Senior Data Scientist (6 month contract)

ZipRecruiter; London; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing consultancy in London seeks a Senior Data Scientist on a 6+ month contract. This strategic role focuses on transforming internal data into actionable insights, employing advanced analytics and machine learning to enhance business decisions and create new commercial tools. Ideal candidates have extensive experience in data architecture and understand the intersection of data and business strategy.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in data science or analytics roles.
• Experience building centralized data platforms.
• Strong understanding of data’s impact on commercial decisions.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement a centralized data warehouse.
• Train AI models and ensure accessible data for analysis.
• Monitor data security, privacy, and compliance.

Skills

Data architecture

Analytics

AI/ML deployment

Advanced analytics

Machine learning

Business insights

Tools

SQL

Python

dbt

Airflow

Spark

Cloud environments

Job description

Job Description

Senior Data Scientist – Strategic Analytics (Contract)

London (Hybrid – 1 day/week in office)

6+ month contract (outside IR35)

£competative day rate, depending on experience

About Magnus Consulting

We’re Magnus Consulting – an award-winning B2B consultancy helping mid-sized tech, financial services, and professional services organisations unlock growth through smarter commercial and marketing strategies. We’re a certified B Corp and named one of the FT’s top UK management consultancies. We deliver bold thinking, real insight, and measurable results.

We're now hiring a Senior Data Scientist on a 6+ month contract to help us build the next of data-driven commercial tools.

The Role

This is a strategic and hands-on role for a data scientist who can turn unstructured data into structured insight and shape how we use AI and analytics in our business. You’ll build a unified data warehouse, benchmark our research and analysis, and uncover new commercial opportunities within our internal assets.

What you'll do

You’ll lead a high-impact project to transform our internal data into a strategic asset, laying the foundations for future analytics, AI tools, and commercial insights. Your work will focus on four core areas:

1. Build the Data Backbone

·Design and implement a smart, centralised data warehouse to organise our research, transcripts, and project outputs

·Automate data pipelines to collect, clean and update information from multiple sources

·Ensure all data is structured, labelled, and accessible for analysis

2. Unlock Insights & Value

·Use advanced analytics and machine learning to identify trends, patterns and performance opportunities

·Create benchmarks and reusable insight frameworks to guide both internal strategy and client-facing work

·Spot monetisable opportunities in our data that could become new tools, models, or products

3. Power AI-Driven Tools

·Train and fine-tune AI models using cleaned internal data

·Connect data pipelines to AI tools to deliver more useful, context-aware outputs

·Ensure models are maintained, explainable and delivering consistent value over time

4. Safeguard Trust & Communicate Clearly

·Apply best practices in data security, privacy and governance, with clear policies around access and use

·Monitor for bias, drift or errors in AI outputs and ensure compliance with legal and ethical standards

·Translate technical findings into clear, business-focused recommendations for internal stakeholders

What we're looking for

·7+ years in data science, analytics or data engineering, preferably in B2B or consultancy environments

·Experience building centralised data platforms, pipelines, and models from the ground up

·Familiarity with tools like SQL, Python, dbt, Airflow, Spark, and modern cloud environments

·Strong understanding of how data supports commercial decision-making

·Confidence presenting technical ideas in simple, clear to non-technical audiences

·A bias for action, autonomy, and the ability to navigate ambiguity

Contract details

·Day rate: £DOE (outside IR35)

·Duration: 6-month initial contract with extension potential

·Location: Hybrid (London office every Tuesday)

Why join us now

This is a rare opportunity to shape the long-term data strategy of a growing consultancy. Your work will influence future commercial models, AI products, and client-facing insights. You’ll be building something meaningful from day one - with the space and support to do your best work.

Ready to apply -we’d love to hear from you.

Send your CV and a short intro to [e-mail]

Deadline: Friday 18th July 2025

Please note: this is a senior-level role requiring experience across data architecture, analytics, and AI/ML deployment. Applicants must clearly meet the outlined criteria to move forward.

Excited to connect with data-driven inventors, insight hunters, and system thinkers who want to build lasting value from the ground up.