Lead Data Scientist

NLP PEOPLE; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading multinational retailer is seeking an experienced Lead Data Scientist to join their team in Central London. This pivotal role involves managing a team of Data Scientists, setting strategic direction, and translating complex business challenges into actionable data science applications. Ideal candidates should have a Master's or PhD in a relevant field and strong experience with Python, R, and Hadoop ecosystem tools. There is a commitment to promoting data science across the organization.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Python and R is required.
• An expertise in data science areas such as text mining or recommender systems is essential.
• Previous experience in leading a team of Data Scientists is highly valued.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of Data Scientists.
• Set the strategy and direction for the team.
• Translate business challenges into data science solutions.
• Communicate complex solutions effectively to non-experts.
• Promote Data Science initiatives across the business.

Skills

Python

R

Data Science leadership

Text mining

Recommender systems

Education

Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, or Engineering

Tools

Hadoop

Spark

Hive

Impala

Pig

Job description

A leading multinational retailer is seeking a Lead Data Scientist to join their office in Central London.

Your role will be to help shape and expand a highly analytical team of Data Scientists that are focused on delivering a better understanding and insight of the business based on data. The core work involves integrating and analysing the business and external data sources, building models that learn from these data, and providing tools that allow the business to make decisions from these models.

This is a key role within the business and you will be responsible for:
– Managing a team of Data Scientists
– Setting the strategy and direction the team should take
– Translating ambiguous business challenges into data science problems and applications
– Communicating complex solutions in a clear, understandable way to non-experts
– Promoting Data Science across the business

Company:

ISL (Rec.)

Qualifications:

To be considered for this Lead Data Scientist role you will need to have:
– A Master's or PhD in a relevant discipline such as Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, or Engineering
– Strong experience with Python and R
– A strong understanding of a number of the tools across the Hadoop ecosystem such as Spark, Hive, Impala & Pig
– An expertise in at least one specific data science area such as text mining, recommender systems, pattern recognition or regression models
– Previous experience in leading a team, ideally of Data Scientists

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates.