At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead data science projects, build predictive models, and mentor fellow data scientists.
- Company: A global leader in travel experiences with over 100 years of history.
- Benefits: Flexible remote work, competitive salary, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Join a dynamic team passionate about travel and innovation.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on how millions experience travel through advanced analytics.
- Qualifications: Significant experience in data science, Python, SQL, and machine learning.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
Senior Data Scientist
Hybrid, 3 days per week in the office
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: Monday to Friday
For over 100 years, we’ve been bringing the world closer together by crafting journeys that create lasting memories, lifelong friendships and meaningful cultural connections. Across more than 70 countries and our award-winning brands, we design and deliver travel experiences that go beyond sightseeing - they change perspectives.
You will solve complex customer and commercial problems through advanced analytics, experimentation and machine learning, working with rich customer, booking, behavioural, marketing and digital data. The problem space is broad: segmentation, propensity, personalisation, customer value, retention, forecasting and commercial optimisation. Alongside hands-on work, you will shape analytical methodology, mentor other data scientists and help our most valuable models move from experiment into decisions that change what the business does. The data is rich, the questions are real and the appetite for answers is genuine.
- Lead complex data science initiatives from problem definition through modelling, validation and implementation.
- Build predictive and machine learning solutions across priority customer and commercial use cases.
- Apply advanced statistical techniques to uncover behaviour, patterns and commercial opportunity.
- Work with Data Engineering to productionise high-value analytical solutions.
- Guide model monitoring, drift management and ongoing performance.
- Turn sophisticated analysis into clear recommendations for senior decision-makers.
- Mentor data scientists and provide technical leadership across the team.
- Contribute to data science strategy, standards, governance and responsible AI practice.
Significant experience in data science, applied data science or machine learning in a sophisticated commercial environment.
- Advanced capability in Python and SQL.
- Deep grounding in statistics, machine learning, experimentation and model validation.
- Solutions you can point to that delivered measurable customer or commercial impact.
- Understanding of production data science, MLOps and model monitoring.
- Commercial judgement and the ability to simplify complex technical findings.
- Experience providing technical leadership, peer review or coaching to other data scientists.
- Exposure to Snowflake or another modern cloud data science environment.
- Experience contributing to responsible AI standards or governance.
- Experience in a global, multi-brand or multi-market business.
- Curiosity about travel, hospitality or global consumer businesses.
If you want your work to shape how millions of people experience travel, we would like to hear from you.
Data Science Data Science Senior Data Scientist (Remote) in London employer: The Travel Corporation
The Travel Corporation is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters collaboration and innovation in the heart of London. With a strong emphasis on employee growth, you will have access to ongoing training and development opportunities while enjoying the flexibility of a hybrid work environment. Join us to be part of a team that values your contributions and supports your professional journey in enhancing our financial systems.
