Senior Data Scientist

Senior Data Scientist
Location: South Manchester – Hybrid (after 3 months)
Salary: £50,000-£65,000
Type: Permanent

We are hiring a Senior Data Scientist to join a growing, customer facing data science practice within an established digital transformation consultancy.

You will deliver impactful tech for good programmes across Civil Defence, Healthcare, Sustainable Environment and Digital Democracy, working directly with customers to solve complex, high value problems.

The Role:

• Lead the end to end design and implementation of complex data science solutions
• Own the full lifecycle from design and build through to deployment and continuous improvement
• Work in agile, multidisciplinary teams alongside Engineers and UCD specialists
• Engage directly with clients, and build trusted practitioner relationships
• Mentor junior data scientists and help structure high quality delivery

This is a hands-on, customer facing role in a cloud native, delivery focused environment.

What we are looking for:

• Strong commercial data science experience in Agile environments
• Good Python or R skills, writing production ready code
• Experience with AWS, Azure or GCP
• Experience deploying models into live environments
• Experience working with sensitive data and understanding governance best practice
• Ability to clearly communicate complex technical outputs to stakeholders

Desirable:

• NLP experience
• Generative AI experience, such as chatbots or RAG systems
• Consultancy or professional services background would be advantageous

If you are a Senior Data Scientist who enjoys client engagement, meaningful delivery and operating at production, we’d be keen to hear from you!