Lead Product Data Scientist - MBB Consultancy experience highly desirable 6 month contact - hybrid About the Role We are looking for a talented Data Scientist to join a growing product team developing advanced decision-support software that helps optimise complex operational environments. Working as part of a cross-functional product squad, you will design, build and industrialise machine learning and optimisation solutions that drive real-world business outcomes. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys solving complex problems, building production-grade data science solutions and working closely with software engineers, product managers and business stakeholders.
What You'll Be Doing
As a Data Scientist, you will be involved throughout the product lifecycle, from identifying opportunities through to delivering robust, production-ready solutions.
Responsibilities include:
Understanding business challenges and identifying opportunities where data science and optimisation can improve decision-making.



Conducting analytical investigations and data visualisation to uncover insights and evaluate potential solutions. Developing and validating machine learning and optimisation models in Python. Building scalable, production-ready features using software engineering best practices. Creating automated and resilient data processing and data quality pipelines.
Integrating models into orchestration frameworks and cloud-based deployment environments. Implementing testing, monitoring, logging and error-handling capabilities to ensure reliability. Working closely with stakeholders to gather requirements, demonstrate value and support product adoption. Contributing to product roadmap discussions and helping balance short-term delivery with long-term product value. Collaborating within an Agile development environment, including code reviews, documentation and continuous improvement activities.
Essential Skills & Experience Strong expertise in machine learning, optimis

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