OVERVIEW OF ROLE

Project Leads (Modelling) are key members of the Data Science & Modelling team, responsible for the day to day running of projects and providing support for junior staff and direct reports. You are responsible for ensuring the modelling requirements for each project are correctly scoped, models are statistically robust but intuitive and required outputs are delivered. It requires a combination of technical modelling rigour, leadership, communication skills and media expertise.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ROLE

• Ensure all modelling aspects of a project are statistically robust, intuitive and delivered on time to support timely delivery of the overall client project
• Oversee and ensure modelling best practice within the team
• Understand marketing strategy and business issues across clients
• Ensure internal teams are fully aware and trained on Data Science & Modelling ways of working
• Show ability to identify and deal with client issues before they get out of hand, from a modelling perspective
• Take responsibility for the development of junior team members, with support of Director/Account Lead
• Ability to delegate up and down, co-ordinating between groups and disciplines
• Forge strong stakeholder relationships
• Identify and suggest ways to grow income
• Be aware of project profitability