Data Science Lead — Commercial ML & Growth

IAG Loyalty; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

IAG Loyalty is seeking a commercially minded Data Science Lead to join the Data Products Leadership Team in London. You will lead a talented DS team, while remaining hands-on in designing and delivering production-ready ML solutions that solve core customer, marketing and commercial challenges.

You will partner with Product Owners, Engineers and business leaders, shaping the DS roadmap, prioritising high-value opportunities, and ensuring measurable business impact through experimentation and

Qualifications

• Led Data Science solutions delivering measurable commercial value.
• Hands-on data scientist with Python and SQL.
• Experience across customer, marketing or commercial data science use cases (recs, experimentation, pricing, propensity, uplift).

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Data Scientists and coach/mentor
• Design and deliver production-ready ML solutions
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Engineers, Analysts and stakeholders
• Champion experimentation and responsible AI across the function

Skills

Technical leadership

Python

SQL

Commercial judgement

Data science

Education

Bachelor's/ Master’s in data science, statistics, or CS

Job description

IAG Loyalty is seeking a commercially minded Data Science Lead to join the Data Products Leadership Team in London. You will lead a talented DS team, while remaining hands-on in designing and delivering production-ready ML solutions that solve core customer, marketing and commercial challenges.

You will partner with Product Owners, Engineers and business leaders, shaping the DS roadmap, prioritising high-value opportunities, and ensuring measurable business impact through experimentation and