This is a great opportunity for Lead Data Scientists to help us scale the impact of Artificial Intelligence across Aviva. The role sits in our high-profile Artificial Intelligence team within UKGI Data & Analytics, where our mission is to deliver business benefit by expanding analytical capabilities and embedding artificial intelligence and automation processes across Aviva.

This will make an impact and accelerate your data science career – joining a strong highly experienced team that’s recognised as a centre of excellence in our global data science community, together with the backing Aviva, who are investing in data science as a distinctive capability.

A bit about the job:

• Driving Innovation: use your research skills to creatively solve the most impactful business problems with the appropriate tools and technology.

• Deploying solutions: use your experience in delivering machine learning systems to ensure that new insights are turned into real business value.

• Leveraging your expertise: as a lead data scientist you’ll support, train and collaborate with both the wider data science team and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Highly numerate and educated to degree or postgraduate (MSc) in a relevant field, Mathematics, Statistics or Computer Science

• Data Science fundamentals e.g., data prep, feature engineering, model validation, etc

• Machine Learning e.g., expertise in a specific area of ML algorithms/technology and good at programming language e.g., fluency in Python

• Ability to work collaboratively with other team members and areas of the business, empowering them to learn and deliver new ways of working 

• Ability to build best practice ML pipelines

What you’ll get for this role:

• Starting salary between £35,000 and £50,000 depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)

• Generous pension (starting level Aviva contributes 8% when you contribute 2%)

• Eligibility for annual performance bonus

• Family friendly parental and carer’s leave

• 29 days holiday per year plus bank holidays and the option to buy/sell up to 5 additional days

• Up to 40% discount for Aviva products

• Brilliant flexible benefits including electric cars

• Aviva Matching Share Plan and Save As You Earn scheme

• 21 volunteering hours per year