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.