Senior Data Scientist

The role:

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Data Scientist to join our team. Reporting into the Data Delivery Lead, you will be responsible for analysing and interpreting data from a variety of sources to support our clients decision-making processes.

The Data team within Prevail underpins all our mission focused teams. No two days are the same, and the real-world problems that we seek to solve are complicated. Our ideal candidate will have exceptional analytical skills, with the ability to navigate through complex datasets to turn ambiguous requests into meaningful insights.

Requirements

These are the key things that you will be responsible for within the Senior Data Scientist role. There will be activities and tasks in addition to this list that are expected, but the majority of your time will be:

• Analysing and evaluating intelligence data to identify patterns, trends, and relationships that contribute to actionable intelligence.
• Utilise advanced analytical techniques and tools to assess the reliability, accuracy, and relevance of intelligence information.
• Develop and maintain databases, data models, and analytical frameworks to facilitate efficient data analysis and retrieval.
• Collaborate with intelligence and security professionals across the company to understand requirements and priorities.
• Prepare and deliver reports, briefings, and presentations to communicate analytical findings to stakeholders effectively.
• Monitor and assess emerging threats, developments, and geopolitical events to support intelligence assessments and forecasting.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to advocate for high-quality data solutions.
• Mentor more junior members of the team

You:

Essential Criteria:

• Proven experience working as a Data Scientist in a relevant field
• Proficiency in data analysis, data mining, and statistical techniques.
• Detail-oriented and capable of working with large data sets and attention to accuracy and completeness.
• Proficiency utilising Python or R (5+ years’ experience)
• Familiarity with conventional statistical models (linear/logistic regression, t-tests, ANOVA)
• Experience in collecting, organising, and analysing data from diverse sources.
• Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving, and critical reasoning skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex information clearly and concisely.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, managing multiple priorities and meeting deadlines.
• Ability to attain a UK Security Clearance (5+ years residing in the UK)

Highly desirable:

• Experienced in writing reports or academic articles, presenting at conferences, and visual data storytelling.
• Familiar with AWS, SQL and Tableau.
• A background in intelligence or quantitative social sciences.
• Proficient in experimental design principles.
• Experience in big data handling, with an awareness of analytical biases and pitfalls.
• Skilled in documenting and sharing methodologies with data professionals.
• Familiar with version control tools like GitHub.
• Familiar with building machine learning pipelines and basic engineering principles.
• Familiar with machine learning techniques (e.g. Random Forest and LGBM).

Benefits

Us: 

Prevail Partners delivers high quality intelligence, research and consultancy services to clients ranging from governments and multinational corporations to non-governmental organisations. These services are delivered predominantly across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.   

We pride ourselves on selecting interesting projects which we believe can genuinely make a difference. You will be joining the company at a time of continued growth, and will be required to support a wide variety of these projects across the whole company. 

What we offer here at Prevail:

Competitive salary, salary sacrifice pension, access to onsite gym facilities, enhanced leave polices, and private healthcare after two years at Prevail.