Our client is seeking a Head of Data Science to lead their dynamic team in London. This role offers an exciting opportunity to support the mission of helping members live happier, healthier lives through data-driven insights. The successful candidate will work closely with stakeholders across the business, identifying high-value data science projects aligned with organisational priorities. You'll be instrumental in driving the adoption of advanced Machine Learning Ops capabilities on a new Google Cloud-based platform, and ensuring its seamless integration into existing infrastructure.
What you'll do:
* Contribute significantly to the data science roadmap, setting out project priorities into the medium-term
* Drive roadmap projects through to successful deployment and demonstrate their impact on the business bottom line
* Build and manage relationships with a wide range of stakeholders across Health and Life businesses as well as operational support functions and IT delivery teams
* Monitor and manage live models, taking initiative to refit and calibrate to latest experience
* Work closely with data warehousing and data engineering teams to ensure access to necessary data for current and future projects
* Manage data science team members, ensuring alignment with departmental and business-wide vision and strategies
* Gain a deep understanding of the company's data assets to inform project identification and selection
* Draft and present reports to senior management on project performance
What you bring:
* Proven experience developing and deploying impactful machine learning applications in a commercial environment
* Experience leading a high-performing data science team
* Experience developing and deploying models in a cloud-based environment
* Strong communication skills, able to communicate at all levels of the organisation, across technical and non-technical audiences
* Proven experience identifying high-impact projects, building a business case for those projects, and getting buy-in for their delivery
* Good appreciation of software engineering best practices
* Fluency in Python and SQL
About the job
Contract Type: FULL_TIME
Specialism: Information Technology
Focus: Data Science & AI Research
Workplace Type: Hybrid
Experience Level: Mid Management
Location: London
Salary: £100,000 - £110,000 per annum + 16%
Job Reference: 0G8O1V-4B20FECF
Date posted: 27 January 2025
Consultant: Joshka Van Der Walt
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