Lead Data Scientist — Strategy & Insight (Hybrid)

Career Choices Dewis Gyrfa Ltd; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

National Highways seeks a Lead Data Scientist to shape the future of digital services across the organisation. You will lead a programme of multidisciplinary data science projects, translate data into actionable insights, and guide stakeholders to maximise value from data assets.

The role is hybrid, requiring two days per week in an office and offers opportunities to influence strategic decisions across the transport network while building in-house capability and sustainable data products.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of applied mathematics, statistics and scientific methods.
• Experienced in providing technical leadership in a similar role across transformation and delivery of data.
• Demonstrated expertise in driving data science innovation across government and industry.
• Proven capability in building data science capability across the organisation, championing continuous learning.
• Track record of delivering impactful data science products translating complex analysis into insights.
• Skilled in applying programming and build practices to develop and communicate data science solutions.

Responsibilities

• Understand where data science can add value with customers and stakeholders.
• Provide leadership and direction across a programme of multidisciplinary data science projects, managing resources to ensure delivery.
• Source, access, manipulate and engineer data with data having volume, velocity and variety.
• Develop and apply technical and analytical standards from government and industry.
• Explore and visualise data to present the 'story' to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Evolve the array of data analysis tools and techniques across National Highways.
• Propagate data science skills in other teams, aligning roles to solve business problems.

Skills

Applied mathematics

Statistics

Technical leadership

Data storytelling

Data science strategy

Stakeholder management

Job description

National Highways seeks a Lead Data Scientist to shape the future of digital services across the organisation. You will lead a programme of multidisciplinary data science projects, translate data into actionable insights, and guide stakeholders to maximise value from data assets.

The role is hybrid, requiring two days per week in an office and offers opportunities to influence strategic decisions across the transport network while building in-house capability and sustainable data products.