Head of Data Science
London / £100000 - £130000 annum
INFO
£100000 - £130000
LOCATION
London
Permanent
HEAD OF DATA SCIENCE
£130,000 SALARY
LONDON, HYBRID WORKING (2-3 DAYS A WEEK IN OFFICE)
In this role, you'll be leading a directing team and lead the development and implementation of market-leading models across the business. You'll be able to create real change within a growing Fintech and own the scorecard function within the business.
THE COMPANY
This Fintech is well known for its innovative and market-leading consumer finance solutions. You'll be working in a close-knit and high-performing Credit Risk department, and be able to liaise with C-Suite executives on a day-to-day basis.
THE ROLE
- Lead a team of data scientists, focusing on the development and implementation of scorecards
- Work with wider analytics teams and drive change/enhancements for various scorecard models
- Work with external parties and senior stakeholders to identify areas to enhance the data and analytics approach for the entire business
- Be involved in the implementation of AI and ML techniques to enhance modelling capabilities
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- Proficiency in SQL and Python
- Current hands-on work with scorecard modelling
- Management experience is essential
- Consumer Lending is ideal
- Strong passion for AI and ML
THE BENEFITS
- Competitive salary up to £130,000
- Hybrid working (2-3 days a week in the office)
- Strong Bonus and pension scheme
- Holiday entitlement
HOW TO APPLY
Please register your interest via the apply link on this page, or send your CV directly
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This role does not offer sponsorship.
This is a fantastic opportunity to lead credit risk decisioning at a fast-growing fintech. You will be the go-to expert for credit strategy, owning model development and deployment, and helping shape the company’s lending performance.
THE COMPANY
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THE ROLE
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Type: Full-time
Startup: A fast-growing AI startup
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5+ years of experience in data science, machine learning, or a related field.
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Deep experience in building and deploying models at scale.
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Solid understanding of statistics, experimentation, and data storytelling.
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Experience working with cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
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Ability to thrive in a startup environment – self-starter, adaptable, and collaborative.
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Competitive compensation, including meaningful equity.
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Remote-friendly with flexible working hours.
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Work on high-impact projects that apply AI to real-world problems.
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Learning budget for conferences, courses, and books.
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Supportive, innovative team culture that values curiosity and experimentation.
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Outside IR35 | £400-£450 per day | 3-month initial term | Hybrid London (2-3 days on-site)
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Design & interpret A/B tests on incentives and matching logic; recommend refinements.
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Turn insights into pricing rules, contract tweaks and product changes alongside Commercial, Product and Engineering.
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3-5 yrs (Minimum) analytics in trading, marketplace, media or e-commerce settings.
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Strong SQL and Python for big-data wrangling & modelling.
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Solid grasp of statistics, pricing or yield optimisation.
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Experimentation – set up offline metrics and online A/B tests; analyse uplift and iterate quickly.
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Production delivery – build scalable pipelines in AWS SageMaker (moving to Azure ML); containerise code and hook into CI/CD.
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Monitoring & tuning – track drift, response quality and spend; implement automated retraining triggers.
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Collaboration – work with Data Engineering, Product and Ops teams to translate business constraints into mathematical formulations.
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Morning stand-up: align on performance targets and new constraints.
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Data dive: explore panel behaviour in Python/SQL, craft new features.
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Modelling sprint: run hyper-parameter sweeps or explore heuristic/greedy and MIP/SAT approaches.
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Deployment: ship a model as a container, update an Airflow (or Azure Data Factory) job.
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Review: inspect dashboards, compare control vs. treatment, plan next experiment.
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SQL (Redshift, Snowflake or similar)
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3-5+ years building optimisation or recommendation systems at scale.
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Strong grasp of mathematical optimisation (e.g., linear/integer programming, meta-heuristics) as well as ML.
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Hands-on cloud ML experience (AWS or Azure).
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Proven track record turning prototypes into reliable production services.
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Clear communication and documentation habits.
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London
£55000 - £62000
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Product Manager – Operations / Supply Chain – London (Hybrid)
Operations Tools | Fulfilment | Inventory | Automation | Supply Chain Tech
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Key experience required:
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Experience working on backend/ops/supply chain tools within a physical product business
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Strong understanding of service design, UX, APIs, and data
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Comfortable working on MVPs and iterations in a scale-up environment
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Able to work cross-functionally across product, ops, data and engineering
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Confident working independently and bringing clarity to ambiguous challenges
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