance
Strong coaching and mentoring skills with the ability to build capability across teams
Experience working with data engineers and software teams to move solutions from prototype to supported delivery
Nice to have:
Experience with enterprise AI adoption, MLOps, cloud architecture, NLP/LLMs or advanced analytics platforms
Experience managing mixed teams of data scientists, analysts, engineers and product specialists
Experience in client-facing consultancy or public-sector digital transformation