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Lead Data Scientist

Impellam Group
City of London
1 day ago
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Lead Data Scientist - Perm - Data Science Transformation - Insurance


A global insurance leader is seeking a visionary Data Science Guild Lead to unify and drive innovation across its data science community. This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of data science, machine learning, and AI within a major organisation, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and senior stakeholders.


What You’ll Do:

  • Build and lead a centralised Data Science Guild, fostering collaboration, standardisation, and innovation across business units.
  • Guide teams from siloed ways of working to a cohesive, high-performing community.
  • Drive the development and delivery of cutting-edge data science, ML, and AI products, ensuring best practices and robust governance.
  • Work closely with engineering, platform, and AI teams to deliver impactful solutions.
  • Champion a culture of experimentation, learning, and resilience—where innovation is encouraged and calculated risks are embraced.
  • Directly and indirectly manage a diverse team (approx. 30–40), with opportunities for growth and progression.


Location/Hybrid: 3 days to the City of London Office (non-negotiable)

Salary: £140,000 + bonus


Requirements:

  • Proven hands-on data science leadership (recent coding not essential, but strong Python knowledge required).
  • Deep understanding of ML, AI engineering, solution architecture, and the full development lifecycle.
  • Experience building teams, setting standards, and delivering measurable outcomes.
  • Comfortable managing large, multidisciplinary teams and collaborating across functions.
  • Insurance or financial pricing experience is desirable but not essential.
  • Strong communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills.


If you're seeking a rare opportunity to influence and change a global insurance firm's data science operations, a true achievement where your ideas will be tried in an environment that knows the risks of innovation. Please get in touch with an up to date CV to get a conversation rolling!

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