Role description: The Senior Data Scientist is responsible and accountable for leading (and overseeing) technical delivery of Arcadis digital and analytical solutions. The Senior Data Scientist will provide expertise through the implementation of these solutions for our customers, maximising the value of their data to solve their most pressing business problems. The role sits within our Asset Management service area, in the Solutions Delivery group. This group serves large asset owning organisations across water, rail and road, government and other sectors. The solutions we provide are a combination of configured products and services, so whilst experience in these sectors is desirable, a curiosity to understand the “why” behind the problem and the ability to contextualize to the sector, are essential. The Senior Data Scientist is responsible for the management and delivery of projects, be required to coach other Junior Data Scientists and Junior Analytics Consultants within the Solution Delivery group and contribute to business development and growth. They will play a key client-facing role throughout the project lifecycle, from requirements gathering and solution demonstrations through to results presentation, training, and supporting adoption of delivered solutions. The Senior Data Scientist will also work closely with other Arcadis teams, including those within the global Solutions Delivery group and Arcadis Product and Technology teams, who are responsible for Arcadis digital products and tooling (such as EDA). Further to this, the Senior Data Scientist will interface with the wider business to provide guidance on future solutions and technical input for analytics solutions and products. Role accountabilities: Driving quality and innovation within data analytics solutions and identifying and disseminating best practice in terms of approaches and tooling. This role includes and surpasses the need to align around our standards and ways of working; it requires active contribution to improving our standards into the future. Manage the delivery of analytical projects to clients ensuring assigned projects are delivered on time, within budget, to high quality and in accordance with project scope. Develop strong and trusted relationships with client representatives driven by track record and credibility. Act as analytics solution architect, ensuring that the design fully meets the client’s needs and wherever possible has the potential to be offered to other clients with minimal re-work to maximise future revenue. Manage outputs and quality throughout delivery of a project ensuring all work packages align to the project scope. Peer review of reports, dashboards and code produced by colleagues. Provide support for business development including: Delivery of technical sales support including software demonstrations. Writing proposals for client projects and scope changes and convert them to sales. Identifying opportunities to generate additional revenue and develop new revenue streams. Ensure the services and software delivered fully meets client expectations and delivers value in terms of realisation of business benefits. Qualifications
Senior Data Scientist employer: Arcadis
Arcadis UK is an exceptional employer that fosters a collaborative and innovative work culture, where sustainability and resilience are at the forefront of our projects. Employees benefit from continuous professional development opportunities, a supportive environment, and the chance to work on impactful projects in the water and energy sectors. Located in the UK, we offer a dynamic workplace that values diversity and encourages creative solutions to complex engineering challenges.
