Senior Data Scientist
Data & Analytics
Fixed Term - Full Time
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, GB, NE991RN
BBC PUBLIC SERVICE B'CAST
Job Closing Date: 25/11/2024
THE ROLE
Job Reference: Req no 19738
Band: D
SDD24
Salary: £49,500 - £72,900 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.
Contract type: 10 Month Fixed Term Contract
Location: Office Base is Newcastle, This is a hybrid role and the successful candidate will balance office working with home working.
We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application.
Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
Benefits - We offer a negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process please contact reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk.
Job Introduction
The BBC has been serving audiences online for more than 20 years. We are making the shift from being a broadcaster that speaks to our audiences to becoming a service that is directly shaped by them. We are creating personalised content, products and services that bring the right content, to the right people, at the right time: a personalised BBC.
At the BBC we see data science as fundamental on that journey. We use data and machine learning to enrich our content, improve journalist workflows and power personalised experiences for millions of audience members.
To help drive this effort, we’re looking for a Senior Data Scientist to join the Content Discovery (Search) team as a 10-month fixed-term contract parental leave cover position. The successful candidate will provide technical expertise to this team across several exciting projects, including developing end-to-end data science products improving the relevance of our search engine results.
Interview Process
There is a 2-stage process:
* Hiring manager screening call covering role background and candidate motivations for applying (external applicants only).
* 1.5 hour panel interview including a technical presentation from the candidate and role relevant competency based questions.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
As a Senior Data Scientist, you will work hands-on to deliver value to BBC audiences by developing data science products at scale. We are looking for ‘T-shaped’ individuals, combining a breadth of knowledge with deep specialism in one or two areas.
You will be a senior contributor in a cross-functional team to build machine learning products to improve the quality of search experience across the BBC and to create a data-driven culture within the team.
Senior Data Scientists at the BBC are expected to have an impact both within their immediate team and across the wider BBC data science community, shaping technical direction, culture and ways of working.
Knowledge, Skills, Training & Experience
* Extensive hands-on experience in data science and machine learning.
* Strong coding skills in Python.
* Proven track record contributing to technical machine learning projects.
* Ability to clearly communicate to both technical and non-technical audiences.
* Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team.
* Cloud services, ideally AWS.
* MLOps, e.g. model deployment, versioning and monitoring.
* Experience working on ML projects from inception to delivery, working with engineers to put models into production.
* Knowledge and understanding of best practices such as testing, code management and deployment.
* Working with large language models.
* Mentorship of more junior colleagues.
You are encouraged to apply even if you don’t meet every one of the criteria above! You’ll find above some of the skills and experience we expect from a Senior Data Scientist.
About the BBC
The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants.
Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.
We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.
DISCLAIMER
This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.
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