CareerPlan

VP Data Science

United KingdomFull-time2026-10-15 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid

Core

Lead strategic data-science capability to turn complex data and business challenges into advanced modelling approaches, actionable insights, and scalable analytical solutions for media, marketing, and commercial priorities.

Role type

VP, Strategic Data Science (Senior Leadership)

Builds

Audience definition, segmentation, behavioural modelling, forecasting, predictive analytics, consumer-research automation, and synthetic populations/panels.

Domain

Media, Marketing, Advertising, Consumer Intelligence

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Strategic leadership of data science teams, audience modelling, segmentation, behavioural modelling, forecasting, predictive analytics, measurement, media effectiveness, translating business problems to analytical solutions, scaling methodologies, stakeholder management, technical challenge oversight

Preferred skills

Experience with senior clients, developing reusable analytical frameworks, deep understanding of media and marketing

Technologies

None explicitly listed

Responsibilities

Own vision and strategy for data science across domain intelligence solutions, set best practices for advanced analytics, lead development of audience and consumer intelligence models, drive measurement and forecasting initiatives, partner with clients and internal teams to define commercial value, lead and develop senior applied data scientists

Seniority

VP, Senior Leadership