Senior Quantitative Development Manager

Senior Quantitative Development Manager

Application Deadline: 19 February 2026

Department: Analytics

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Description

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: 37.5/week

Salary: circa £90,000 depending on experience

Location: Leeds city centre

WFH policy: Employees are required to attend the office 2 days/week

Flexible working: Variety of flexible work patterns subject to line manager discretion e.g. Compressed 9-day fortnight.

Reports to: Head of Analytics

Role Summary: The Senior Quantitative Development Manager reports to the Head of Analytics and is responsible for leading the operational planning and technical excellence of the quantitative development function. This role provides oversight of the development and deployment of LCCC's forecasting and analytical models, ensuring alignment with organisational priorities over a 6-12 month horizon.

The individual will act as a senior technical authority, driving innovation, embedding best practice, and supporting the development of a high-performing team. The role requires a strong blend of technical depth, leadership capability, and stakeholder engagement. It demands the ability to navigate complex organisational dynamics and communicate effectively across a wide range of audiences, from technical teams to executive leadership. As a manager of managers the ideal candidate will be a compelling and impactful communicator, helping drive through a vision that motivates people to action and change.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and delivery of the operational plan for the quantitative development function
• Oversee the design, testing and deployment of complex forecasting and analytical models, ensuring models meet evolving regulatory and policy expectations
• Champion technical excellence and continuous improvement in modelling practices
• Define and embed modelling standards, processes and governance frameworks as we approach 10/20 models in production over the coming years
• Coach and develop both managers and senior technical contributors to build capability and resilience
• Support the Head of Analytics and Process Manager in shaping the long-term development roadmap
• Form part of the leadership team of the Analytics team within LCCC, improving team engagement and ways of working
• Collaborate with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders including policy, legal, operations, external regulators and DESNZ; ensuring models are robust, transparent and aligned to business needs
• Act as a key liaison between the quantitative development function and senior stakeholders across the organisation
• Represent the quantitative development function through internal knowledge sharing forums and industry events

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

• A good first degree or higher degree in a highly numerate subject is essential
• Extensive experience in quantitative modelling or data science leadership
• Proven experience managing managers or leading large technical teams
• Strong technical background in Python, Spark and statistical modelling
• Solid understanding of object-oriented software engineering design principles for usability, maintainability and extensibility
• Solid understanding of data structures and algorithms
• Demonstrated ability to influence at senior leadership level
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS or GCP) desirable
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage technical and non-technical audiences and communicate complex ideas in simplified terms
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, including cross-functional collaboration

Employee Benefits

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn't rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. Key benefits that may be available depending on the role include:

• Annual performance based bonus, up to 10%
• 25 days annual leave, plus eight bank holidays
• Up to 8% pension contribution
• Financial support and time off for study relevant to your role, plus a professional membership subscription
• Employee referral scheme (up to £1500), and colleague recognition scheme
• Family friendly policies, including enhanced maternity leave and shared parental leave
• Free, confidential employee assistance, including financial management, family care, mental health, and on-call GP service
• Three paid volunteering days a year
• Season ticket loan and cycle to work schemes
• Family savings on days out and English Heritage, gym discounts, cash back and discounts at selected retailers
• Employee resource groups