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Senior Data Scientist

Hybrid in London·Added 11 days ago (last checked 1 Oct)

BBC

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Overview

Job details

  • Hybrid

    Office and home days — the ad has the split.

Requirements

  • Be near London for hybrid days

    No relocation package mentioned.

  • Have senior-level experience

    Senior-level role.

Skills

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • Experience in a data science or closely aligned role.
  • A degree in mathematics, statistics, computer science or related field.
  • A hands-on approach to problem solving, from understanding the impact down to mathematical details.
  • Good programming skills with Python.
  • Good working knowledge of SQL and experience querying large datasets.
  • Experience building machine learning models and deploying them into production.
  • Experience interacting with stakeholders and translating business problems into practical solutions.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent
LOCATION: London TVC - 2 days a week in office
DEPARTMENT: Data Insights
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £60,000 - £65,000 on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. Plus London Weighting Allowance of £5,441.The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

The role

The way BBC Studios operates has changed significantly over the last 5 years. It has moved into new areas of business and alongside that has developed the data capabilities required to support a modern organisation. We have built a successful data science team and are looking for a senior data scientist to join us, working across the different BBC Studios' lines of business.

What you'll do

  • Work on a range of projects supporting all lines of business. For commercial News, it might be automated decision-making to chose between subscription prompts and adverts, or for TV commissioning it could be developing synthetic audiences as an alternative to traditional surveys.
  • Develop Studios' capabilities to power data driven decision making, including automated tagging and other metadata focussed solutions to enhace discoverability and recommendations.
  • Use your domain knowledge to select the appropriate algorithmic approach and data sources to solve a given problem.
  • Discuss and implement the solution, from proof of concept to production.
  • Collaborate closely with stakeholders across the business, clearly communicating insights, impact, and recommendations.
  • Keep up to date with latest development in generative AI and apply where appropriate.

How you'll work

We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application - though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we'd love to hear from you and encourage you to apply

Hiring process

2 steps1 interviewa task to do
  1. Apply

  2. Screening · With talent acquisition team

  3. Interview

    Interviews assess your skills, knowledge, experience, strengths and motivation for the role; you're told what to expect in advance.

  4. Assessments

    Not every role

    Some roles include a job-specific exercise or task to demonstrate your capability.

  5. Offer and onboard

  • Reasonable adjustments are available to applicants who need them, at any stage.
  • Keep your own voice in applications; using AI to generate answers or misrepresent your skills is not accepted.

About BBC

Industry
Broadcasting and media
Website
bbc.co.uk

In their own words

About the company & team

A globally renowned media company borne of the BBC. We make and distribute the world's most sought-after TV, audio and digital content.

Our ambition is to be the home of the most powerful, entertaining, and inspiring stories for people all around the world.

We have built a successful data science team and are looking for a Senior Data Scientist. You will be working across all of BBC Studios' lines of business to understand where data science can make a difference. As data remains a developing capability within BBC Studios, this role will be central to driving data education and supporting the organisation's cultural evolution. This role will play a critical role in the education and culture change we are bringing to the business and act as a champion for the Data Science team, promoting its work and building understanding of the value data driven insights can bring to BBC Studio.

Additional information

We appreciate your interest in this position and understand how important this opportunity is to you. Due to the high volume of interest we may need to close the application period earlier than anticipated. This step is necessary to ensure we can provide a high level of attention and service to all applicants. Thank you for your understanding.

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