13 of 13 Remote Lead Data Scientist Jobs in London

Lead Data Scientist London Up to £95,000 + bonus + benefits Our Client We're helping a global ecommerce marketplace build out their Data & Analytics teams. With over 20,000 employees in 41 locations around the world, our client traverses a number of consumer industries. They are passionate about transforming the ecommerce sector by investing … their business; they aim to leave a positive impact on all stakeholders including employees, customers and partners, helping to build sustainable local communities on a global scale. The role Data Scientists are hands-on with building models that allow our client to hyper-personalise their customer experience. In addition this, at a leadership level, Data Scientists work as … internal consultants within the business, advising executive teams on all things concerning predictive analytics and machine learning. What a Lead Data Scientist role will involve A hybrid role which is both hands-on with building models and involves consulting throughout the wider business, serving as the Data Science SME for the core customer-facing platform. Collaborating More ❯

Lead Data Scientist Up to £100,000 London (Remote/Hybrid) Company: This is a pre-seed startup on a mission to rethink how content gets made. The media landscape is more competitive than ever, and the old ways of creating and testing content just don’t cut it anymore. They’re using data and AI … to shape stories that actually land with under-served audiences. Responsibilities: Work closely with the founder to translate visionary ideas into practical, data-driven experiments and models. Analyse audience behaviour data and build AI-driven tools (like synthetic test groups) to predict content success. Collaborate with product, creative, and tech teams to embed data insights into content … creation and decision-making. Identify data gaps and design tracking or instrumentation strategies to improve analytics capabilities. Stay hands-on with modelling and analysis while providing realistic guidance to keep projects focused and achievable. 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 More ❯

Lead Data Scientist Up to £100,000 London (Remote/Hybrid) Company: This is a pre-seed startup on a mission to rethink how content gets made. The media landscape is more competitive than ever, and the old ways of creating and testing content just don’t cut it anymore. They’re using data and AI … to shape stories that actually land with under-served audiences. Responsibilities: Work closely with the founder to translate visionary ideas into practical, data-driven experiments and models. Analyse audience behaviour data and build AI-driven tools (like synthetic test groups) to predict content success. Collaborate with product, creative, and tech teams to embed data insights into content … creation and decision-making. Identify data gaps and design tracking or instrumentation strategies to improve analytics capabilities. Stay hands-on with modelling and analysis while providing realistic guidance to keep projects focused and achievable. 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 More ❯

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 More ❯

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 More ❯

Lead Data Scientist - Model Risk Management Company Description Experian is a global data and technology company, powering opportunities for people and businesses around the world. We help to redefine lending practices, uncover and prevent fraud, simplify healthcare, create marketing solutions, and gain deeper insights into the automotive market, all using our unique combination of data … more at experianplc.com Job Description Our Experian Software Solution's Analytics Services Team supports analytic and generative AI products for decisioning, analytics, and fraud and identity globally. As a Lead Data Scientist, you will use your coding expertise (Python, SAS), model risk management and Gen AI knowledge and experience, and analytic consulting skills to lead client … and internal engagements for Experian's new global product launch and early client success efforts. Responsibilities: Collaborate with Engineering and Data Science teams in the design and implementation of Machine Learning, Dashboarding, Ad Hoc Analysis and AI applications in a cloud-native big data platform. Partner with Leaders, Analytic Consultants, Engineers, Account Executives, Product Managers, and external partners More ❯

Our Experian Software Solution's Analytics Services Team supports analytic and generative AI products for decisioning, analytics, and fraud and identity globally. As a Lead Data Scientist, you will use your coding expertise (Python, SAS), model risk management and Gen AI knowledge and experience, and analytic consulting skills to lead client and internal engagements for Experian … s new global product launch and early client success efforts. Responsibilities: Collaborate with Engineering and Data Science teams in the design and implementation of Machine Learning, Dashboarding, Ad Hoc Analysis and AI applications in a cloud-native big data platform. Partner with Leaders, Analytic Consultants, Engineers, Account Executives, Product Managers, and external partners to bring new innovative solutions … to market that provide impact to Experian's broad client base. Lead client analytic consulting engagements with financial services clients, including pre-sales and demos, training, and client success activities to maximize client value. Leverage Gen AI and model development tools to create and maintain new model document templates to help clients meet Model Risk Management regulatory requirements. Stay More ❯

Data Lead Senior Data Engineer/Scientist Judge.me Role: Data Lead Senior Data Engineer/Scientist Location: Remote with hybrid option (2 days in Shoreditch office near Old Street) Salary: £90-115k (includes comprehensive benefits package) Our Mission: Fixing Trust in Commerce For a decade, we've been on a mission … verified buyer reviews Organic Growth : We've achieved 40% year-over-year growth purely through word of mouth-no paid marketing or sales teams needed The Opportunity As our Data Lead, you'll lead the development of our Trust Optimisation Platform-a critical initiative to unlock insights from our vast review dataset to help merchants improve their … e-commerce trust metrics. This role will build the data foundation that powers our next generation of merchant-facing products, directly supporting our mission to close the Trust Gap in e-commerce. What Makes This Role Special Massive Data Scale : Work with one of the largest e-commerce review datasets in the world Direct Business Impact : Build systems More ❯

Lead Data Scientist - Fintech - £100,000 + bonus Join a rising star in the global fintech scene! Following another successful round of funding & investment this company is continuing their meteoric expansion around the world. They are now in need of a Lead-level Data Scientist to help with the build of some critical new … data models & products. Summary: 💰 Salary: £100,000 💻 Benefits: Bonus, health insurance 🚀 Industry/Type of business: Fintech 🏠 Remote working: 1-2 days per month in the London HQ 🧩 Interview process: 3 stages 📢 Reporting to: VP of Credit Risk 👏 Company size: ~300 🎯 Working on: Developing brand new models around credit & risk What are we looking for? Full-stack end-to … end data science experience covering deployment & production Experience working in the fintech, financial services or credit risk domain Experience with SQL & Python, and machine learning libraries including XGBoost, LightGBM, Scikit-learn etc. Supporting platform & software engineering knowledge a plus! The ability to communicate & guide data strategy Candidates must be based in the UK. Unfortunately we cannot offer sponsorship More ❯

Lead Data Scientist - Fintech - £100,000 + bonus Join a rising star in the global fintech scene! Following another successful round of funding & investment this company is continuing their meteoric expansion around the world. They are now in need of a Lead-level Data Scientist to help with the build of some critical new … data models & products. Summary: 💰 Salary: £100,000 💻 Benefits: Bonus, health insurance 🚀 Industry/Type of business: Fintech 🏠 Remote working: 1-2 days per month in the London HQ 🧩 Interview process: 3 stages 📢 Reporting to: VP of Credit Risk 👏 Company size: ~300 🎯 Working on: Developing brand new models around credit & risk What are we looking for? Full-stack end-to … end data science experience covering deployment & production Experience working in the fintech, financial services or credit risk domain Experience with SQL & Python, and machine learning libraries including XGBoost, LightGBM, Scikit-learn etc. Supporting platform & software engineering knowledge a plus! The ability to communicate & guide data strategy Candidates must be based in the UK. Unfortunately we cannot offer sponsorship More ❯

LEAD DATA SCIENTIST – CREDIT £90,000 HYBRID – UK This role does not offer sponsorship. This is a fantastic opportunity to lead credit risk decisioning at a fast-growing fintech. You will be the go-to expert for credit strategy, owning model development and deployment, and helping shape the company’s lending performance. THE COMPANY This company … is an ambitious fintech operating in the consumer finance space, providing oversees payments and credit cards. With a strong data-driven culture and a collaborative team structure, they are scaling quickly and investing heavily in their data capabilities to drive better customer and business outcomes. THE ROLE You can expect to be involved in the following day-to … day: Lead the end-to-end lifecycle of credit and affordability models, from data sourcing to production monitoring. Work with a range of data types, including bureau, open banking, and behavioural data. Own the development and execution of decisioning strategies, including champion/challenger experiments. Analyse portfolio performance and recommend strategic changes based on data insights. More ❯

LEAD DATA SCIENTIST – CREDIT £90,000 HYBRID – UK This role does not offer sponsorship. This is a fantastic opportunity to lead credit risk decisioning at a fast-growing fintech. You will be the go-to expert for credit strategy, owning model development and deployment, and helping shape the company’s lending performance. THE COMPANY This company … is an ambitious fintech operating in the consumer finance space, providing oversees payments and credit cards. With a strong data-driven culture and a collaborative team structure, they are scaling quickly and investing heavily in their data capabilities to drive better customer and business outcomes. THE ROLE You can expect to be involved in the following day-to … day: Lead the end-to-end lifecycle of credit and affordability models, from data sourcing to production monitoring. Work with a range of data types, including bureau, open banking, and behavioural data. Own the development and execution of decisioning strategies, including champion/challenger experiments. Analyse portfolio performance and recommend strategic changes based on data insights. More ❯

LEAD DATA SCIENTIST - CREDIT £90,000 HYBRID - UK This role does not offer sponsorship. This is a fantastic opportunity to lead credit risk decisioning at a fast-growing fintech. You will be the go-to expert for credit strategy, owning model development and deployment, and helping shape the company's lending performance. THE COMPANY This company … is an ambitious fintech operating in the consumer finance space, providing oversees payments and credit cards. With a strong data-driven culture and a collaborative team structure, they are scaling quickly and investing heavily in their data capabilities to drive better customer and business outcomes. THE ROLE You can expect to be involved in the following day-to … day: Lead the end-to-end lifecycle of credit and affordability models, from data sourcing to production monitoring. Work with a range of data types, including bureau, open banking, and behavioural data. Own the development and execution of decisioning strategies, including champion/challenger experiments. Analyse portfolio performance and recommend strategic changes based on data insights. More ❯