Senior Data Scientist & Team Lead - Hybrid UK

United Utilities; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to 10.5% annual bonus

Excellent pension scheme with up to 21

Ongoing learning and development

Flexible and hybrid working

Career progression

Job summary

United Utilities in Warrington is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to lead and deliver advanced analytics initiatives, shaping data-driven decisions across the organisation. You will collaborate with strategy, operations and technology to design and deploy predictive models and dashboards, while mentoring a team of two data scientists.

You will champion SDLC practices for analytics, develop scalable data pipelines, and ensure governance and reproducibility across projects.

Qualifications

• Significant commercial experience in Advanced Analytics.
• Proven experience developing and deploying predictive and statistical models in production environments.
• Experience leading or mentoring data science professionals.
• Extensive experience working with large, complex datasets.
• Strong understanding of data engineering concepts and analytics pipelines.
• Experience translating complex business challenges into practical analytical solutions.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business stakeholders to identify opportunities where data science can deliver strategic and operational value.
• Design, build, deploy and maintain advanced analytical and machine learning models.
• Develop compelling data visualisations and insights for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Lead the implementation of robust software development lifecycle (SDLC) practices for analytics solutions.
• Engineer, transform and optimise large-scale datasets with varying levels of volume, velocity and complexity.
• Evaluate and apply the most appropriate statistical, machine learning and deep learning techniques for business problems.
• Collaborate closely with Data Engineers, Data Architects and Data Managers to build reliable analytics pipelines.
• Ensure all analytical products are secure, scalable, automated and compliant with governance standards.
• Drive continuous improvement in analytical methodologies, coding standards and model performance.
• Conduct peer reviews of code, models and visualisations to maintain high quality standards.
• Support, mentor and develop a team of 2 Data Scientists.
• Act as a subject matter expert, providing guidance across wider analytics initiatives.

Skills

Advanced Analytics

Mentoring

Stakeholder management

Tools

Python

SQL

Databricks

Relational Databases

NoSQL Databases

Power BI

Job description

United Utilities in Warrington is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to lead and deliver advanced analytics initiatives, shaping data-driven decisions across the organisation. You will collaborate with strategy, operations and technology to design and deploy predictive models and dashboards, while mentoring a team of two data scientists.

You will champion SDLC practices for analytics, develop scalable data pipelines, and ensure governance and reproducibility across projects.