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Lead Credit Risk Analyst
London
£60000 - £80000
+ Risk Analytics
PermanentLondon
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LEAD CREDIT RISK ANALYST
UP TO £80,000 + STOCK
LONDON
A top FinTech in the UK that Harnham have been partnered with for some time now are on the search for a Senior/Lead Strategy Analyst for edit risk function. This position is a great opportunity to join a fast-growing business.
THE COMPANY
This profitable FinTech are known for being one of the top lending analytics companies in the UK offering unsecured products for consumers. Experience at a company like this is second to none and invaluable for any candidate’s CV.
THE ROLE
The role will involve working on a consumer lending product across the credit risk lifecycle
You can expect to be involved in the following day to day:
- Oversee analysis, development and improvement for credit strategies
- Work across commercial and pricing strategies alongside credit risk analytics
- Wide scoping role involved analytics, strategy development and some model building
- Be very hands on with data
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- Experience working in credit risk analytics
- Experience analysing data and documenting trends to drive insight
- Strong commercial mindset
- Strong SQL skills – Python ideal too
- Experience working for a top FinTech is ideal
- A strong university degree in a numerate discipline – will need to be a top degree in STEM
SALARY AND BENEFITS
- Up to £80,000 base salary
- Stock
- Private Healthcare
HOW TO APPLY
Please register your interest by sending your CV to Shane McWilliams via the Apply link on this page.
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Digital Merchandiser
Birmingham
£30000 - £35000
+ Digital Analytics
PermanentBirmingham, West Midlands
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Digital Merchandiser
Birmingham (Hybrid)
£30,000-£35,000
THE COMPANY
A well-known retailer is seeking a Digital Merchandiser to join their team!
THE ROLE
As the Digital Merchandiser, you will be responsible for ensuring all products are correctly placed and positioned across the business’ digital estate. You will work on category optimisation in conjunction with internal analytics and external CRO teams.
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- Digital / Online Merchandising Experience
THE BENEFITS
- £30,000-£35,000
HOW TO APPLY
Please register your interest by sending your CV to Adam Osborne at Harnham via the Apply link on this page
KEY TERMS
IBM, Coremetrics, Google Analytics, GA, Omniture, SiteCatalyst, Adobe Analytics, Analyst, Web, Digital, Online, Website, Financial Services, Finance, A/B, Test, Split, Multivariate, MVT, Tracking, Code, Tagging, Tags, Insight, Client, Agency, Management, Strategy, CRO, Conversion, Optimisation, Optimizely, Test and Target, Adobe Target, Maxymiser, VWO, Visual Website Optimiser
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CRO Lead
£35000 - £40000
+ Digital Analytics
PermanentLancashire
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CRO Lead
Lancashire (Hybrid)
£35,000-£40,000
THE COMPANY
Great opportunity for an ambitious CRO Lead looking for a new challenge with a high-end luxury retailer; if you want to work on innovative digital projects for a fast-growing company, this is the role for you!
THE ROLE
In this CRO Lead role, you’ll have the chance to ideate & and analyse split tests, working across a range of digital platforms; you will use GA4, ContentSquare & AB Tasty
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- Experience in the CRO/Analytics space
THE BENEFITS
- £35,000-£40,000
HOW TO APPLY
Please register your interest by sending your CV to Adam Osborne at Harnham via the Apply link on this page
KEY TERMS
IBM, Coremetrics, Google Analytics, GA, Omniture, SiteCatalyst, Adobe Analytics, Analyst, Web, Digital, Online, Website, Financial Services, Finance, A/B, Test, Split, Multivariate, MVT, Tracking, Code, Tagging, Tags, Insight, Client, Agency, Management, Strategy, CRO, Conversion, Optimisation, Optimizely, Test and Target, Adobe Target, Maxymiser, VWO, Visual Website Optimiser
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Senior Data Scientist / Machine Learning Engineer
London
£140000 - £160000
+ Data Science & AI
ContractLondon
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Contract Senior Data Scientist / ML Engineer
£600-800/day | Outside IR35 | Hybrid (Central London, 2 days/week)
We’re working with a specialist consultancy delivering high-impact machine learning solutions to private equity-backed businesses. They are looking for an experienced Data Scientist or ML Engineer to support a live project, applying classical machine learning to solve tangible, high-value problems.
You will be joining a small, collaborative team of engineers and data scientists on-site 2 days per week in Central London.
The work focuses on traditional ML use cases, such as:
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Optimisation modelling to improve manufacturing throughput
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Predictive modelling to anticipate and reduce asset downtime
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Customer churn prediction and mitigation
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Next-best-action modelling for sales agents
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Geospatial modelling to inform store and asset placement decisions
Must-Have Requirements:
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3-5+ years’ experience applying classical ML in commercial settings
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Excellent Python coding skills (production-grade, using libraries like Pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn)
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Strong understanding of supervised and unsupervised learning methods (regression, classification, clustering, tree-based models, etc.)
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Comfortable working across the full ML lifecycle
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Previous exposure to ambiguous or evolving problem spaces, ideally within consulting or client-facing environments
- Experience with AWS / Azure and SageMaker
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Clear and confident communicator, able to contribute to client conversations and work collaboratively with delivery teams
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Degree from a top university in a quantitative discipline (Master’s preferred)
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Based in London and able to attend the client site 2 x per week.
Nice-to-Haves:
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Experience with geospatial modelling, time series forecasting, or operational optimisation
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DBT
Interviews are taking place this week. Start ASAP.
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Multi-Modal AI Specilist
London
£100000 - £135000
+ Data Science & AI
ContractLondon
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Contract – Multi-Modal AI Specialist (OpenAI CLIP) | Up to £650/day | Outside IR35 | Hybrid/Remote
We’re working with a leading global agency supporting a major financial services client on an innovative AI initiative. The project aims to predict the performance of creative campaigns before they go live, replacing traditional A/B testing with pre-launch modelling that leverages multi-modal data (images, video, and text) and customer research.
This is a hands-on contract role for a technically strong machine learning specialist with experience applying OpenAI CLIP. Using historical data, you’ll use open-source models to assess campaign creative and help deliver insights at both content and audience levels.
Key responsibilities:
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Apply OpenAI CLIP or similar models to campaign imagery, video content, and customer research (e.g., surveys)
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Build models that simulate campaign performance using historical data (backtesting)
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Pre-test creative content, score ad copy, and identify attributes driving success
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Work with customer data (NLP) and translate insights into model features
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Deliver post-campaign breakdowns by audience segment (e.g., high-value customers)
Must-have technical skills:
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Proven experience with OpenAI CLIP (essential)
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Strong track record with multi-modal AI (image, video, text)
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Solid Python programming skills
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Deep understanding of statistics and model evaluation
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Comfortable working with NLP and customer research data
Contract details:
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Day rate: Up to £650/day
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Outside IR35
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Initial office-based onboarding (1 week), then mostly remote
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3-month contract with potential to extend
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Fast interview process: 30-min intro + 1-hour technical
Please send your CV if interested.
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AI Engineer/ Machine Learning Engineer
London
£400 - £650
+ Computer Vision
ContractLondon
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Project Focus:
- Objective: Predict the success of marketing content (images, videos, and text) before campaigns go live using multi-modal AI models.
- Method:
- Apply customer research (survey/NLP data) alongside computer vision and text models.
- Build models that can take a new creative (image, video, or ad copy) and predict its expected performance.
- Reduce reliance on traditional lengthy A/B testing by using pre-testing AI models.
- Provide detailed post-campaign insights, including content attributes that worked (or didn’t) for different audience segments (e.g., high spenders).
- Backtesting:
- AI models should be able to simulate performance against historical data to validate predictions.
- Models should also score new content (ads/videos/copy) before it is launched.
Key Technical Requirements:
1. Multi-Modal AI Expertise
- Ability to work with images, video, and text data simultaneously.
- Experience building or applying multi-modal models (e.g., combining visual and textual inputs).
2. Experience with Open-Source Models
- Ideally familiar with OpenAI CLIP or similar vision-language models.
- Should know how to adapt and apply open-source AI models to real-world data (not just academic familiarity).
3. Computer Vision and NLP Skills
- Computer vision: Practical knowledge – but not traditional CV (e.g., object detection) – focus is on newer multimodal models.
- NLP: Able to process and leverage customer research data (e.g., surveys, text responses).
4. Programming and Statistical Foundation
- Strong coding skills – must be a programmer at heart, not just a “tool user.”
- Solid background in statistics and mathematics to build reliable, explainable models.
- Should understand model evaluation, backtesting, and simulation of campaign performance.
5. Content Performance Modeling
- Build models that:
- Predict creative success for new ads, videos, and text.
- Backtest models using historical data.
- Score and provide insights into what aspects of content perform best.
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CTO (Software Engineering)
Manchester
£130000 - £150000
+ Data Engineering
PermanentManchester, Greater Manchester
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CTO (Software Engineering)
£130,000-£150,000 + BENEFITS
PRIMARILY REMOTE
Join a fast-growing EdTech company on a mission to provide an engaging educational platform worldwide.
THE COMPANY:
This startup has quickly gained traction and is scaling rapidly yet sustainably.. Their vision is to create an engaging learning platform, and this is an exciting opportunity to join a team building something impactful.
THE ROLE:
A CTO will need to look at:
- Defining and implementing the tech vision.
- Managing a growing team
- Architect scalable solutions
- Focus on optimising current pipelines
- Maintaining a balancebetween strategic leadership and being hands on.
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
A successful CTO will have the following skills and experience:
- Full Stack/Engineering leadership experience
- Scale up/Start up experience
- Experience in MERN: MongoDB, Express.js, React, Node.js
THE BENEFITS:
You will receive a salary, dependent on experience. Salary is up to £150,000 On top of the salary there are some fantastic extra benefits.
HOW TO APPLY
Please register your interest by sending your CV to Molly Bird via the apply link on this page.
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CTO
Manchester
£100000 - £140000
+ Data Engineering
PermanentManchester, Greater Manchester
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Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
This company specialising in the education sector is looking for a visionary CTO to help scale their platform and shape their next phase of growth.
The Role
As CTO, you’ll provide strategic leadership, scale their engineering function, and optimize platform performance. You’ll inherit a talented team of 3 engineers and be expected to mentor, guide, and architect for scale.
This is a hands-off coding leadership role-but you’ll still do code reviews, architecture planning, and guide technical decisions.
Tech Stack
- MERN: MongoDB, Express (Java), React, Node.js
- Simple and scalable
- Focused on speed, stability, and continuous improvement
About You
- Experience in fullstack engineering work
- Leadership experience
- Have scaled platforms in startups or early-stage companies
- MERN experience strongly preferred
- Naturally curious, sparky, and collaborative
- Strong communicator and mentor
- Passionate about education and product vision
What You’ll Be Doing
- Drive platform scalability and performance
- Lead and grow the engineering team
- Set tech vision in line with business goals
- Champion product quality and engineering culture
- Collaborate closely with the CEO, CPO, and wider team of designers, educators, and animators
Interview Process:
- 15-min intro with CPO
- 45-min deep dive with CEO (scalability & vision)
- 90-day high-level strategy presentation
- Meet the team!
