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    Head of Data - London, United Kingdom - Ascential plc

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    WGSN - Head of Data Science & Engineering page is loaded WGSN - Head of Data Science & Engineering
    Apply locations London - LABS House posted on Posted 30+ Days Ago job requisition id R11289 The role

    We are looking to hire a Head of Data Science & Engineering to join our Data team in London.

    A career with WGSN is fast-paced, exciting and full of opportunities to grow and develop.

    We're a team of consumer and design trend forecasters, content creators, designers, data analysts, advisory consultants and much more, united by a common goal:
    to create tomorrow.
    WGSN's trusted consumer and design forecasts power outstanding product design, enabling our customers to create a better future.

    Our services cover consumer insights, beauty, consumer tech, fashion, interiors, lifestyle, food and drink forecasting, data analytics and expert advisory.

    If you are an expert in your field, we want to hear from you.
    The foundation of WGSN is our passionate experts.

    WGSN seeks talent globally to work within a business that offers a unique blend of specialist problem solvers, data analysts and innovative thinkers who put trends and data together to provide the answers to create tomorrow.

    You will lead, manage, and inspire a team of data scientists and data engineers to maintain and develop new machine learning models that are at the foundation of WGSN's proprietary data, products, and services.

    You will collaborate with senior leaders and stakeholders to develop and grow WGSN's data science and engineering capabilities, translating business objectives into workable solutions that will drive top line revenue growth and drive bottom line efficiencies.

    Lead, structure, develop, and scale a high performance data science and engineering team, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment that encourages professional growth and excellence.

    Develop best practices for modelling, deployment, QA, and tests across the data science team.
    Deploy high quality data products to production and measure the value, accuracy, and improvement over time.

    Develop and manage a data science and engineering roadmap aligned to company objectives to drive top line revenue growth and bottom line efficiencies.

    Engage and collaborate with senior leaders and key stakeholders on data science and engineering projects and deliverables.
    Clearly communicate and educate the wider business and clients on data science and engineering projects and deliverables. Take an active part in the development of data strategy and identifying areas of growth and efficiency.
    Proactively suggest ways to visualise complex data sets, generating charts/tables that give insightful views of key business issues and opportunities

    Be connected to the rapidly developing and evolving space of machine learning and AI to identify new risks and opportunities to WGSN.

    Technical background and ability to dive into details of technologies built by data science and engineering teams.
    Significant experience of doing quantitative research and analysis
    Solid, demonstrable experience managing a team of data scientists, data engineers, and analysts
    Demonstrated experience in leading and managing cross-functional teams, driving successful data science and engineering projects
    Ability to present senior leadership and stakeholders to drive decisions and tell stories through data
    Curious, flexible and a strategic thinker
    Experience with time series forecasting and computer vision classification preferred
    Degree or equivalent experience in quantitative fields (Statistics, Math, CS or Engineering)
    Machine Learning Frameworks (one or multiple): PyTorch, TensorFlow, etc.
    Data Warehouses (one or multiple): Snowflake, SQL, BigQuery, etc.
    Languages (one or multiple): SQL (must), Python/R (proficient in one), Java, etc.
    Visualisation (one or multiple): Tableau, Looker, Power BI, etc.
    Sprint Planning/Development using JIRA
    Our benefits and wellbeing package offers flexible benefits you can tailor to your own personal needs, including:
    25 days of holiday per year - with an option to buy/ sell up to 5 days
    Pension, Life Assurance and Income Protection
    Flexible benefits platform with options including Private Medical, Dental Insurance & Critical Illness
    Employee assistance programme, season ticket loans and cycle to work scheme
    Great learning and development opportunities
    We help brands around the world create the right products at the right time for tomorrow's consumer.
    WGSN is the world-leading forecaster because we track and analyse consumer behaviours, product innovation, design and creativity, everywhere.

    We utilise our global resources and intelligence to research, source and analyse quantitative and qualitative data to produce our forecasts.

    We source, review and assess quantitative and qualitative data to produce robust, actionable forecasts.

    To provide credible insights and design solutions for our clients, it is essential that rigour runs through everything we do.

    We are committed to supporting the environment and sustainability , including ensuring our pension plan defaults to sustainable options and striving to be net zero by 2030.

    Recognising great performance is a key part of our culture. We have a truly flexible working environment with a wide range of flexible, hybrid and agile-working arrangements. Conversations about flexible working have always been - and will continue to be - actively encouraged here.
    We help the world's biggest brands navigate what's next through events, intelligence and advisory.
    Our two divisions, LIONS and Money20/20, serve the Marketing and Financial Technology industries. Our unforgettable events bring customers from over 120 countries together to have the conversations that count. Ascential plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
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