Data Scientist 22082
Data Scientist 22082
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Job Reference: 22082
Band: Band C
Salary:dependent on skills knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Contract type: Permanent role
Location: Office Base can be London / Glasgow / Newcastle / Salford. This is a hybrid role and the successful candidate will balance office working with home working.
Closing date for applications: Tuesday 29th April 2025 at 23:59
Were happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.
Excellent career progression the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
Unrivalled training and development opportunities our inhouse Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
Benefits We offer a negotiable salary package a flexible 35hour working week for worklife balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days a defined pension scheme and discounted dental health care and gym. You can find out more about working at the BBC by selecting this link to our candidate pack.
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Job Introduction
The BBC has been serving audiences online for more than 20 years. Across key products including BBC iPlayer News Sport Weather and Sounds we entertain educate and inform audiences in their millions every day.
But behind the scenes we have work to do. We are making the shift from being a broadcaster that speaks to our audiences to becoming a service that is directly shaped by them and designed around their wants and needs. We are creating personalised content products and services that bring the right content to the right people at the right time a personalised BBC. This will be our greatest leap since iPlayer and thats why its right at the top of our agenda.
At the BBC we see data science as fundamental on that journey. We use data and machine learning to enrich our content and power personalised experiences for millions of audience members. Were looking for a Data Scientist to join the Account & Identity team and help accelerate the value unlocked by our existing machine learning products as well as help the discipline grow into new opportunities in areas such as signin verification and user engagement & lifecycle .
Interview process
One interview comprising the following sections:
15 minutes with the hiring manager discussing the role and the candidates skills and experience in more detail.
45 minute panel interview comprising a 10 minute case study presentation and panel Q&A.
45 minute panel interview comprising competency based questions.
Main Responsilities
The role of Data Scientist at the BBC is handson; youll use your technical skills to deliver value to BBC audiences. We are looking for individuals who value both breadth and depth of knowledge.
Data Scientists at the BBC are instrumental in developing machine learning products at BBC scale. You will do so as part of a highly crossfunctional team working together to overcome the challenges of delivering machine learning in production.
Youll bring experience of being an effective team contributor and make use of your knowledge of different machine learning algorithms to solve commercial data science problems relating to BBC products. Youll build an understanding of data science best practices within an agile environment.
Youll have the opportunity to get involved with the wider data science community both at the BBC and externally. Wed love to see enthusiasm about sharing your knowledge with others.
Are you the right candidate
Technical skills and analytical thinking:
A good understanding of data science and machine learning techniques
Some knowledge of data science best practices
An awareness of cloud services and their utility within data science (we use AWS)
Good general coding skills particularly in Python
Knowledge of code management principles and deployment tools
Experience with model lifecycle management and MLOps would be a plus but not essential
Teamwork and stakeholder management:
Ability to contribute effectively in a crossfunctional team
Ability to communicate clearly to both technical and nontechnical audiences
Ability to listen to others ideas and build on them
Ability to prioritise and work in a structured manner experience of working within a delivery framework such as agile would be a plus
Some experience of working with data science methods / techniques intended for production.
Excitement about personal development and learning
About the BBC
The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.
We dont focus simply on what we do we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure youve read about our values and behaviours here.
Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individuals unique contribution enabling all of our employees to thriveand achieve their full potential.
We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC whether thats to contribute to our programming or our wide range of nonproduction roles. The more diverse our workforce the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.
We are committedto equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals regardless of age gender ethnicity disability sexualorientation gender identity socioeconomic background religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.
To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC please click here.
Employment Type
Full-Time
