Director of Decision Science

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London / £120000 - £135000 annum

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Salary
SALARY:

£120000 - £135000

Location

LOCATION

London

Job Type
JOB TYPE

Permanent

Director of Decision Science

West London. £120000 to £135000 plus up to 50 percent bonus and share options. Hybrid with three days per week in the office.


You will play a central role in shaping the modelling strategy for a fast‑growing embedded finance provider. This is a chance to take full ownership of the underwriting and acquisition modelling roadmap, lead two technical teams, and influence how advanced models power customer growth across multiple international markets.

The Company

They are a data driven embedded finance organisation using partner‑supplied data and advanced modelling to deliver personalised financial products to small and medium sized businesses. Operating across the UK, Europe, and North America, they continue to scale rapidly and are investing heavily in decision science. Their environment offers the autonomy to set standards while working with high quality data and impactful lending products.

The Role

* Lead the end‑to‑end development, validation, and monitoring of underwriting and acquisition models across multiple regions.
* Set modelling standards and define what good looks like for build quality, documentation, and governance.
* Guide the long term roadmap for how models support customer acquisition, pricing, and portfolio performance.
* Oversee the integration of MLOps and model deployment into the decision science function.
* Partner with product, engineering, and commercial teams to translate model outputs into real business decisions.
* Manage model development and acquisition analytics teams, ensuring technical excellence and clear development pathways.

Your Skills and Experience

* Strong hands on experience building predictive models in Python using approaches such as gradient boosting.
* Experience working with consumer or commercial risk modelling, decision science, or similar data heavy environments.
* Ability to take a commercially minded approach to acquisition, pricing, and performance.
* Confident managing full model lifecycles including design, testing, deployment, and monitoring.
* Effective leadership and stakeholder skills within technical and non technical environments.
* MLOps or R experience is beneficial but not essential.

What They Offer

* £120000 to £135000 base salary.
* Bonus up to 50 percent, typically 30 to 40 percent.
* Share options.
* Hybrid working with three days per week in the office.
* Clear progression opportunities within a scaling, international business.

How to Apply
To be considered for this Director of Decision Science role, please apply with your CV.

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