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Lead Statistician / Lead Statistical Data Scientist

Charing Cross, Central London💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-26 → 2026-09-23

Core

Provide technical leadership for statistical and machine learning models that power forensic origin verification science for global supply chains.

Role type

Senior IC Lead Statistical Data Scientist (Team Lead)

Builds

Predictive models, dashboards, and reporting tools for product integrity and fraud risk reduction

Domain

Forensic science / Supply chain verification / Data Science

Deliverable

production ML models | dashboards & analysis

Required skills

Statistical modeling, Machine learning, Python, R, Data preparation, Probability theory, Linear algebra, Calculus, Classification, Clustering, Dimension reduction, Cloud environments, GitHub, VS Code, Conda

Preferred skills

Databricks, HTML/JavaScript, Scaling tech business experience, Team growth leadership

Technologies

Python, R, GitHub, VS Code, Conda, Databricks

Responsibilities

Provide technical leadership across statistical and ML projects; Mentor and support other data scientists; Partner with stakeholders to develop solutions; Build and deploy predictive models; Create visualizations and reporting tools; Work with large, complex datasets from diverse sources

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with team leadership

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