Data Science Business Analyst — Defence (DV Clearance)

Datasource; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days annual leave

Pension contribution matched up to 8%

Private Medical Insurance

Overseas Working Policy

Yearly On Target Bonus

Season Ticket Loans

Paid professional subscription

Life Assurance

Job summary

Datasource is recruiting for a Defence & Security data science leader to drive data and AI initiatives across high‑stakes programmes in the UK. You will gather requirements, run feasibility studies, and apply ML techniques to complex client problems, while managing stakeholder relationships and contributing to practice growth.

You will work in a hybrid pattern with 3 days on site weekly, engage with technical and non‑technical stakeholders, and operate under UK DV clearance requirements.

Qualifications

• Experience identifying, analysing and validating business and user requirements for data science products.
• Experience conducting feasibility assessments, options analyses and business case contributions.
• Hands‑on experience applying data science or machine learning in Defence, Security, public sector or academia.
• Active UK Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance.
• Strong communication skills and ability to bridge the gap between technical teams and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Experience contributing to practice development, including bid support and new proposition development.

Responsibilities

• Identify, analyse, prioritise and validate business and user requirements for data and AI products.
• Conduct options analyses, feasibility assessments and value estimations to support business case development.
• Apply data science, machine learning and AI techniques creatively to solve complex client problems.
• Participate in all project lifecycle phases, from capturing user needs and prototyping through to live service management.
• Own client stakeholder relationships and take responsibility for high-quality delivery of project outputs.
• Shape new propositions and support the team in winning new work.
• Develop deep sector knowledge of Defence and Security to ensure AI solutions land successfully.
• Support continual team development, including mentoring colleagues and contributing to practice growth.

Skills

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder management

Data science

Machine learning

Defence/Security domain

DV clearance

Job description

Datasource is recruiting for a Defence & Security data science leader to drive data and AI initiatives across high‑stakes programmes in the UK. You will gather requirements, run feasibility studies, and apply ML techniques to complex client problems, while managing stakeholder relationships and contributing to practice growth.

You will work in a hybrid pattern with 3 days on site weekly, engage with technical and non‑technical stakeholders, and operate under UK DV clearance requirements.