Hybrid Head of Data Science

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About the role

  • Define and own the enterprise data science strategy and roadmap.
  • Collaborate with senior stakeholders across product, technology, and commercial teams to align data science with strategic priorities.
  • Build and lead a high-performing data science team focused on innovation, rigor, and measurable outcomes.
  • Champion a culture of experimentation, causal inference, and evidence-based decision-making (A/B testing, uplift modelling).
  • Deliver robust machine learning and analytics solutions across domains like customer personalisation, predictive forecasting, fraud detection, customer lifetime value and churn prediction.
  • Partner closely with Data Engineering and Platform teams to ensure seamless delivery, high-quality pipelines, and scalable deployments.
  • Embed best practices in data ethics, privacy, and regulatory compliance.

Requirements

  • Proven success leading large-scale data science initiatives in a commercial setting.
  • Expertise in applied machine learning, predictive modelling, experimentation, and statistical analysis.
  • Demonstrated ability to deploy and maintain production-grade models at scale.
  • Experience managing and developing high-performing teams in fast-paced environments.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills — comfortable presenting to C-level audiences.
  • Hands-on proficiency with modern data science tools, languages (e.g. Python, SQL), and cloud platforms.
  • Familiarity with data contracts, feature stores, and real-time/streaming analytics (desirable).
  • Understanding of lakehouse architectures and modern data platforms (desirable).
  • Experience enabling AI-driven product capabilities or personalisation strategies (desirable).

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment
  • Opportunities for professional development
  • Flexible working arrangements

Job title

Head of Data Science

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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