Lead Data Scientist - GenAI

The Lead Data Scientist will help the BBC make practical use of AI tools and systems to solve business problems and help our internal teams work effectively and efficiently. The role is in the BBC's Generative AI Programme and will collaborate closely with project managers, data scientists, analysts, domain experts, and the BBC's technical teams.

Requirements

• Significant experience of developing, deploying and operationalising data science and machine learning solutions in complex organisational environments, to build reliable, well-tested pipelines, evaluation approaches and production-ready designs.
• Experience of working effectively in multidisciplinary teams, collaborating with engineering, delivery, research and design colleagues to develop high-quality solutions.
• Demonstrable ability to guide technical direction, influence decisions and support the development of others through constructive leadership and collaboration.
• Sound judgement in applying data science and emerging GenAI methods responsibly, with a clear understanding of quality, security, governance and ethical considerations.
• Strong engineering practices including security by design, proficiency in Python, experience building with Generative AI and agentic frameworks (e.g. LangChain, LangGraph, PydanticAI) and managed AI services (e.g. Bedrock, Azure), CI/CD pipelines, and demonstrable use of AI-assisted development tools to improve code quality and delivery pace.

Benefits

• Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
• Excellent career and professional development.
• Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer.
• A values-based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.