Data Scientist (Contract)

YourShortlist; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 111,000 - 129,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Competitive daily rate

Job summary

Pursuit Marketing in Glasgow, United Kingdom, is seeking an experienced Data Scientist to take an ML capability from prototype to production. This hands-on role focuses on building datasets, training models, and embedding outputs into CRM and sales workflows.

You will work in a hybrid setup with a £600–£700 daily rate, starting September 2026, on an initial 14-week contract with potential extension.

Qualifications

• Proven commercial track record taking ML models from prototype to production.
• Strong experience with GCP, BigQuery and Vertex AI.
• Strong Python and SQL skills; able to translate model outputs for business teams.

Responsibilities

• Define clean, modelling-ready datasets and build validation around them.
• Train and optimise models across multiple B2B datasets, including ranking and weighting.
• Build scoring outputs, reporting and visualisations for commercial use.
• Retrain, test and refine models against live data as volumes grow.
• Embed outputs into day-to-day processes with CRM/ SDR teams.
• Help establish scalable ML infrastructure and repeatable processes.

Skills

Python

SQL

Google Cloud Platform

BigQuery

Vertex AI

Feature engineering

Model evaluation

Data visualization

Tools

Google Cloud Platform

BigQuery

Vertex AI

Job description

Glasgow, United Kingdom | Posted on 09/01/2026

Glasgow-based, hybrid working | £600–£700 perday | Outside IR35
Pursuit Marketing runs B2B outbound salescampaigns at scale.
We’re looking for an experienced Data Scientistto take an ML capability from prototype through to production. This is ahands-on delivery role, rather than a research position.

The details

• £600–£700 per day, depending on experience
• Outside IR35
• Glasgow based, with hybrid working
• Starting September 2026
• Initial 14-week contract, with potential to extend

What you’ll do

• Define clean, modelling-ready datasets andbuild robust validation around them
• Train and optimise models across multiple B2B datasets, including ranking andweighting
• Build scoring outputs, reporting and visualisations that commercial teams canact on
• Retrain, test and refine models against live data as volumes scale
• Work closely with CRM and SDR teams to embed outputs into day-to-dayprocesses
• Help establish the processes and infrastructure needed to make ML repeatableand scalable

If you're a Data Scientist who enjoys takingmodels out of the notebook and making them work in the real world, we'd like tohear from you.

Requirements

What we’re looking for

• A proven commercial track record taking MLmodels from prototype through to production
• Strong experience with Google Cloud Platform, BigQuery and Vertex AI
• Strong Python and SQL skills
• Experience in feature engineering, statistical validation and modelevaluation
• Comfortable working with messy, imperfect real-world data rather than cleanbenchmark datasets
• Able to explain model outputs clearly to both technical and commercialaudiences

Experience with B2B sales, outbound, CRM orconversation intelligence data would be a bonus, but isn't essential.

• £600–£700 per day, depending on experience
• Outside IR35
• Glasgow based, with hybrid working
• Starting September 2026
• Initial 14-week contract, with potential to extend