Lead Data Scientist

Lead Data Scientist | Cardiff / Remote | Engineering | AI & Data

We're supporting a growing technology business looking to hire a Lead Data Scientist to help shape and scale their AI and machine learning capability.

This role combines hands-on technical delivery with leadership responsibilities, working closely with Engineering, Product and Operations teams to deliver production-ready ML solutions that drive real business value.

You'll lead a team of Data Scientists while remaining heavily involved in modelling, NLP/LLM initiatives and predictive analytics projects.

What you'll be doing

• Leading technical decision making across Data Science
• Building and deploying ML models into production
• Driving NLP and LLM initiatives
• Working closely with Data Engineering and AI teams
• Coaching and mentoring Data Scientists
• Improving model governance and ML best practice

Tech stack

Python, SQL, TensorFlow, PyTorch, AWS/Azure, SageMaker, NLP, LLMs, MLOps

What we're looking for

• Strong commercial Data Science experience
• Experience leading teams or technical functions
• Strong cloud and ML deployment knowledge
• Experience delivering production-grade AI solutions
• Strong stakeholder communication skills

Why Apply?

You'll join a collaborative engineering environment working on genuinely impactful AI projects with modern tooling and cloud technologies. This is an opportunity to help shape the future direction of AI capability within a growing business while working on real-world applications of LLMs and predictive analytics.