Lead Data Scientist

LEAD DATA SCIENTIST
UP TO £90,000
HYBRID (LONDON 3 days per week)
We are working with a leading strategy/consulting company with a global presence, that operate across various industries including Financial, Healthcare, Media, Retail etc. They are looking for a Data Science lead to join their Data and Analytics team (of 18).
ROLE:
Consulting on various areas inside and outside of the business.
Most of your time will be spent on the consulting side - using Data Science to solve client business problems. Then the rest of your time will be on internal projects such as finance or marketing.
Focus areas include pricing, customer segmentation, Gen AI/LLMs, optimisation, and forecasting
Project durations typically last 6 weeks
You will mostly be working on European projects with occasional global assignments
Python & SQL
REQUIREMENTS:
Minimum 3 years of experience, with a preference for those who have led projects and worked collaboratively on delivery
Consulting experience required, preferably in strategy consulting or data science consultancy
Experience with short-term projects (6-12 weeks) preferred
Generalist data science experience or specialist who is comfortable being a generalist
Ability to explain techniques in classification and clustering
PROCESS
30-minute introductory call with the hiring manager
Technical case study with a tech team member
Commercial interview involving a project and report presentation
Final stage meeting with partners