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Head of Data Science
£100,000 - 100,000
THE IDOLS GROUP LIMITED
Silver Street, Manchester
£100,000 - 100,000
Requirements
Must:
I am looking for someone with proven leadership experience in data science or machine learning, ideally within product-led or consumer-facing organizations. You should have a strong background in building and deploying machine learning models at scale in production environments. Additionally, you must possess the ability to structure and lead embedded data science teams, effectively partnering with senior stakeholders across multiple domains. Hands-on technical expertise with tools such as Databricks, Python, Spark, and GCP/BigQuery is essential. An engineering mindset and experience in moving teams toward machine learning engineering best practices are also required. Lastly, you should have the credibility to lead long-tenured individual contributors while providing direction, mentorship, and career development.
Responsibilities
As the Head of Data Science, you will lead a growing team of six scientists embedded across product and functional teams. You will be responsible for setting the technical direction and ensuring alignment with company-wide OKRs. Your role will involve driving the transition towards machine learning engineering, championing end-to-end model ownership from research through to deployment in production. Furthermore, you will shape the data science strategy, support the career growth of talented scientists, and deliver measurable impact across various areas such as search, pricing, personalization, vouchers, marketing, operations, and finance.
Description
This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a high-growth business that is scaling its data function to the next level. Data scientists at our company have traditionally combined reporting with predictive modeling, but we are now creating a dedicated leadership role to bring focus, structure, and engineering rigor to the discipline. If you are looking for a new challenge, we invite you to submit your CV for an initial screening and more details.
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