Lead Data Scientist

A Day In The Life

• You will be responsible for all machine learning and statistical models across the company, with applications in credit decisioning, fraud detection, customer engagement and operations strategy.
• You will drive innovation using new data sources for the benefit of our customers and business.
• Reporting to our Head of Data & Analytics, you will define the roadmap and priorities for the Data Science Team in alignment with the company strategy.
• Lead and coordinate the cross-functional efforts to deliver data science related projects ensuring a high standard of quality and governance of the models and data products.
• You will also be passionate about furthering our competitive advantage in data science by leading new R&D into our data science methods and technology stack and will empower the team to develop their capabilities.

• Passionate about innovative data and machine learning applications to drive positive outcomes for our customers and business
• Excited by driving many exciting data projects at both a strategic and tactical level
• A great mentor to a team of talented data scientists and the broader analytics community

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Hands on experience with the PyData tech stack and mainstream machine learning frameworks
• In-depth knowledge of ML algorithms from linear models to deep learning
• Extensive knowledge of the full ML development lifecycle including:
  experiment design
  , feature engineering
  , HPO
  , validation
  , deployment and monitoring
• Extensive experience of statistical analytics
  , data visualisation and storytelling
• Experience of managing data scientists and leading ML projects into production
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to partner with product owners and business heads
• Hands on experience of working with cross functional teams

• Experience with Cloud services (ideally AWS
  ) for data scientists
• Knowledge of microservice architecture and use of CI/CD pipelines for the deployment of data science products on real-time platform
• Knowledge in survival analysis
  , causal inference and explainable AI

• Champion our customers
  . Whatever your role, you’ll be close to our customers. We care passionately about doing the best for them.
• Help us make fearless choices. Our environment is fast-paced, agile and open. You’ll solve interesting and challenging problems, and be trusted and empowered to bring your ideas to life.
• Walk the talk. Like us, you’ll be honest, stick to your promises and face the tough moments head-on.
• Win smarter. You’ll be always on the lookout for a better way of doing things, going beyond ‘good enough’ and welcoming different points of view.
• Be in it together. You’ll join an ambitious, diverse and all-round approachable team with a mix of ideas and talents who inspire each other to be better every day.