Job Description

Hours: Full time / Part time / Flexible

Are you passionate about the use of data, machine learning, and AI and how they can benefit and shape our economy and society? Join the CMA\'s Data, Technology and Analytics Unit and provide inspirational leadership to our expanding data science and engineering teams.

About the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)

We help people, businesses, and the UK economy by promoting competitive markets and tackling unfair behaviour. Our work is wide ranging, ambitious and often new and challenging. We are now central to the regulation of the world\'s biggest digital platforms and take decisions of global importance.

Our work requires us to harness, process and analyse ever growing and more complex data sets to support our most critical cases and studies. The CMA is now embarking on a major programme of digital transformation that includes the adoption of new technologies such as generative AI to meet the demands of our new work. To meet these challenges, we have built data science and engineering teams with specialist skills across natural language processing, network analysis, machine learning and cloud engineering.

What you will do

As the Director of Data Science, your primary role will be to lead our data science and engineering teams during our upcoming growth phase. This is an exciting opportunity to have a significant impact on how we approach AI, data, and technology, ultimately influencing the issues the CMA addresses and protecting consumers from harm.

Your responsibilities will involve leading cases that require extensive data analysis and understanding how businesses utilise machine learning and AI. You will spearhead technical development projects, implementing new data pipelines and drive the advancement of data infrastructure and AI capabilities.

Additionally, you will be responsible for the development and management of our cloud-hosted analytics platform (AWS, Jupiter Hub), including ensuring the security and efficient management of our data lake. Building our data infrastructure will also be part of your mandate. Furthermore, you will serve as a primary source of knowledge within the organisation for the application of machine learning and data.

As a key member of the CMA\'s Data, Technology, and Analytics unit, you will establish relationships with data leaders in both domestic and international regulatory bodies, as well as key industry figures. This will ensure that the CMA remains updated on the latest advancements and best practices in data science.

What you will need

To thrive in this role, you must have a proven track record of developing and delivering programmes and projects in data science, data engineering, or a related field. You should also possess the ability to shape technical and analytical strategies for projects and a solid record of upholding high standards and ensuring successful project delivery.

Leadership skills and experience are essential to nurture your team in a fast-paced environment. Additionally, you should have excellent stakeholder management skills, the confidence to network, and the ability to build relationships with influential technologists and senior decision-makers.

What we can offer you

The CMA is a hugely diverse, rewarding and stimulating place to work - an opportunity to work for the public good and to stretch and develop yourself in doing so. We offer generous benefits, including an excellent pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 27%, at least 25 days leave (increasing to 30 over five years), and generous maternity/ paternity leave provision. You can also take advantage of interest-free season ticket loans, a cycle to work scheme, our employee assistance programme, and our extensive flexible working options.

To find out more about this opportunity and about working for the CMA, please click on the APPLY button.

Closing date: 11:55 pm on Monday 7th August 2023.

The CMA, like many other organisations, operate a hybrid working model with a mix of office and home working. We believe this supports us to deliver our best work while allowing the flexibility to maintain balanced and healthy lives. Our staff work at least 40% of their time from their office location.

The CMA are an accredited Disability Confident Employer, and we are an equal opportunities employer, welcoming suitably qualified applicants from all backgrounds.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission\'s recruitment principles.

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