# Principal Data Scientist

**Company**: BBC Studios
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Salary**: £78,000 - £84,000
**Category**: Data Science
**Industry**: Media

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## Description

We are seeking a Principal Data Scientist to join our Data Insights team at BBC Studios. You will work across different lines of business to understand where data science can make a difference. The successful candidate will be central to driving data education and supporting the organisation's cultural evolution.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Lead data science projects across various lines of business

- Drive capabilities to power data-driven decision making

- Provide technical leadership in defining problem statements and selecting algorithmic approaches

- Own the end-to-end delivery of data science projects

- Collaborate with stakeholders and communicate insights and recommendations

- Stay up-to-date with the latest developments in generative AI

**Requirements:**

- Strong experience in a data science or related role

- Degree in mathematics, statistics, computer science, or a related field

- Background in media, customer research, or a related area

- Hands-on approach to problem-solving

- Excellent programming skills with Python

- Good working knowledge of SQL and experience querying large datasets

- Experience building machine learning models and deploying them into production

**Benefits:**

- Flexible 35-hour working week with 26 days annual leave

- Defined pension with up to 10% employer contributions

- Caring and parenting support

- 24/7 remote GP access

- Life assurance and accident benefit

- Opportunity to contribute to Net Zero targets

## Skills

### Required
- Python
- SQL
- machine learning
- data science
- mathematics
- statistics
- computer science

### Nice to have
- generative AI

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