Lead Data Scientist | Health

Quantium
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4 months ago
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Overview

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Quantium is a world leader in data science and artificial intelligence. Established in Australia in 2002, Quantium is a global team of more than 1,100 people across 14 locations with a unique blend of capabilities across product and consulting services to help businesses unlock value from data and analytics. Quantium partners with the world's largest corporations to forge a better, more intelligent world.

Quantium Health UK delivers AI, analytics, and digital consulting services and products to clients across Health, Life Sciences and HealthTech. Our purpose is to harness the power of data and drive improved outcomes for patients and clinicians. We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Lead Data Scientist and provide technical leadership and expertise across complex data science projects to drive innovation in healthcare analytics and AI solutions that deliver meaningful outcomes.

How will you make an impact?
  • Technical leadership: Own the design and delivery of high quality analytics, from scoping and data quality assessment to method selection, design, application, insights generation and visualisation
  • Innovation driver: Oversee the development and implementation of advanced models, statistical analyses, and AI solutions for healthcare applications
  • Stakeholder collaboration: Collaborate with external and internal stakeholders to translate healthcare business problems into robust analytical frameworks and solutions
  • Quality champion: Establish and maintain technical standards, coding practices, and quality assurance processes to ensure reproducible, scalable, and clinically validated analytical output
  • Foster high performance: Share your knowledge, coach and develop team members to further our collaborative and growth-oriented environment
The Superpowers You'll Be Bringing To The Team
  • Technical proficiency: 7+ years\' experience in a highly technical analytics environment, carrying out data analytics or data science work
  • Project delivery: Track record of leading and delivering complex, multi-stakeholder projects from conception to implementation
  • Advanced technical analytics knowledge: Including data preparation, feature engineering, foundational analytics concepts, model development, and model training
  • Strong coding / modelling experience: Python and SQL
  • Academic background: Tertiary qualifications in engineering, mathematics, actuarial studies, statistics, physics, or a related discipline
  • Communication excellence: Excellent communication skills with ability to present technical concepts to clinical, business, and executive audiences
  • Commercial acumen: Commercial acumen with ability to translate technical capabilities into business value and client outcomes

Remember — you might not tick all the boxes, but don\'t let that stop you from applying. We\'re more interested in how you work, your ability to solve problems and think big.

What could your Quantium Experience look like?

Working at Quantium will allow you to challenge your imagination. You will get to solve complex problems using rigour, precision and by asking great questions — but it also means you can think big, outside the box and push your problem-solving skills to the max.

By Joining The Quantium Team, You\'ll Get To
  • Forge your path: So many of our team have moved around different teams or offices. You\'ll be in the driver\'s seat, and we empower you to make your career your own.
  • Find your kind: Embrace diversity and connect with your tribe (think foodies, dog lovers, readers, or runners).
  • Make an impact: Leave your mark. Your contributions resonate, regardless of your role or rank.
Benefits

On top of the Quantium Experience, you will enjoy a range of great benefits that go beyond the ordinary. Some of these include:

  • Continuous learning: Our vision is empowering our people to thrive. The Analytics Community fosters the development of individuals, thought leadership and technical excellence at Quantium through building strong connections, fostering collaboration, and co-creation of best practice.
  • Flexible work arrangements: Achieve work-life balance with our hybrid working model (3 days in our London office, 2 days from home).
  • Remote working: Embrace the opportunity to work outside of your assigned home location for up to 2 months every year.

Quantium\'s recruitment process involves the collection and use of personal information. Please click on the link "Privacy" for Quantium\'s Collection Notice. This provides information on how we collect, use & store your personal information, including potential disclosure to our majority shareholder, Woolworths Group Limited.

Seniority level
  • Mid-Senior level
Employment type
  • Full-time
Job function
  • Engineering and Information Technology
Industries
  • IT Services and IT Consulting


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