Senior Data Scientist: Turn Analytics into Decisions

Manchester Digital; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days holiday, increasing with time

Pension with matched contributions

Discretionary bonus scheme

Share schemes including free shares

Health Cash Plan and private health

Free onsite gym

Enhanced family leave

Travel and bike loan

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

AJ Bell is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to turn complex business questions into clear, actionable insight. You will lead high-value analytical work using Python, SQL and statistical methods to explain what is happening, understand why, and assess what may happen next.

You will collaborate with senior stakeholders, translate analysis into practical recommendations, and turn insights into decisions with strong written communication.

Qualifications

• Significant experience as a Data Analyst, Senior Data Analyst, Data Scientist, Insight Analyst or equivalent analytical professional.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to create clarity from ambiguous business questions.
• Advanced Python skills for data analysis and modelling, together with strong SQL capability.
• Practical experience applying statistical and data-science techniques to business problems, including forecasting, regression, classification, segmentation and propensity modelling.
• Sound understanding of statistical concepts, model evaluation, uncertainty, bias and the limitations of analytical approaches.
• Experience working with large or complex datasets and performing data discovery, validation and exploratory analysis.
• Excellent requirements-gathering, stakeholder-management and project-planning skills.
• Excellent written communication, with experience producing analytical papers or recommendations for senior audiences.
• Ability to translate complex analysis into concise conclusions, commercial implications and practical actions.
• Ability to iterate quickly, prioritise effectively and provide useful initial answers without waiting for perfectly defined requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead high-value analytical work using Python, SQL, statistical methods and ML techniques to explain what is happening and assess what may happen next.
• Combine analytical rigour with commercial judgement, stakeholder engagement and strong written communication to drive decisions.

Job description

AJ Bell is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to turn complex business questions into clear, actionable insight. You will lead high-value analytical work using Python, SQL and statistical methods to explain what is happening, understand why, and assess what may happen next.

You will collaborate with senior stakeholders, translate analysis into practical recommendations, and turn insights into decisions with strong written communication.