Lead Data Scientist

Job Description

Purpose of the role

To use innovative data analytics and machine learning techniques to extract valuable insights from the bank's data reserves, leveraging these insights to inform strategic decision-making, improve operational efficiency, and drive innovation across the organisation. 

Accountabilities

• Identification, collection, extraction of data from various sources, including internal and external sources.
• Performing data cleaning, wrangling, and transformation to ensure its quality and suitability for analysis.
• Development and maintenance of efficient data pipelines for automated data acquisition and processing.
• Design and conduct of statistical and machine learning models to analyse patterns, trends, and relationships in the data.
• Development and implementation of predictive models to forecast future outcomes and identify potential risks and opportunities.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to seek out opportunities to add value from data through Data Science.

Vice President Expectations

• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

We are seeking an experienced and innovative Lead Data Scientist to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will take the lead in developing and implementing advanced data-driven solutions to solve multi-faceted business problems. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, including engineers, product managers, and business leaders, to leverage data science techniques to drive strategic decision-making and optimize business processes.

To be successful as a Lead Data Scientist, you should have experience with:

• AWS services such as S3, SageMaker, Bedrock, and Lambda.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, R, and SQL.
• Familiarity with big data technologies like Spark, and Kafka.
• Data visualization tools such as Tableau, Power BI, Looker, or similar.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Experience in the financial services industry and ideally Operations, with a deep understanding of financial and operations data and analytics.
• Supporting data science projects and teams, preferably in a financial context.
• A background in statistical analysis, machine learning, and generative AI.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role can be located in Henderson, NV, Whippany, NJ or Wilmington, DE.

Henderson, NV salary range:

Minimum Salary: $160,000

Maximum Salary: $180,000

The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above include only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any another type of compensation or benefits that may be available.