Data Science Manager

Overview

In this role, you will lead analytics initiatives to translate business problems into data-driven solutions. You’ll work with cross-functional partners to deliver predictive models and actionable insights that influence strategic decisions. The role blends modeling, data exploration, and best-practice development within the Strategic Analytics team. You will mentor a growing group of data scientists and push innovative techniques to enable business outcomes in the London Market. This is a chance to shape analytics capabilities at a collaborative, innovation-driven firm.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business teams to understand problems and prioritize analytics solutions
• Work in cross-functional teams and share ideas to resolve complex issues
• Build strong partnerships across the organization to support project goals
• Oversee the development of predictive models using GLMs, GBMs, NLP and other ML approaches
• Produce insights with diverse tools and technologies to drive business decisions
• Explore and analyze internal and external datasets for advanced analytics modeling
• Establish best practices and repeatable processes for the analytics function
• Provide thought leadership on new techniques, approaches and software
• Guide, mentor and develop a growing team of predictive modelers and data scientists

Key requirements

• Design, build and implement statistical models across predictive modelling, NLP and data mining
• Data manipulation with Python and SQL
• Knowledge of modern visualization tools (PowerBI)
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (Databricks, Snowflake, Azure) is advantageous
• Strong project management and organizational skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication across technical and non-technical audiences
• Team-oriented mindset with ability to collaborate across functions
• Natural curiosity and ability to simplify complex problems
• Critical thinking and creative problem-solving abilities

• excellent communication
• teamwork
• collaboration
• Python
• SQL
• PowerBI

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