Head of Data (Senior Data Scientist)

Verity Relationship Intelligence; City Of London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading provider of B2B Relationship Intelligence is seeking a Head of Data to lead their data strategy. The role involves building and managing a high-performing team, developing scalable data architecture, and promoting data-driven decision-making. Ideal for a senior data scientist ready to take ownership in a dynamic environment, this position offers the chance to have a significant impact on the company's growth and data initiatives. The successful candidate will possess strong decision-making and leadership skills.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership and decision-making skills.
• Experience in data science or machine learning preferred.
• Ability to manage a technical team effectively.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a comprehensive data strategy.
• Build and manage a high-performing technical team.
• Design scalable data architecture and analytics frameworks.
• Promote self-serve analytics across the company.
• Identify AI and ML opportunities.

Skills

Decision-making skills

Team leadership

Project management

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

Our story

We were founded in 2004 to help business leaders leverage the full potential of their client relationships, so they were no longer putting out fires or finding themselves blindsided by revenue loss.

We are the leading provider of B2B Relationship Intelligence and uniquely possess over 20 years of benchmark data on client satisfaction across diverse industries. It’s not only our decades of experience and primary data repository that make us unique, it’s also our in-depth scoring system, The Relationship Rating (TRR). This gives a holistic view of customer satisfaction as the data goes deeper than the Net Promoter Score (NPS) method, providing real insight into the customer relationship.

We believe that effective relationship management is one of the most powerful yet underutilised strategies for achieving commercial stability and growth. By adopting a strategic approach to relationship management, we support businesses in leveraging these crucial connections to drive financial performance and growth.

The role

As Head of Data, you will lead the development and execution of our data strategy, ensuring data is collected, analysed, and transformed into actionable insights that drive business growth. You’ll partner with cross‑functional teams to embed data‑driven decision‑making, establish robust governance standards, and build scalable, future‑ready data infrastructure.

This role is ideal for a senior data scientist looking to step up into a Head of Data position, taking ownership of building and shaping a data function from the ground up. You will manage a small team while remaining hands‑on with technical work, making this perfect for someone who thrives in a dynamic SME environment and wants to create something new from scratch. You’ll work closely with the CTO, giving you the opportunity to make a real impact on the business.

What you will be doing

• Developing and executing a comprehensive data strategy aligned with business objectives
• Building, managing, and mentoring a high‑performing technical team
• Designing and implementing scalable data architecture, automated processing pipelines, and analytics frameworks
• Drive advanced analytics and data science initiatives, including predictive modelling, to uncover actionable insights and support strategic decision‑making and partner closely with the insights and analytics department
• Working closely with engineering, product, and business teams to derive insights and inform decision‑making
• Driving data democratization across the company by promoting self‑serve analytics
• Identifying and implementing machine learning and AI opportunities where applicable
• Monitoring data performance, reliability, and integrity to ensure high‑quality data outputs
• Staying up‑to‑date with industry trends, tools, and best practices

What you will bring

• Strong decision‑making skills
• Team leadership and management
• Project management skills
• Data model ownership (background in Salesforce highly beneficial but not strictly necessary)
• Data quality oversight
• Data collections/ingestion/completion
• Understanding of software development best practices
• Skills in analytics modelling and statistical modelling
• A background in data science/ML for future hires and team support – minimum be able to showcase basic MVPs to prove viability/value
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills with employees at all levels

A global team, united by diversity and inclusion

At Verity, we know that diversity fosters innovation and stronger client relationships – ensuring that we bring a wide range of perspectives and solutions to every challenge.

Strong relationships are at the heart of our work, but they’re also at the heart of our ethos as an employer.

As a company with offices around the world, we are proud of the range of cultures, skills, viewpoints and abilities that we bring to the service of our clients.

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive organisation in which our people feel a sense of belonging, regardless of their ethnicity, religion, age, physical abilities, sexual orientation or gender identity.

We also recognise that individual needs differ, and we are dedicated to providing accommodations for interviews, applications, and workplace adjustments to support people with disabilities, neurodivergence, or other specific requirements.

If you need any support, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us.