Principal Data Scientist — Lead Cross-Brand Data Science

BBC Group and Public Services; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 78,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

BBC Studios is seeking a Principal Data Scientist to join the Data Insights team in London. You will lead data science projects across BBC Studios’ lines of business, shaping how data informs decisions and customer strategies.

The role requires strong ML experience, Python, SQL, and the ability to communicate complex insights to senior stakeholders. The position offers a permanent contract, hybrid working, and a London weighting allowance.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in a data science role.
• Degree in mathematics, statistics, computer science or related field.
• Experience in media, customer research or related area.
• Excellent programming skills with Python.
• Good working knowledge of SQL and experience querying large datasets.
• Experience building machine learning models and deploying them into production.
• Experience shaping projects and translating vague business problems into practical solutions.
• Experience interacting with senior stakeholders and leading technical workstreams.

Responsibilities

• Lead data science projects across our different lines of business.
• Drive data-driven decision making, including automated tagging and metadata solutions to enhance discoverability and recommendations.
• Provide technical leadership in defining problem statements and selecting approaches/data sources.
• Own the end-to-end delivery of data science projects from ideation to production.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the business, communicating insights, impact, and recommendations.

Skills

Data science

Python

SQL

Machine learning

Stakeholder communication

Education

Math/Stats/CS degree

Job description

BBC Studios is seeking a Principal Data Scientist to join the Data Insights team in London. You will lead data science projects across BBC Studios’ lines of business, shaping how data informs decisions and customer strategies.

The role requires strong ML experience, Python, SQL, and the ability to communicate complex insights to senior stakeholders. The position offers a permanent contract, hybrid working, and a London weighting allowance.