Senior Data Scientist

Senior Data Scientist (Generative AI \& Enterprise Analytics) * Salary: £80,000 per annum * Location: Glasgow office (hybrid) * Position Type: Full-time About the Opportunity Are you a seasoned Data Scientist who wants to move beyond traditional dashboards and shape the future of conversational, AI-driven business intelligence? We are a global enterprise looking for a senior technical expert to lead a pivotal internal transformation. We are intentionally at the beginning of this journey and need your external expertise to help us co-create scalable, AI-enabled insight solutions. You will sit at the intersection of data science, semantic modelling, and applied AI, transforming complex enterprise data into trusted, natural-language experiences for executive-level leadership. This role isn't about building experimental AI demos without guardrails. It is about creating trusted, enterprise-grade conversational insights where accuracy, clarity, and traceability matter more than novelty. Key Responsibilities * AI-Insight Engineering: Design and develop conversational analytics experiences over complex enterprise data models, enabling natural-language exploration for senior stakeholders. * Trust by Design: Implement strict approaches to explicitly minimize LLM hallucinations (e.g., through strong semantic constraints and retrieval-based patterns). Ensure all AI-generated insights are completely traceable back to verifiable facts. * Model Optimization: Partner with BI developers to optimize semantic models, metrics, and business logic for AI-readiness. * Capability \& Strategy: Act as the trusted technical expert within the team, sharing emerging best practices, defining guardrails for responsible AI, and coaching analysts on conversational analytics principles. * Stakeholder Engagement: Work closely with executive-level leaders to understand their decision-making needs and translate complex technical concepts into clear, business-oriented language. What We Are Looking For * Core Expertise: A strong background in data science, applied analytics, or machine learning, with practical experience in enterprise data/tabular modelling. * Applied AI Experience: Hands-on experience working with LLMs, conversational AI, or natural language analytics in a real-world, production context. * Risk Mitigation: A deep understanding of hallucination risks and proven methods to mitigate them in AI systems. * Data Hygiene: A solid grounding in data quality, governance, metric definition, and statistical validation. * Mindset: The ability to thrive and operate effectively in early-stage, ambiguous environments where you will help shape the solution rather than just building to a fixed specification. . What We Offer * Competitive salary of £80,000 . * Flexible hybrid working model (typically 1 day a week in the office , with occasional additional days for collaborative workshops). * The autonomy to shape an enterprise-scale AI strategy from the ground up.