Lead Data Scientist in City of London

Job description

Lead Data Scientist

Up to £90,000

London (Remote/Hybrid)

Company:

Join a global financial platform offering fast, secure, and affordable money transfers, multi-currency wallets, and essential banking services worldwide, all within one app. You’ll be responsible for designing, building, and optimising credit and risk scoring models that drive key financial decisions across global markets.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the development and maintenance of credit risk and affordability models using bureau, open banking, and alternative behavioural data.
• Own end-to-end model lifecycle: data sourcing, feature engineering, model development, validation, and monitoring.
• Design and execute champion/challenger tests and A/B experiments to continuously improve approval rates, loss rates, and customer experience
• Analyse credit performance data to generate actionable insight and support strategic decisions
• Mentor and develop a small team of analysts/data scientists as the team scales
• Work closely with Data Engineering to deploy models into production pipelines.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define modelling goals and interpret model outcomes in a business context.

Requirements:

• MSc or PhD Degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Mathematics, Statistics or related fields.
• Strong coding skills in Python and SQL
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

**Please note that this role does not offer visa sponsorship**

How to Apply:

Please register your interest by sending your CV to Emily Burgess via the Apply link on this page

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

City of London

Type of Contract

Part-time jobs

Published at

09-07-2025

Profession type

Accountancy

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English