Faculty

Faculty is seeking a Lead Data Scientist for its Life Science team to drive technical direction and deliver high-impact, production-ready ML solutions. You will shape project roadmaps, manage technical risk, and mentor cross-functional teams to ensure scalable outcomes. This role focuses on complex, business-critical initiatives with direct influence on customer engagements and long-term strategic relationships across pharma and research partners.

Why Faculty? We established Faculty in 2014 because we thought that AI would be the most important technology of our time. Since then, we've worked with over 350 global customers to transform their performance through human-centric AI. You can read about our real-world impact here. We don't chase hype cycles. We innovate, build and deploy responsible AI which moves the needle - and we know a thing or two about doing it well. We bring an unparalleled depth of technical, product and delivery expertise to our clients who span government, finance, retail, energy, life sciences and defence. Our business, and reputation, is growing fast and we're always on the lookout for individuals who share our intellectual curiosity and desire to build a positive legacy through technology. AI is an epoch-defining technology, join a company where you'll be empowered to envision its most powerful applications, and to make them happen. About The Team Bringing medicine to patients is complex, expensive and high-risk. Faculty's Life Science's team is concentrated on building AI solutions which optimise the research and commercialisation of life-changing therapies. We partner with major pharma firms, academic research centres and regulators to design and deliver solutions which address critical healthcare challenges, and help to democratise health for all. About The Role As a Lead Data Scientist, you'll take on a pivotal, entrepreneurial role, functioning as the technical expert who thrives on complexity and commercial impact. You will be responsible for setting the technical direction and ensuring the high-quality, scalable delivery of our most challenging, high-impact projects. This position combines deep expertise in machine learning with strategic oversight to define project roadmaps, manage technical risk, and architect reliable solutions. Your focus will be on driving innovation, mentoring cross-functional teams, and actively shaping both our technical standards and long-term customer relationships. What You'll Be Doing Setting the technical direction for complex, business-critical projects and expertly balancing trade-offs between speed, innovation, and reliability. Designing and implementing reliable, production-grade technical solutions, ensuring comprehensive documentation of architectures and specifications. Defining project problems, developing clear roadmaps, and overseeing end-to-end delivery across multi-disciplinary workstreams. Leading technical scoping and feasibility studies for high-value sales opportunities and strategic customer engagements. Managing relationships and communications with technical stakeholders, fostering trust and aligning technical solutions with shared long-term commercial goals. Driving the adoption of best practices, shared resources, and robust technical processes across the wider Data Science craft. Mentoring and developing other data scientists and team members, actively contributing to the growth and technical excellence of the organisation. Who We're Looking For You have proven project management expertise, capable of dividing complex, ill-defined problems into actionable, clearly defined workstreams with timelines you can defend. You possess strong customer leadership skills, able to act as a trusted technical advisor and drive long-term strategic relationships with demanding clients. You bring depth of expertise in at least one machine learning domain and strong technical breadth across the entire data science landscape. You are a skilled technical leader, proficient in mentoring individuals, managing teams (including other managers), and rolling out impactful tools and workflows. You are adept at managing ill-defined, high-risk tasks, consistently delivering innovative and practical outcomes under commercial pressure. You excel at cross-functional collaboration, effectively aligning technical strategy with Engineering, Commercial, and Infrastructure teams. You have experience extending technical oversight to business unit-level initiatives, using your vision to influence and contribute to organisational success. The Interview Process Talent Team Screen (30 minutes) Introduction to the team (30 minutes) Take Home Technical Assessment Technical Interview (90 minutes) Commercial Interview (60 minutes) Our Recruitment Ethos We aim to grow the best team - not the most similar one. We know that diversity of individuals fosters diversity of thought, and that strengthens our principle of seeking truth. And we know from experience that diverse teams deliver better work, relevant to the world in which we live. We're united by a deep intellectual curiosity and desire to use our abilities for measurable positive impact. We strongly encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, ethnicities, genders, religions and sexual orientations. If you don't feel you meet all the requirements, but are excited by the role and know you bring some key strengths, please don't hesitate in applying as you might be right for this role, or other roles. We are open to conversations about part-time hours. A note on AI: we're happy for you to use it for research and interview prep, but please don't use it to generate answers during live interviews. We also use an AI note-taker (Metaview) in interviews so interviewers can stay present (which you can opt out of just let us know,) and every application is reviewed by a human, never decided by AI.

Faculty is looking for a Director to build and lead our Professional Services practice. You will shape the go-to-market strategy, cultivate enduring relationships with senior stakeholders, and lead ambitious AI transformation programmes. The ideal candidate will have deep experience in agentic AI within regulated environments, strong leadership, and a track record of delivering measurable business impact through technology and delivery excellence.

Faculty is seeking a Senior Product Designer to lead the design of bespoke, AI-native solutions for our Defence clients. You'll work with machine learning engineers, data scientists and software engineers from day one to shape intuitive, highly usable interfaces for complex challenges. In this senior role you'll help grow design capability, establish design systems, mentor others and influence product direction, while collaborating with senior leadership and clients to deliver excellence.

Why Faculty? We established Faculty in 2014 because we thought that AI would be the most important technology of our time. Since then, we've worked with over 350 global customers to transform their performance through human-centric AI. You can read about our real-world impact here. We don't chase hype cycles. We innovate, build and deploy responsible AI which moves the needle - and we know a thing or two about doing it well. We bring an unparalleled depth of technical, product and delivery expertise to our clients who span government, finance, retail, energy, life sciences and defence. Our business, and reputation, is growing fast and we're always on the lookout for individuals who share our intellectual curiosity and desire to build a positive legacy through technology. AI is an epoch-defining technology, join a company where you'll be empowered to envision its most powerful applications, and to make them happen. About the team In our Professional and Financial Services Business unit, we bring everything we have learned from more than a decade of Applied AI to help our clients navigate a rapidly changing landscape. We develop and embed AI solutions that help firms become more efficient, enhance customer experience, and find the commercial upside in uncertain markets. Within the constraints of highly regulated industries, we see immense opportunity for meaningful innovation and are proud to set the gold-standard for marrying technical excellence with safe, impactful deployment. About the role Professional services firms are entering a period of profound reinvention. Leaders are under pressure to improve productivity, automate complex knowledge work, and turn AI from a series of experimental pilots into a sustained enterprise-wide advantage. Faculty is uniquely placed to help, combining deep technical expertise in agentic AI with hard-won experience delivering transformation in complex, regulated environments. We're looking for a Director to build and lead our Professional Services practice. You will shape our go-to-market strategy, build enduring relationships with senior stakeholders, and lead the pursuit of ambitious AI transformation programmes. This is an opportunity to build a distinctive practice inside a company with world-class technical depth and the ambition to set the standard for AI in professional services. The ideal candidate will be T-shaped: broad enough to advise across AI for a range of professional services firms, with deep experience in at least one sector. We are particularly interested in candidates who have delivered AI in Finance/CFO/Treasury functions. What you'll be doing: Leading complex AI transformation programmes for major professional services firms, moving from strategic thinking to production-grade software delivery Building trusted, long-term relationships with C-suite leaders and partners, acting as a strategic advisor on how AI can automate knowledge work and drive operational efficiency Generating high-value growth for Faculty by shaping compelling commercial pitches and demos that showcase our technical depth and ability to solve sector-specific challenges Elevating Faculty's industry profile by articulating differentiated propositions and points of view through thought leadership, media engagement, and industry forums Ensuring the successful delivery of high-quality client work by guiding multidisciplinary teams and helping them navigate the ambiguity and pace of the sector Managing a practice within a practice - leading cross-functional teams of delivery experts, PhD-calibre engineers and data scientists to further consolidate Faculty's reputation for pioneering technical and delivery excellence. Who we're looking for: You possess a distinct point of view on how professional services should adopt AI and a clear vision of how agentic applications will reshape legal, accounting, finance, managed services, and other professional services models You bring deep knowledge of the professional services landscape, gained either inside a professional services, a BPO organisation, or as a consultant advising those sectors You have led complex transformation programmes involving organisational change and technology delivery in areas such as IT managed services, Finance, HR operations, legal services, or other B2B functions You're commercially driven - energised by hitting growth targets with a proven track record of shaping opportunities, winning work, and owning meaningful revenue responsibility You are a compelling communicator who builds trust quickly with senior stakeholders and possesses the clarity to explain complex AI technologies to non-technical audiences You exhibit a leadership mindset that balances executive-level strategy with a hands-on approach to unblocking teams, challenging work constructively, and maintaining high quality Our Recruitment Ethos We aim to grow the best team - not the most similar one. We know that diversity of individuals foster diversity of thought, and that strengthens our principle of seeking truth. And we know from experience that diverse teams deliver better work, relevant to the world in which we live. We're united by a deep intellectual curiosity and desire to use our abilities for measurable positive impact. We strongly encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, ethnicities, genders, religions and sexual orientations. Some of our standout benefits: Unlimited Annual Leave Policy Private healthcare and dental Enhanced parental leave Family-Friendly Flexibility & Flexible working Sanctus Coaching Hybrid Working If you don't feel you meet all the requirements, but are excited by the role and know you bring some key strengths, please don't hesitate in applying as you might be right for this role, or other roles. We are open to conversations about part-time hours.