Location
London - Television Centre (TVC) - 2 days a week in office

Hours
Permanent, full time

Salary
£60,000 - £70,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. Plus London Weighting Allowance of £5,441.

About the Role
BBC Studios is a globally renowned media company, creating and distributing some of the world’s most sought-after TV, audio and digital content. Our ambition is to be the home of the most powerful, entertaining, and inspiring stories for people all around the world. Over the last five years, BBC Studios has evolved significantly, expanding into new business areas and developing the data capabilities needed to support a modern organisation. We have built a successful data science team and are now seeking a Senior Data Scientist to join us, working across all BBC Studios’ lines of business.

This role is central to driving data education and supporting the organisation’s cultural evolution. You will act as a champion for the Data Science team, promoting its work and building understanding of the value data-driven insights can bring to BBC Studios. Your work will span a variety of projects, such as automated decision-making for commercial News or developing synthetic audiences as alternatives to traditional surveys for TV commissioning. You will also help develop capabilities like automated tagging and metadata solutions to enhance discoverability and recommendations.

You will select appropriate algorithmic approaches and data sources to solve problems, implement solutions from proof of concept to production, and collaborate closely with stakeholders to communicate insights, impact, and recommendations. Staying up to date with the latest developments in generative AI and applying them where appropriate will also be part of your role.

Experience
- Proven experience in a data science or closely aligned role.
- Hands-on problem solving from understanding business impact to mathematical details.
- Good programming skills in Python.
- Strong working knowledge of SQL and experience querying large datasets.
- Experience building machine learning models and deploying them into production.
- Experience working with stakeholders and translating business problems into practical solutions.

About you
- A proactive and collaborative team player who can communicate complex data insights clearly.
- Passionate about driving data-driven decision making and cultural change within an organisation.
- Keen to stay current with emerging technologies, including generative AI, and apply them effectively.

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