Hybrid Principal Data Scientist

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About the role

  • Principal Data Scientist at Faculty driving innovation in machine learning and AI solutions for clients. Mentoring teams and leading high-impact projects within a hybrid work environment.

Responsibilities

  • Serving as a technical authority on machine learning, statistics, and advanced data science methods to deliver innovative and impactful solutions.
  • Leading the development of shared resources, frameworks, and best practices adopted across teams and the company.
  • Driving the scoping and bid processes for large-scale, high-stakes projects, influencing client decisions with technical expertise.
  • Owning a portfolio of work within a specific sector, applying expert knowledge to deliver exceptional value to clients.
  • Leading and mentoring project teams, ensuring the successful delivery of high-value and complex projects.
  • Contributing to thought leadership, publishing papers, and presenting at conferences to establish a unique voice in the data science community.

Requirements

  • You possess the strong technical ability needed to generate original knowledge and produce a recognised contribution, especially when starting from scratch under conditions of mass uncertainty; for this reason, we are hoping you’ll hold a PhD or equivalent deep technical contribution.
  • You are a senior technical expert with deep knowledge in a specialised ML or data science area (e.g., NLP, Computer Vision) and broad proficiency across statistical methods.
  • You have advanced coding skills and proven experience building and maintaining scalable codebases.
  • You bring leadership and mentorship experience, capable of inspiring junior team members and leading large, complex teams to successful outcomes.
  • You have deep business understanding and technical proficiency within a specific industry, enabling you to drive value for clients.
  • You are highly proficient in strategic problem-solving, able to select appropriate solutions and balance innovation with practical implementation.

Benefits

  • Unlimited Annual Leave Policy
  • Private healthcare and dental
  • Enhanced parental leave
  • Family-Friendly Flexibility & Flexible working
  • Sanctus Coaching
  • Hybrid Working (2 days in our Old Street office, London)

Job title

Principal Data Scientist

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Postgraduate Degree

Location requirements

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