Head of Data Science & AI Engineering

Story Terrace Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Insurance

Stock options for all employees

Hybrid working model

Job summary

Raylo seeks an ambitious Head of Data Science to lead our advanced model building. Raylo has a strong data foundation with analytics powering decision-making across the business.

In this role, you’ll design, build and deploy predictive models that directly influence credit risk, churn, and personalized recommendations as the technical and strategic leader of the data science function. You’ll start hands-on, then shape the roadmap, coach a growing team, and partner with product, engineering, risk

Qualifications

• A proven track record with 7+ years of experience in data science and predictive modelling.
• A 2:1 or higher from a top university, preferably in a STEM or quantitative discipline.
• Using your technical skills to build state of the art ML models and deploy them in production.
• The desire to build, coach and motivate a broader function while continuing to deliver on high quality IC projects.
• Collaborating in a fast-paced environment across the business with diverse skill sets and personality types. You have great stakeholder management skills and love using your analytical skills to champion data-driven decision-making and educate others.
• Taking responsibility and ownership for the work the entire area - if you’re not getting it done, then no one is

Responsibilities

• Define and lead Raylo’s data science function, deploying cutting edge AI and ML to solve Raylo’s hardest problems
• Own end-to-end design, build and deployment of production-grade machine learning models - from credit risk and churn prediction to recommendation systems
• Partner closely with teams across product, engineering, risk, operations and commercial to identify high-impact opportunities for advanced modelling and take them from ideation through to action.
• Translate complex modelling approaches into clear commercial benefits for the business
• Starting as a hands‑on technical leader, you’ll own and shape the data science roadmap at Raylo, defining how AI is used to transform the practice of data science and build the function from the ground up
• Your work will directly influence key outcomes for Raylo — from managing risk and improving customer retention to unlocking new growth opportunities as the business scales internationally.

Skills

Data science

Predictive modelling

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Production ML

Education

2:1 or higher from a top university

STEM/quantitative degree

Job description

Raylo seeks an ambitious Head of Data Science to lead our advanced model building. Raylo has a strong data foundation with analytics powering decision-making across the business.

In this role, you’ll design, build and deploy predictive models that directly influence credit risk, churn, and personalized recommendations as the technical and strategic leader of the data science function. You’ll start hands-on, then shape the roadmap, coach a growing team, and partner with product, engineering, risk