Senior Data Scientist

London, UK - Hybrid, 3 days in office

up to £90,000

Sponsorship NOT available

The Company

What is your favourite brand where you feel that they truly understand you as an individual?

Creating that feeling and experience is exactly what this agency does.

They are a global customer experience agency that focuses on the individual!

By using personalized data and the best technology, they take that one-to-one customer experience and scale it to a one-to-a-million and use creativity to encourage customers to engage, click, buy and bond, again and again.

Each brand they work with, such as KFC, Mercedes Benz, IKEA, and Virgin Media 02, is unique and has specific challenges. This agency prides itself on finding the right solutions.

The Role

As a Senior Data Scientist, you will be joining a team of 8 talented data scientists at the forefront of leveraging AI to reinvent marketing for some of the world's biggest brands. They combine data-driven insights with cutting-edge technology to deliver unparalleled marketing solutions across various industries.

Some responsibilities include:

• Innovate and Optimise:Design, build, and implement predictive models that drive media performance, personalise customer experiences, and optimise revenue across sectors like retail, telecoms, and finance.
• Uncover Insights:Use predictive and prescriptive techniques to analyse data, uncover trends, and deliver actionable recommendations that make a real impact on their clients' businesses.
• Build and Prototype:Develop data solutions, tools, and prototypes that showcase their capabilities and empower clients with self-service frameworks.
• Communicate Effectively:Present your findings and recommendations in a way that's both clear and engaging, whether you're talking to a technical team or a non-technical client.
• Collaborate and Document: Work closely with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment and ensure your processes are documented for scalability.

What can you expect in this role:

• Variety and Challenge:No two projects are the same. You'll work across multiple industries, constantly learning and growing as you tackle new problems.
• Innovation at the Core:They are at the cutting edge of AI and marketing, and you'll have the freedom to experiment, innovate, and shape the future.
• Collaborative and Fun Culture:Be part of a tight-knit team that values collaboration, creativity, and having fun while doing great work.
• Global Impact:As part of a wider global agency, you'll be contributing to projects that have a global impact, working with some of the biggest brands in the world.

Experience

• A BSc in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field.
• Extensive experience in building machine learning models for tasks like recommendations, segmentation, forecasting, and optimising marketing spend.
• Proficiency in Python, SQL, Bash, and Git, with hands-on experience in tools like Jupyter notebooks, Pandas, PyTorch, and more.
• Experience with A/B testing and other experimentation methods to validate model performance and business impact.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Databricks, Snowflake), containerisation tools (Docker, Kubernetes), and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong problem-solving skills, creativity, and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to distill complex analyses into insights that clients can easily understand and act on.

Nice to have:

• Advanced degrees (MSc or PhD) in a relevant field.
• A deep understanding of the marketing ecosystem, including media measurement solutions like media mix modelling.
• Experience with NLP, Computer Vision, GenAI, CausalAI, GraphAI, and advanced techniques.
• Familiarity with versioning models (MLFlow), API design (FastAPI), and building custom dashboards (Dash).

Some Benefits include:

• Up to £90,000 + statutory holidays
• Dedicated Learning and Development team & bespoke programs
• Internal DEI initiative "TheNeighbourhood", a collection of people dedicated to helping our colleagues take ownership and effect change across 4 key pillars: Anti-racism, Disability, Gender & LGBTQ+ and Parents & Carers.
• Health & Wellbeing programs including Coaching opportunities - professional & personal, Babylon Health (Private GP service), Fertifa (Leading Fertility and Reproductive Health benefit providers), parenting partnership with bloss. etc
• "Me" day - a day for you to invest in yourself & spend how you like.
• "Us" day - a day all about giving back and helping others - volunteer, pick litter at a local park, hang out with the elderly, or raise money for a local charity, etc.