Senior Data Scientist
11 days ago
Manchester
Role: Senior Data Scientist Location: Manchester, UK / Leeds, UK Role Overview As the client analytics team evolves, we are looking to onboard commercially savvy, independent Data Scientists to support and accelerate a predefined analytics backlog. The role requires strong technical capability, commercial acumen, and the ability to operate autonomously while driving measurable business impact.-defined analytics backlog. The role requires strong technical capability, commercial acumen, and the ability to operate autonomously while driving measurable business impact. The Analyst/Data Scientist will design and deliver analytical solutions that help grow wallet share, increase market share, and improve customer engagement. They will also lead the creation of self-serve reporting and dashboards that enable stakeholders to track performance and key drivers.-serve reporting and dashboards that enable stakeholders to track performance and key drivers. Key Responsibilities • Develop insights and recommendations to increase wallet spend across key customer segments., • Design and deliver initiatives aimed at growing market share, including tracking performance and conducting root cause analysis.-cause analysis., • Build a self-serve dashboard to monitor market share, performance KPIs, and related contributing factors.-serve dashboard, • Own end to end delivery of analysis with minimal oversight—problem structuring, data extraction, modelling, and presentation.-to-end delivery of analysis with minimal oversight—problem structuring, data extraction, modelling, and presentation., • Conduct data mining, manipulation, and validation using robust reconciliation practices., • Identify and select relevant data points required for accurate and meaningful analysis., • Build customer segmentations/profiles to inform commercial strategies and product decisions., • Perform conversion and funnel analysis to understand customer behaviour and optimize interventions., • Create business ready visualizations and structured reporting for senior stakeholders.-ready visualisations and structured reporting for senior stakeholders., • Automate repetitive tasks, streamline data workflows, and improve analytical efficiency., • Design and evaluate marketing campaign structures—targeting, proposition, test design, measurement based on statistical significance., • Present insights confidently and manage stakeholder expectations through clear, proactive communication., • Deliver high quality outputs at pace with minimal rework.-quality outputs at pace with minimal rework. Skills & Experience Required Technical & Analytical Skills • Strong data mining, wrangling, and manipulation experience (SQL, Python, or equivalent)., • High competence in validation checks, reconciliations, and data quality assurance., • Advanced data visualization capability (Power BI, Tableau, or similar)., • Experience building dashboards and business reporting tools., • Familiarity with optimization and automation techniques in analytics workflows. Commercial & Domain Experience • Debit payments or current account experience within UK Financial Services (desired)., • Understanding of banking profitability, product economics, and business case modelling., • Background in customer profiling, segmentation, and behavioral analytics., • Experience designing and evaluating commercial or marketing campaigns., • Strong understanding of conversion metrics and commercial performance levers. Behavioral Competencies • Highly independent and proactive, able to manage workload and prioritization autonomously., • Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to influence stakeholders., • Delivers consistently to a high standard with minimal rework., • Comfortable working in a fast paced, outcomes driven environment.-paced, outcomes-driven environment.