Lead Data Scientist

Sanderson Recruitment
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1 month ago
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Mostly Remote/ 2 days per month in the London office

Leading Financial Services organisation is seeking an experienced Lead Data Scientist to provide hands-on technical leadership across a major transformation programme.

You will act as the technical lead for a team of 4-5 Data Scientists, providing task direction, code and model oversight, and setting technical standards - without formal line management responsibility. The role remains hands-on, focused on the design, build, validation, and deployment of predictive and risk models within a regulated environment.

Role:

  • Provide technical leadership and task oversight to a team of Data Scientists.
  • Set coding standards, modelling best practice, and governance frameworks.
  • Design, build, and deploy production-grade ML models (predictive & risk).
  • Develop scalable ML pipelines in Python.
  • Implement robust validation, monitoring, and performance frameworks.
  • Translate business and risk requirements into advanced analytical solutions.
  • Work closely with actuarial, risk, and engineering teams to operationalise models.

Skills & experience:

  • Strong commercial experience delivering ML models into production environments.
  • Advanced Python (essential...

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