🔍 Senior Data Scientist – Strategic Analytics (Contract) 📍 London (Hybrid – 1 day/week in office) 💼 6+ month contract (outside IR35) 💰 £competative day rate, depending on experience About Magnus Consulting We’re Magnus Consulting – an award-winning B2B consultancy helping mid-sized tech, financial services, and professional services organisations unlock growth through smarter commercial and marketing strategies. We’re a certified B Corp and named one of the FT’s top UK management consultancies. We deliver bold thinking, real insight, and measurable results. We're now hiring a Senior Data Scientist on a 6+ month contract to help us build the next generation of data-driven commercial tools. The Role This is a strategic and hands-on role for a data scientist who can turn unstructured data into structured insight and shape how we use AI and analytics in our business. You’ll build a unified data warehouse, benchmark our research and analysis, and uncover new commercial opportunities within our internal assets. What you'll do You’ll lead a high-impact project to transform our internal data into a strategic asset, laying the foundations for future analytics, AI tools, and commercial insights. Your work will focus on four core areas: 1. Build the Data Backbone ·      Design and implement a smart, centralised data warehouse to organise our research, transcripts, and project outputs ·      Automate data pipelines to collect, clean and update information from multiple sources ·      Ensure all data is structured, labelled, and accessible for analysis 1. Unlock Insights & Value ·      Use advanced analytics and machine learning to identify trends, patterns and performance opportunities ·      Create benchmarks and reusable insight frameworks to guide both internal strategy and client-facing work ·      Spot monetisable opportunities in our data that could become new tools, models, or products 1. Power AI-Driven Tools ·      Train and fine-tune AI models using cleaned internal data ·      Connect data pipelines to AI tools to deliver more useful, context-aware outputs ·      Ensure models are maintained, explainable and delivering consistent value over time 1. Safeguard Trust & Communicate Clearly ·      Apply best practices in data security, privacy and governance, with clear policies around access and use ·      Monitor for bias, drift or errors in AI outputs and ensure compliance with legal and ethical standards ·      Translate technical findings into clear, business-focused recommendations for internal stakeholders What we're looking for ·      7+ years in data science, analytics or data engineering, preferably in B2B or consultancy environments ·      Experience building centralised data platforms, pipelines, and models from the ground up ·      Familiarity with tools like SQL, Python, dbt, Airflow, Spark, and modern cloud environments ·      Strong understanding of how data supports commercial decision-making ·      Confidence presenting technical ideas in simple, clear language to non-technical audiences ·      A bias for action, autonomy, and the ability to navigate ambiguity Contract details ·  Day rate: £DOE (outside IR35) ·      Duration: 6-month initial contract with extension potential ·      Location: Hybrid (London office every Tuesday) Why join us now This is a rare opportunity to shape the long-term data strategy of a growing consultancy. Your work will influence future commercial models, AI products, and client-facing insights. You’ll be building something meaningful from day one - with the space and support to do your best work. Ready to apply -we’d love to hear from you. Send your CV and a short intro to apply@magnusconsulting.co.uk Deadline: Friday 18th July 2025 📌 Please note: this is a senior-level role requiring experience across data architecture, analytics, and AI/ML deployment. Applicants must clearly meet the outlined criteria to move forward. Excited to connect with data-driven inventors, insight hunters, and system thinkers who want to build lasting value from the ground up.