Chief Data Scientist

Wyatt Partners; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative financial services company seeks a Chief Data Scientist in London to lead data initiatives and drive insights to the CEO. This role involves building machine learning capabilities using extensive customer data to enhance credit risk processes and improve customer experience. Candidates should have a robust background in statistics, SQL, and an MSc or PhD in a relevant field.

Qualifications

• Strong background in Statistics, Mathematics, or Econometrics requested.
• Experience with RDBMS and SQL is essential.
• A strong MSc or PhD background is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to build machine learning capabilities on customer data.
• Provide insights and recommendations to the CEO and board.
• Structure the team to apply data science across business areas.

Skills

Statistics

Mathematics

Econometrics

SQL

Education

MSc or PhD

Tools

SAS

SPSS

R

Job description

Are you looking for that career defining role where you will have all of a companies Data at your disposal and be reporting directly to the CEO? This Chief Data Scientist position is such a role.

An innovative Financial services company are looking for a Chief Data Scientist, who has the ability to collate all the Data within the business and produce Insight & recommendations to the CEO & the board on the direction the business should take & improvements to their offerings.

You will initially lead a small team to build machine learning capability to apply to the companies rich set of customer data to help improve credit risk processes.

Hiring will be important and as your team expands you will be tasked with structuring the team in such a way that Data Science can be applied to all areas of the business – Marketing, Operations, Customer service.

The Chief Data Scientist will also be tasked with using Data to enrich the Customer experience.

Chief Data Scientist Experience Required:

– Strong Statistics/Maths/Econometrics Background

– RDBMS / SQL experience

– Strong Msc or PhD Background

Any experience in the following is Nice to have:

– SAS, SPSS, R

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