Data & Analytics Data Scientist (Public sector) Professional Multiple Cities

IBM
Leicester
3 days ago
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At IBM CIC, we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients in the UK.


A career in IBM CIC means you’ll have the opportunity to work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio.


Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success here. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions which impact a wide network of clients, whom may be at their site or one of our CIC or IBM locations. Our culture of evolution centres on long‑term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.


We offer:



  • Many training opportunities from classroom to e‑learning, mentoring and coaching programs and the chance to gain industry‑recognized certifications
  • Regular and frequent promotion opportunities to ensure you can drive and develop your career with us
  • Feedback and checkpoints throughout the year
  • Diversity & Inclusion as an essential and authentic component of our culture through our policies and process as well as our Employee Champion teams and support networks
  • A culture where your ideas for growth and innovation are always welcome
  • Internal recognition programs for peer‑to‑peer appreciation as well as from manager to employees
  • Tools and policies to support your work‑life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme
  • More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, a group personal pension plan of an additional 5% of your base salary paid by us monthly to save for your future.

In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.


Your role and responsibilities

Embark on an exciting career path as a Senior Data Scientist and lead the way in leveraging deep data and analytics expertise to address business challenges. In this role, you'll be responsible for driving data‑driven decision‑making, optimizing business processes, and fostering a culture of innovation.


Join our AI Analytics & Data Science team and make a significant impact on data‑driven decision‑making and business optimization. Apply today and embark on an exciting journey in Advanced Analytics!


Responsibilities

  • Lead the development of predictive models and data‑driven solutions for business optimization.
  • Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to integrate data‑driven insights into business strategies.
  • Utilize optimization tools (IBM CPLEX, Gurobi) and statistical analysis packages (SPSS, SAS, R, Python) to derive actionable insights.
  • Stay up‑to‑date with emerging data science trends and technologies.

Required education

None


Preferred education

Bachelor’s Degree


Required technical and professional expertise

  • Experience of working with Generative AI models
  • Knowldege of cloud services - ideally AWS and/or Azure
  • Strong communication skills and ability to work as part of a multidisciplanry team
  • Ideally have experience working in public sector
  • Extensive experience with PowerBI, Python and SQL, Databricks
  • Experience working iwith Data in a product‑based team.
  • Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
  • Ability to lead cross‑functional teams and manage stakeholder expectations.
  • Proven track record in driving data‑driven decision‑making and business optimization.
  • Web‑based Analytics Tools - Adobe Analytics
  • Exposure to Data Lake functionality and architecture (strong relational database skills would be a Good alternative)
  • Crunching a large volume of data (>5 Million rows) would be the minimum baseline for the skills we are looking for
  • SQL

As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds. However, for you to be eligible for this role, you must have the valid right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we do not offer visa sponsorship and have no future plans to do so. You must be a resident in the UK and have been living continuously in the UK for the last 5 years. You must be able to hold or gain a UK government security clearance.


Preferred technical and professional experience

  • Experience with machine learning frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit‑learn).
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
  • Knowledge of big data technologies (Hadoop, Spark).
  • Background in supply chain management, pricing, risk assessment, or fraud detection.
  • Publication record in peer‑reviewed journals or reputable industry publications

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.


YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.


Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.


Our IBMers are growth‑minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on‑going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can‑do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.


Are you ready to be an IBMer?


ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.


Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.


At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.


IBM is proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.


OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM wants you to bring your whole self to work and for you this might mean the ability to work flexibly. If you are interested in a flexible working pattern, please talk to our recruitment team to find out if this is possible in the current working environment.


Job Title

Data Scientist - Public Sector


Job ID

81943


City / Township / Village
State / Province
Country

United Kingdom


Work arrangement

Hybrid


Area of work

Data & Analytics


Employment type

Regular


Position type

Professional


Up to 80% or 4 days a week (home on weekends - based on project requirements)


Company
Shift

General (daytime)


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