Head of Data Science
MarshmallowCar Insurance company
London, United KingdomDirector
BlackRock
Investec
Portage
Columbia Lake Partners
Passion Capital
Scor
Data & AI
About the role
TL;DR
Lead the data science team to drive commercial impact and technical excellence.
- •Marshmallow is seeking a Head of Data Science for a 12-month fixed-term contract to lead their data science team.
- •This role involves driving commercial impact through data and machine learning, while also focusing on team development and technical quality.
- •Key Responsibilities Drive commercial impact by identifying and prioritizing data science opportunities.
- •Lead the people and culture agenda for the data science team.
- •Provide hands-on technical leadership and set technical standards.
- •Represent data science in cross-functional conversations with engineering and product.
- •Build collective ownership of technical standards across the Data Science function.
- •Requirements Strong commercial-first mindset and ability to build solutions that influence the P&L.
- •Proven track record of driving improvements in team culture and technical standards.
- •Excellent leadership and team management skills.
- •Strong background as a senior data science individual contributor with end-to-end ML solution delivery experience.
- •Proven ability to influence technical direction and strong stakeholder management skills.
Required skills
PythonSQLMLflowSageMakerTechnical Leadership
Nice-to-have skills
LangChain
Domain expertise
fintechinsurtech
Benefits & perks
Bonus scheme, Private medical insurance, Mental health support, Personal learning budget, 4 weeks Work From Anywhere per year
Tech stack
PythonSQLSnowflakedbtAirflowLookerLangChainSageMakerMLflowAnthropic APIJavaDynamoDBTerraformDockerDatadogTypeScriptReactReduxKotlinSwift