Senior Data Scientist

About Us

Our Future Health will be the UK's largest ever health research programme, bringing people together to develop new ways to detect, prevent, and treat diseases. We are a charity, supported by the UK Government, in partnership with charities and industry. We work closely with the NHS and with public authorities across all nations and regions of the UK. Despite big improvements in healthcare in our lifetimes, today millions of people in the UK still live in poor health as they get older. Diseases like cancer, dementia, diabetes, and heart disease affect the lives of many people in our communities. Our goal is to create a world-leading resource for health research, to improve our understanding and spot the patterns of how and why common diseases start, so treatments can begin sooner and be more effective. Our plan is to bring together 5 million volunteers from right across the UK who will be asked to contribute information to help build one of the most detailed pictures we have ever had of people's health. Researchers will be able to use this information to make new discoveries about human health and diseases. So future generations can live in good health for longer. We’re building technology to unlock the potential of Our Future Health data for a broad set of users – providing health planners, commissioners, and policymakers with insights about population health to enable better, faster decisions that improve lives.

Role Overview

As Senior Scientist, you’ll be joining this work at an early stage and will play a pivotal role in shaping it from the ground up. You’ll be hands-on, working closely with our science, product and technology teams to define requirements, design innovative solutions and rigorously test them as we scale.

Responsibilities

• Support stakeholders and research customers in framing analytical questions, structuring complex problems and defining their data requirements.
• Bring a data-as-a-product mindset, with a focus on impact and outcomes for end users, ensuring that our research customers get maximum value out of our data products.
• Enable us to deliver prototypes of new data products and features at pace, making sure that they are high quality, trustworthy and understandable, and meet data privacy requirements.
• Channel customer feedback into the product roadmap and ensure that the right opportunities are flagged to the business development team.
• Contribute to the design and development of high-quality data products that meet stakeholder and research customers’ needs (for example, dashboards and visualisations).
• Provide the data and information required to support conversations with stakeholders, for example regarding prototypes or beta releases.
• Define the data requirements for relevant data products and insights.
• Use agile methods to iterate on data products and visualisations by writing tested and auditable code.
• Contribute to the development of data pipelines, bringing a focus to the needs of end users and acting as a subject-matter expert who influences your team.
• Work with relevant internal experts to ensure that data products meet ethical, data privacy and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Track record of applying data science methods across diverse problem domains within health and life sciences, such as clinical analytics, population health, or pharmaceutical research.
• Experience working with a range of large-scale health datasets, for example electronic health records.
• Strong foundation in data analysis and statistical methods relevant for population health management, ideally including risk stratification and population segmentation methods.
• Familiar with common medical and health data coding systems and formats such as ICD-10, SNOMED-CT, Read.
• Proficient in Python or R, SQL and version control.
• Skilled in data visualisation and communicating insights clearly to non-technical audiences.
• Experience using BI tools (PowerBI, Looker, Omni) is desirable.
• Ability to work in cross-functional teams, and a receptiveness to learning from feedback from others.
• Strong consultancy skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders to understand their needs, clarify objectives, and shape analytical approaches.
• Resilient and adaptable, bringing motivation to problem-solve within an ambiguous or changing environment.
• Awareness of how public health systems operate at a national and local level.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary from £70,000.
• Generous Pension Scheme – We invest in your future with employer contributions of up to 12%.
• 30 Days Holiday pro rata + Bank Holidays – Enjoy a generous holiday allowance with the flexibility to take bank holidays when it suits you.
• Enhanced Parental Leave – Supporting you during life's biggest moments.
• Cycle to Work Scheme – Save 25-39% on a new bike and accessories through salary sacrifice.
• Home & Tech Savings – Get up to 8% off on IKEA and Currys products, spreading the cost over 12 months through salary sacrifice.
• £1,000 Employee Referral Bonus – Know someone amazing? Get rewarded for bringing them on board!
• Wellbeing Support – Access to Mental Health First Aiders, plus 24/7 online GP services and an Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family.
• A Great Place to Work – We have a lovely Central London office in Holborn, and offer flexible and remote working arrangements.

Join us - let's prevent disease together. We recommend you apply as soon as possible, as occasionally due to high volumes of applications, we need to close our postings early. At Our Future Health, we recognise the importance of having a diverse workforce and ensuring that all candidates, regardless of their background, have equitable access to our application process. We proactively encourage applicants who identify as having a disability, neurodiversity, or long-term health conditions to let us know if they require any reasonable adjustments as part of their application process. If you do require any reasonable adjustments, please email us at talent@ourfuturehealth.org.uk.