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Lead Data Scientist
£60,000 - 80,000
Piccadilly Station, Manchester
£60,000 - 80,000
Requirements
Must:
- Proven commercial ML/Data Science delivery with measurable impact
- Experience taking models into production and managing performance over time
- Prior experience leading or mentoring Data Scientists
- Strong Python (pandas, numpy, scikit-learn or similar)
- Strong SQL (complex joins, aggregations, analytical functions)
- Solid grounding in applied statistics, evaluation design, calibration, bias/fairness
- Experience working closely with Engineering/Data teams in production-first environments
- Comfortable operating within regulated industries
- AWS experience (S3, Athena/Glue, IAM, Lambda) (desirable)
- SageMaker or equivalent ML platform experience (desirable)
- Financial services domain knowledge (risk, fraud, affordability, payments) (desirable)
- Experience with model explainability and governance documentation (desirable)
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a growing Data Science team, setting standards and delivery cadence
- Own end-to-end ML solutions - from problem framing and feature engineering to deployment, monitoring, and governance
- Translate business objectives into modelling strategies aligned to risk appetite and operational constraints
- Build and deploy models using Python, SQL, and AWS (SageMaker or equivalent)
- Partner closely with Engineering, Data, and Risk/Financial Crime teams to ensure robust, production-ready solutions
- Establish monitoring frameworks for performance, drift, and retraining
- Drive clear documentation, traceability, and governance appropriate for a regulated environment
Description
We are a fast-growing UK FinTech business serving thousands of customers. We are investing heavily in our data capability and are looking for a Lead Data Scientist to drive end-to-end machine learning delivery within a regulated financial environment. This is a hands-on leadership role combining technical ownership, team development, and production-grade model deployment. Our benefits include a hybrid working model, competitive pension, additional paid leave for birthdays and wellbeing, an employee assistance programme, and a modern collaborative office environment.
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