Senior Data Scientist – Hybrid, Impactful AI & Analytics

BBC UK; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

London weighting

Flexible working

Job summary

BBC Studios is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to join the Data Insights team, working across BBC Studios' lines of business to understand where data science can drive impact. The role focuses on education, adoption of data-driven practices, and championing the value of insights within the organisation.

You will contribute to building capabilities for automated tagging, data-driven decision making, and scalable ML solutions while collaborating with diverse stakeholders across News, TV, and other

Qualifications

• Experience in a data science or closely aligned role.
• A degree in mathematics, statistics, computer science or related field.
• Hands-on approach to problem solving from understanding impact to mathematical details.
• Good 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 interacting with stakeholders and translating business problems into practical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Work on a range of projects supporting all lines of business.
• Develop Studios' capabilities to power data driven decision making, including automated tagging and other metadata focussed solutions.
• Use domain knowledge to select the appropriate algorithmic approach and data sources to solve a given problem.
• Discuss and implement the solution from proof of concept to production.
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders across the business, clearly communicating insights, impact, and recommendations.
• Keep up to date with latest development in generative AI and apply where appropriate.

Skills

Data science

Python

SQL

Machine learning

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Education

Mathematics degree

Job description

BBC Studios is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to join the Data Insights team, working across BBC Studios' lines of business to understand where data science can drive impact. The role focuses on education, adoption of data-driven practices, and championing the value of insights within the organisation.

You will contribute to building capabilities for automated tagging, data-driven decision making, and scalable ML solutions while collaborating with diverse stakeholders across News, TV, and other