Salary: 50,000 - 70,000
Location: Sheffield HQ / Hybrid / Remote
We are purpose-driven, helping support educators across the world with high quality educational resources.
Born in a Sheffield bedroom, we've grown into a global powerhouse with over 1500 employees in 13 short years and are now the UK's digital education giant and a global leader in our field - testament to our commitment to fostering a workplace where everyone thrives. Now, backed by strategic investment, we're evolving our ways of working to further explore exciting and innovative avenues to support the global teaching community, and sustainably support us through our ambitious growth plans.
We have a long-term vision to create a world-class data function, playing an instrumental role in key business decisions, introducing new tools and concepts and elevating the business to a higher standard of Data Literacy.
As a Senior Data Scientist with a track record of using data to drive commercial value add, you will be a pivotal part of our dynamic team of 20+ data professionals, helping to unlock the full potential of our extensive datasets.
Here's a glimpse at what You'll be doing:As a Senior Data Scientist, your impact will be felt immediately across our product teams, sending ripples of innovation and improvement through our entire customer experience. You will be the go-to data expert tasked with supporting one or more of the many business areas in Twinkl; including areas such as search amp; recommendations, pricing, payments, marketing and production.
You will use your extensive skills in visualisations, in depth data analysis, machine learning techniques, statistical analyses, and problem solving in order to take the lead in transforming raw data into actionable insights.
Here are just some of our data projects within Twinkl you could be working on:- Improving the ranking of our search results
- Determining optimal pricing models across our different markets
- Creating a personalised, data-driven payment retake system
- Supporting our production teams using the latest development in generative AI technology
But that's not all! Here at Twinkl, you'll also:
- Lead the way with ownership, innovation, and a passion for making a difference.
- Go above and beyond, putting people first and exceeding expectations.
- Do the right thing, always, with trust, understanding, and transparency as your guiding lights.
- Be lovely positivity, humility, and inclusivity are our superpowers!
What you can expect from us:- An environment that is supportive, and encourages innovation: Grow your expertise and explore new data science techniques and concepts!
- Support for Growth and Development: Access in-house training sessions, covering key technical and soft skills
- Collaboration and Encouragement as part of a team: Be part of Data Team Friday; a weekly data team get together to support learning and collaboration
Requirements
We look for the following skills and experience, but if you don’t have some of the skills and experience listed below, don’t let that stop you from applying!
We are looking for someone who:
- Shares our passion for Twinkl’s mission.
- Substantive commercial experience of working as a data scientist
- Strong Python amp; SQL skills
- Experience with visualisation software (e.g. Tableau or PowerBI)
- Considerable demonstrable experience of adding value through data driven insights
- Experience developing and deploying machine learning solutions
- Can communicate effectively with stakeholders of all levels, including at an executive level
- Strong commercial mindset
Benefits
In return for everything you can bring, we can offer you an exciting role in a fast-growing and dynamic business, with plenty of career opportunities.