Lead Data Scientist
£700-£750pd via Umbrella
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:
1. Strong commercial experience delivering ML models into production environments.
2. Advanced Python (essential...