Senior Data Scientist (AIX)

Job Description

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Team: AIX POD

Salary banding: £58,830 - £84,720

Experience: Senior

Working pattern: Full-Time

Reporting to: Delivery & Growth Lead

Sponsorship: Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

This role in 3 words: Ownership, Impactful and innovative

Top 3 qualities for this role: Communication, Drive, Analytical

Where you’ll work:

Depending on the needs of your business area, we expect hub based people to be in the office at least once a week, and to go to OVO Connection events in-person.

You’ll be assigned to the closest one of our three hub offices, Bristol, Glasgow, or London; unless your role requires field-based work. Each hub has accessible spaces to park your laptop, is designed to inspire people, help them connect and bring big ideas to life.

Everyone belongs at OVO

At OVO, we are on a mission to solve one of humanity's biggest challenges, the climate crisis. And we know it takes all of us to change the world. That's why we need diverse people from all abilities, gender identities, ethnicities, ages, sexual orientations, life experiences and backgrounds to join us.

Teamworking for the planet

Everything we do here spins around Plan Zero. So, naturally, the team you’ll be joining plays a gigantic role in making that happen. Here’s how:

This is a pivotal role for an experienced leader in the delivery of our data-driven solutions. You'll take end-to-end responsibility for major projects, from defining the business problem through to deploying robust models or Generative AI solutions and rigorously measuring their impact. This role demands deep proficiency in the use of Generative AI models and complex statistical analysis, ensuring you can deliver actionable, high-value insights and implement sophisticated data solutions. Beyond technical delivery, you'll be instrumental in optimising and scaling our existing models, identifying crucial patterns and trends and effectively communicating findings to influence strategic decisions. A critical part of your contribution will also involve supporting the data science community. This role requires an essential balance of deep technical expertise, leadership and powerful communication skills.

This role in a nutshell:

The Senior Data Scientist will be a key contributor to the delivery of data-driven solutions, taking end-to-end project responsibility from problem definition to model deployment and impact measurement. This role requires a proficient individual with extensive experience in advanced machine learning and statistical analysis, capable of delivering actionable insights and implementing complex data solutions. The Senior Data Scientist will not only optimise and scale models but also identify key patterns and trends, effectively communicate findings to stakeholders, and mentor junior data scientists.This role requires a balance of deep technical expertise, leadership, and strong communication skills.

This role will involve working with multidisciplinary teams involved in the creation of AI-driven products, so an understanding of the concepts involved in bringing AI-based solutions to market would be useful.

Your key outcomes will be:

• Successfully deliver high-impact data science projects that drive measurable business value.
• Develop and deploy robust and scalable machine learning models or Generative AI solutions that optimise business processes and improve decision-making.
• Generate actionable insights from complex datasets that inform strategic business initiatives.
• Elevate the data science capabilities of the team through effective mentorship and knowledge sharing.
• Contribute to OVO’s Data Science Community of Practice to establish and maintain best practices for data science methodologies, ensuring high-quality and efficient project execution.
• Contribute to the improvement of data infrastructure, and data governance.

You’ll be successful here at OVO if you…

• Have extensive experience in data analysis, advanced modeling, machine learning and generative AI.
• Have proven success leading data science projects from concept to deployment, delivering genuinely impactful business results.
• Exhibit advanced expertise across a range of machine learning techniques and algorithms.
• Are proficient in deep statistical analysis and complex data modeling.
• Show solid programming skills in Python and have advanced proficiency in SQL for powerful data querying.
• Are experienced in experimental design and implementation (like advanced A/B testing).
• Excel at identifying critical trends and patterns in large datasets and translating them into clear, actionable insights.
• Have a natural ability to mentor and guide data scientists, helping the whole team grow.
• Possess excellent analytical and problem solving skills to tackle our most challenging problems.
• Are an effective communicator, able to present complex findings clearly and persuasively to both technical colleagues and business partners.
• Can work seamlessly and effectively within your team and across different areas of the business.
• Are detail oriented, ensuring the accuracy and quality of every output.
• Maintain a collaborative mindset, recognising that our best work is done together.
• Have experience and understanding of agentic engineering, workflows or similar.
• Show a strong commitment to continuous learning, always staying ahead of new industry developments and techniques.

Let’s talk about what’s in it for you

We’ll pay you between £58,830 and £84,720, depending on your specific skills and experience. If your expectations are a little different, have a chat with us!

We keep our pay ranges broad on purpose to give us, and you, flexibility to match your experience to our zero carbon mission.

You’ll be eligible for an on-target bonus of 15%. We have one OVO bonus plan that focuses on the collective performance of our people to deliver our Plan Zero goal.

We also offer plenty of green benefits and progressive policies to help you feel like you belong at OVO…and there’s flex pay. We'll give you 9% Flex Pay on top of your salary – 4% of this is auto enrolled into your pension, and the remaining 5% is yours to do what you like with. You can use this to buy from our extensive range of flexible benefits, including our green benefits which we've put at the heart of our offering, add to your pension or even take it as cash.

Here’s a taster of what’s on offer:

For starters, you’ll get 34 days of holiday (including bank holidays).

For your health
With benefits like a healthcare cash plan or private medical insurance depending on your career level, critical illness cover, life assurance, health assessments, and more

For your wellbeing
With gym membership, travel insurance, workplace ISA, will writing services, dental insurance, and more

For your lifestyle
With extra holiday buying, discount dining, home & tech loans, and supporting your favourite charities with give-as-you-earn donations

For your home
Get up to £400 towards any OVO Energy plan, plus great discounts on solar, smart thermostats and EV chargers

For your commute
Nab a great deal on ultra-low emission car leasing, plus our cycle to work scheme and public transport season ticket loans

Want to hear about our full range of flexible benefits and progressive people policies? Our People Team can tell you everything you need to know.

For your Belonging

To find better ways to support our people, we need to listen to each other’s experiences and find ways to build a truly inclusive and diverse workplace. As part of this, we have 8 Belonging Networks at OVO. Led by our people, for our people - so when you join OVO, you can play a part - big or small - with any of the Networks. It's up to you.

Oh, and one last thing...

We’d be thrilled if you tick off all our boxes, yet we also believe it’s just as important we tick off all of yours. And if you think you have most of what we’re looking for but not every single thing, go ahead and hit apply. We’d still love to hear from you!

If you have any additional requirements, there’s a space to let us know on the application form; we want to make the process as easy and comfortable for you as possible..