Lead Data Science Engineer

End Date

Friday 03 January 2025

Salary Range

£86,964 - £102,310

We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options

Flexible Working Options

Hybrid Working, Job Share

Job Description Summary

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Job Description

JOB TITLE: Lead Data Science Engineer

SALARY: £87,000pa to £102,000pa plus the benefits listed below.

LOCATION: Manchester

HOURS: Full-time.

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week on site and 3 days from home. Additionally, you can work from home all 5 days a week between the months of July and September each year.

Here at Lloyds Banking Group, we put our customers at the heart of everything we do, and every colleague has an important part to play.  The Core Banking Platform (CBP) has responsibility for the maintenance and development of the systems which host all of the Core Banking products for the Lloyds Banking Group brands. Closely aligned to Everyday Banking, the CBP which sits with Consumer Relationships, is one of five business units and we are here to focus on protecting, deepening and growing our customer relationships. The big focus for all of us in Consumer Relationships is service excellence, be it delivering everyday banking services, designing our banking products, or resolving disputes or complaints. Delivering outstanding customer service is something we are deeply passionate about and continue to focus on while we continue to build our digital capability.    We’re supporting those who need us most and investing in personalisation and developing customer relationships – using data in a more meaningful and customer-friendly way, presenting products that are more relevant to our customers’ lives.

Want to hear more?

We're looking for an experienced Lead Data Science Engineer to join our friendly, multiskilled team based in Manchester. Your role will include building machine learning prototypes, data pipelines and products through extraction, transformation and analysis of data from internal and external sources. You’ll also be responsible for the delivery of large projects and ensuring consistency in the standards and methods of the Applied Science community. You’ll also provides insightful, high quality complex information and advice to stakeholders.

What you'll be doing...

• Taking responsibility for developing and delivering a key element of the organisation's data management system.

• Providing input into the development of IT Security policies, developing underlying procedures and monitoring their implementation for area of responsibility within the organisation.

• Analysing and evaluating the feasibility/relevance of proposals for complex products/services, then developing and amending as necessary with guidance from senior colleagues and/or supervising activities performed by a product development/specialist team.

• Managing and delivering required outcomes for a portfolio of projects while reporting to senior colleagues.

• Identifying and evaluating complex expertise-led solutions against a range of criteria to find the ones that best meet business needs.

• Setting longer term objectives and taking responsibility for implementing and coordinating performance management systems for a substantial department within the organisation.

• Managing output delivery for a substantial operational department by leading others.

• Managing the development and/or operation of knowledge management system with guidance from senior colleagues.

We’re looking for someone who can ……

• Develop training courses to meet identified needs to improve performance and meet business requirements, while running complex leadership development programs to enable personal transformations.

• Analyse key themes using data from a wide range of sources and identifies possible impacts on the business.

• Take responsibility for implementing formal development frameworks for a substantial department, while informally coaching and mentoring others throughout the organisation and investing in own personal development.

• Initiate, formulate and implement new business practices for own discipline, while managing the development and/or delivery of a significant element of the organisation's change management programme.

• Manage relationships with key internal customers and act as their business partner, while typically using support teams to ensure client satisfaction.

• Engage with senior business leaders to understand long-term strategic challenges.

• Make a significant improvement on short-term or long-term business performance by recommending authoritative technical and/or professional solutions.

About you

• Experience in GCP/cloud transformation projects (Cloud Postgres SQL, Cloud SQL, Big Query, Cloud Spanner).

• Familiarity with Kafka, K-Stream Application, Kafka BQ Connector, Kafka, K-Stream Application, Kafka BQ Connector.

• Knowledge of DevOps principles, practices and working experience with tools such as Docker, Cloud, Jenkins, Splunk.

What you'd get in return

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We're committed to creating a consciously inclusive workplace where our colleagues can be themselves, thrive and perform at their best. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative. As an inclusive employer, we offer Workplace Adjustments for colleagues with a disability (which may include long-term health and neurodivergent conditions) where it is reasonable to do so. This could include flexibility with regards to office attendance, location, and working pattern.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you have a disability, you can also apply via our Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). Through the DCS, we guarantee to interview a fair and proportionate number of applicants with a disability, whose application meets the minimum criteria for the advertised job role. We also provide adjustments that are reasonable throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers for applicants with a disability, long-term health condition or neurodivergent condition. If you'd like an adjustment to the recruitment process just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%.

• An annual performance-related bonus.

• Share schemes including free shares.

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping.

• 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top.

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies.

If you're excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch.

We'd love to hear from you!

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks.  We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. 

We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.