At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead data science projects, ensuring high-quality machine learning solutions that drive business impact.
- Company: Join a leading banking institution focused on innovation and technical excellence.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, performance bonuses, funded healthcare, and 25 days holiday plus your birthday off.
- Other info: Hybrid role with excellent career growth opportunities and a supportive team culture.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in the banking sector with cutting-edge data science solutions.
- Qualifications: Extensive experience in data science, strong Python and SQL skills, and cloud platform expertise required.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
This role exists to provide technical leadership and assurance across data science, ensuring machine learning solutions are designed, built, and operated to a high and consistent technical standard.
The role focuses on enabling scalable, reliable delivery of data science solutions aligned to business priorities defined elsewhere.
Acting as a technical lead for data science, guiding modelling approach and solution design across multiple initiatives.
Working closely with business stakeholders to translate priority use cases into technically sound, production‐ready data science solutions.
Providing hands‐on technical leadership across the data science lifecycle, from problem framing and modelling through deployment and ongoing optimisation.
Reviewing and challenging technical designs and implementations, providing clear technical direction and sign‐off.
Supporting and mentoring data scientists on complex technical challenges.
Partnering with Data Architecture, ML & Data Engineering, and BI teams to ensure solutions are scalable, robust, and production‐ready.
Communicating technical assumptions, risks, and trade‐offs clearly to technical and non‐technical stakeholders.
Accountable for: The technical quality and consistency of data science solutions delivered within assigned domains.
Ensuring solutions meet agreed performance, scalability, reliability, and maintainability standards.
Consistent application of data science standards, reducing delivery risk and technical debt.
Raising the overall technical maturity of data science within the organisation WHAT YOU'LL NEED: Essential
Criteria: Extensive experience delivering production‐grade, commercially impactful data science solutions, gained in a data science or machine learning roles.
Strong experience building ML solutions on cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, or Azure).
Advanced expertise in Python and SQL.
Deep applied knowledge of machine learning techniques, including regression, classification, clustering, and time‐series forecasting.
Experience supporting production deployment and lifecycle management of ML models.
Strong understanding of data warehousing, data modelling, and modern data architecture.
Familiarity with MLOps concepts and production ML practices.
CLOSING DATE: 21st August LOCATION: Please note this is a hybrid role and requires the successful candidate to attend at least 3 days a week in GSIQ, Solihull, UK.
We're committed to finding reasonable adjustments* for candidates with specific needs or have a disability during our recruitment process, and all applicants will be considered fairly and equally.
If you'd like to request a reasonable adjustment please email talent@gymshark.
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Performance-based Bonus opportunity Funded Healthcare benefit25 days holiday, additional day for your birthday & Bank Holidays Contributory Employer pension scheme Flexible benefits programme – including salary sacrifice EV scheme, dental insurance, cycle to work, tech scheme, holiday trading Gymshark Employee Discount & long service awards Access to High Street cashback and discounts Financial, Physical and Mental Wellbeing Support Enhanced Family Leave package Life Assurance Office location specific benefits include (IQ): Gym Membership to The Lifting Club (LC)Onsite lunch provision & coffee bars EV charge points available Office location specific benefits include (LDN): Funded multi-site fitness membership
Note: The bonus program and benefits have certain eligibility requirements.
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