Data Science Team Lead

Salary: Competitive plus Bonus and Benefits

Location: Hybrid - Manchester, Heathrow Approach, and Leeds

This is a Permanent, Full-Time vacancy that will close in a month at 23:59 BST.

The Vacancy

We are seeking an experienced Data Scientist to lead a growing team as the Data Science Team Lead (Level 4).

The ideal candidate would coordinate the planning, development, and design of Data Engineering in a customer-facing data warehousing product. The product will drive the analytics required for both the State and Commercial sectors.

To be successful, you will work with the product and engineering teams to identify valuable data sources and analyze trends for our customers. This is a hands-on role to build predictive models and collaborate with your team and the engineering team to provide insights to our customers. You will also work with vendors to ensure IRIS investment is optimized for cost and scale.

You should be competent in agile data development, with a focus on innovation and positive disruption. You'll know how to maximize your team's performance and improve data value through research and discovery.

This is a great opportunity to join a growing, investing, and customer-centric business, with significant opportunities for skill development.

What will you be doing?

• Analyze data and discover trends useful to customers within the product suite.
• Ensure clear reporting on progress.
• Build relationships with the product team to align efforts with the roadmap.
• Manage the team to deliver timely product features.
• Build predictive models for use within the product suite.
• Contribute significantly to product features.
• Deliver consistent data models.
• Demonstrate the impact of data on the wider portfolio.
• Oversee and mentor the Data Science team.

What we are seeking

• Experienced Lead Data Engineer
• Experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP cloud platforms and Data Lake/Warehousing Platforms such as Snowflake, Iceberg, etc.
• Experience with ETL and Streaming Tools (FiveTran, Flink, Spark).
• Experience with data mining techniques (APIs, GraphQL, Website Scraping).
• Ability to translate data into meaningful insights.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Understanding of modern lean agile software development processes.
• Disciplined management skills: caring about process, quality, setting, and managing expectations.
• Workforce planning experience, including recommendations for compensation planning and calibration activities.

Please note:

We may close vacancies early if we receive a high volume of applications. We recommend applying promptly.

About IRIS

IRIS Software Group is one of the UK's largest privately held software companies, dedicated to simplifying the lives of businesses, schools, and organizations.

We provide software solutions and services that enhance operational compliance, efficiency, and accuracy, empowering our users to look forward with confidence.

Over 4 million parents use our software to connect with their child's school, 18% of UK employees are paid via an IRIS payroll solution, 50,000 SMEs use IRIS cloud bookkeeping, and 21,000 firms rely on us for legislative compliance.

Our operational software is critical to our customers' businesses, supporting objectives from compliance to engagement and productivity.

IRIS is committed to hiring the best people, fostering a positive, inclusive, and rewarding work environment. We are certified as a Great Place to Work and one of the UK's Best Workplaces for Women, reflecting our focus on employee wellbeing, diversity, and inclusion.

We believe in creating a culture of engagement and growth, offering long-term career development through a supportive environment.