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Job Title: Lead Data Scientist
Location: Stoke Gifford Bristol
Compensation: Competitive Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF70936
Shape Data-Driven Insight That Strengthens the UKs Naval Future
At Babcock were working to create a safe and secure world together and if you join us you can play your part as a Lead Data Scientist at our Babcock Technology Centre site.
Day-to-day youll lead and mentor a small team of data analysts managing development workflows prioritising analytical workloads and designing and implementing robust Pythonbased capabilities.
- Leading and motivating a highperforming team to design deliver and operate advanced analysis services aligned to programme requirements.
- Prioritising and coordinating software development and data analytics workloads to meet evolving customer demands.
- Developing highquality software modelling and analytical solutions in python using modern development practices and toolsets.
- Building deep business knowledge of submarine operations to design innovative modelling optimisation and algorithmic approaches.
- Engaging stakeholders operating models visualising outputs clearly and ensuring validated coherent master data.
This role is full time 35 hours per week and is based on site at Babcock Technology Centre.
Essential experience of the Lead Data Scientist
- Experience writing Python to deliver integrated solutions to complex analytical challenges.
- Proven leadership of small teams delivering software and analytics projects in fastpaced environments.
- Strong problemsolving and communication skills able to explain complex concepts to diverse stakeholders.
- Strong ownership and reliability delivering highquality outcomes and adapting to shifting priorities.
- Highly collaborative with strong Excel problemsolving skills and proficiency visualising complex data to stakeholder. Experience using Power BI is preferred.
Qualifications for the Lead Data Scientist
- A relevant degree such as Maths IT Software Computer Science Data Science Physics or Computing.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth nationality current or former citizenship and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - ().
What we offer
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme with life assurance
- Access to a Digital GP annual health check and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare
- Employee share scheme
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
- Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. There is an annual Window to request this benefit. Be Kind Day enables employees to take one working days paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
- Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical mental and financial wellbeing.
Were Babcock a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26000 people working together to make a difference.
Here youll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together were building a future that lasts not just through the impact we make but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.
We call that lifetime engineering.
Join us and see how far we can go together.
We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please email with the subject header Reasonable adjustments requirement. Were committed to building an inclusive culture where everyones free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Closing date: 06/03/2026
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Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Laboratory Experience
- Immunoassays
- Machine Learning
- Biochemistry
- Assays
- Research Experience
- Spectroscopy
- Research & Development
- cGMP
- Cell Culture
- Molecular Biology
- Data Analysis Skills
About Company
Babcock is a leading provider of critical, complex engineering services which support national defence, save lives and protect communities.
