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To design, develop, implement, and support mathematical, statistical, and machine learning models and analytics used in business decision-making
Job Responsibility:
Lead the UK Financial Crime ML portfolio, setting technical direction and ensuring high-quality, scalable model delivery across fraud and transaction monitoring use cases
Drive end-to-end model lifecycle ownership — from data exploration and feature engineering to deployment, monitoring, and performance optimisation
Provide hands-on technical leadership, reviewing Python code, model design, distributed computing approaches, and architectural decisions
Manage and develop a team of data scientists, setting standards for technical excellence, delivery discipline, and stakeholder engagement
Engage senior stakeholders (1LOD, Compliance, Control Owners, Technology) to prioritise initiatives, resolve competing demands, and ensure regulatory alignment
Design analytics and modelling solutions to complex business problems using domain expertise
Collaboration with technology to specify any dependencies required for analytical solutions
Development of high performing, comprehensively documented analytics and modelling solutions
Implementation of analytics and models in accurate, stable, well-tested software and work with technology to operationalise them
Provision of ongoing support for the continued effectiveness of analytics and modelling solutions to users
Demonstrate conformance to all Barclays Enterprise Risk Management Policies, particularly Model Risk Policy
Ensure all development activities are undertaken within the defined control environment
Requirements:
Extensive experience building and deploying machine learning models in production
Strong hands-on Python capability
Experience with distributed computing frameworks (e.g., Spark or similar) and scalable data processing environments
Exposure to cloud-based platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP or Databricks) and modern ML/MLOps practices
Proven track record managing and growing high-performing data science teams, including technical mentoring and delivery accountability
Strong stakeholder management skills, able to operate in complex, regulated environments
Experience in Financial Crime or related risk domains is advantageous