Associate Data Scientist

Welcome to Haleon. We’re a purpose-driven, world-class consumer company putting everyday health in the hands of millions. In just three years since our launch, we’ve grown, evolved and are now entering an exciting new chapter – one filled with bold ambitions and enormous opportunity.
Our trusted portfolio of brands – including Sensodyne®, Panadol®, Advil®, Voltaren®, Theraflu®, Otrivin®, and Centrum® – lead in resilient and growing categories. What sets us apart is our unique blend of deep human understanding and trusted science.
Now it’s time to fully realise the full potential of our business and our people. We do this through our Win as One strategy. It puts our purpose – to deliver better everyday health with humanity – at the heart of everything we do. It unites us, inspires us, and challenges us to be better every day, driven by our agile, performance-focused culture.

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity is to join our Global AI & Data Science team as an Associate Data Scientist. AI and Data Science are a critical part of our strategy. We are investing to build best-in-class data science capabilities. Our ambition is to deliver impactful AI solutions at pace to help drive success in line with our Responsible AI principles.

Key responsibilities

• Contribute to all aspects of the Data Science Project Lifecycle, from scoping to research and development to scalable operation. Work within competing priorities across Haleon’s portfolio of AI & Data Science projects.

• Work with fellow Data Scientists and Product Teams on the development of data science products to solve business problems.

• Comply with Responsible AI principles at scale with best-in-class implementation of model explainability, reliability, security, documentation and bias mitigation in line with Haleon’s Responsible AI policy and standards.

• Research cutting-edge techniques and tools to ensure Haleon’s data science solutions are competitive.

• Collaborate with peers and more senior colleagues in the Data Science team to develop technical excellence. Collaborate with squad members and colleagues from different teams to develop understanding of the broader business and data context.

Qualifications and skills

Essential

The ideal candidate needs to have:

• Experience working in a Data Science team or setting with proven ability to conceptualise, formulate, prototype and implement algorithms to solve business problems.

• Can manage competing priorities across different tasks on Data Science projects.

• Compile, integrate, and analyse data from multiple sources to answer business questions.

• Experience communicating advanced data science concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• A scientific mindset and understanding of statistical modelling and the mathematical foundations of Machine Learning algorithms.

• Skills in one or more programming languages such as Python.

• Good knowledge of a sufficiently broad area of technical specialism (e.g. Time Series, Optimisation, Reinforcement Learning, Bayesian Statistics, NLP, etc.).

• Familiarity with cloud computing concepts and infrastructure such as Azure.

• A curious nature that translates into a drive and initiative to solve problems and approach them with empathy.

Preferred

The ideal candidate should also have:

• Working knowledge of data science frameworks and toolkits (Scipy, Scikit-Learn, Keras, PyTorch, etc.).

• Experience with Git, Databricks and the Microsoft Azure technical stack.

• Experience working in an Agile team and/or applying Agile methodologies.

• Experience building machine learning systems and associated evaluation and testing (from unit testing through to UAT).

• Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, or equivalent.
   

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Haleon are committed to mobilising our purpose in a way that represents the diverse consumers and communities who rely on our brands every day. It guides us in creating an inclusive culture, where different backgrounds and views are valued and respected – all in support of understanding and best serving the needs of our consumers and unleashing the full potential of our people. It’s important to us that Haleon is a place where all our employees feel they truly belong.
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