Senior Data Scientist

We're partnering with one of the UK's largest digital consumer platforms to hire a Lead Data Scientist into a newly formed Data Science capability.This is a genuine greenfield opportunity to help shape how machine learning influences customer engagement, subscriptions, retention and revenue growth across a business processing hundreds of thousands of events per second and managing petabytes of behavioral data.You'll be joining at a pivotal stage as the organisation continues its transformation towards a subscription-led model, with Data Science becoming a critical part of future growth.What you'll be working onSubscription propensity modellingChurn prediction and retention analyticsRecommendation enginesCustomer segmentation and personalisationDynamic pricing and offer optimisationUplift modelling and causal inferenceExperimentation frameworks and A/B testingModel monitoring and performance optimisationYou'll work closely with Product, Engineering, Editorial and Commercial teams to translate customer behaviour into actionable insight and measurable business outcomes.What we're looking for5+ years in Data Science or Machine LearningStrong Python and SQLExperience deploying production ML modelsStrong grounding in statistics, probability and machine learning theoryExperience working with large-scale customer datasetsBackground in subscription, consumer, media, gaming, e-commerce, fintech or similar environmentsExperience with recommendation systems, propensity modelling, retention, personalisation or monetisation challenges would be particularly valuable.Why join?Founding hire into a growing Data Science capabilityHuge influence over future direction and toolingOpportunity to help build a future teamOne of the UK's largest consumer datasetsHighly visible role with direct business impactModern data environment including ClickHouse, Iceberg and Python-based ML toolingLocation: London (Hybrid)Salary: £120,000-£140,000 + benefitsFor a confidential conversation, get in touch directly.