Lead data scientist

Salary: £100,000 - 110,000 per year Requirements: We are looking for strong commercial experience in data science and machine learning. We need experience leading teams or acting as a technical lead within a data science function. We require strong knowledge of cloud platforms and machine learning deployment. We want experience delivering production-ready AI solutions. We are looking for excellent stakeholder management and communication skills. Responsibilities: We lead technical decision-making across our data science function. We design, build, and deploy machine learning models into production. We drive NLP, generative AI, and LLM initiatives. We partner with engineering, product, and operations teams to solve complex business challenges. We mentor and develop a growing team of data scientists. We establish best practice across model development, governance, and MLOps. Technologies: AI Cloud LLM Machine Learning AWS Azure PyTorch Python SQL TensorFlow More: We are a global B2B SaaS organisation making significant investment in AI and data science as part of our next phase of growth. This is a high-impact leadership opportunity based in Cardiff or remote, with a remote-first working environment and strong backing from leadership. We offer the chance to help build and shape a growing data science function, influence our AI strategy, and work on highly visible projects with direct commercial impact across predictive analytics, NLP, and LLM-powered products. last updated 25 week of 2026