Data Science Jobs in Oxford

Local Pensions Partnership Administration · Preston · £90,000 – £100,000 pa

Lead AI strategy, governance and delivery across a major UK pension administration organisation, working with the CTO and executive team to identify and scale AI opportunities. Establish responsible AI frameworks, build and manage a specialist AI team, and oversee adoption of tools such as Microsoft Copilot, Civica UPM and UiPath. The role combines strategic leadership, risk assurance and supplier engagement to drive measurable service improvements.

University of Oxford · Oxford · £49,119 – £59,955 pa

Lead a research strand on Bayesian methods for evaluating and monitoring AI systems, publishing findings and guiding research assistants and students. You will also lead the lab's open-source software and translate results into policy-facing outputs, working with the Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative. The role is fixed-term for two years.

University of Oxford · Oxford · £39,424 – £47,779 pa

Develop novel statistical and machine learning methods for large-scale genomic, phenotypic and health data, working with Professor Pier Palamara in the Palamara Group. Research spans genomic language models, multimodal and federated learning, and multi-trait/multi-ancestry methods applied to biobank-scale datasets for association testing, fine-mapping and polygenic prediction. The role also involves building reproducible research software, publishing, and guiding junior researchers.

Vermillion Analytics · Oxford · £50,000 – £55,000 pa

Six-month contract owning marketing analytics projects for a global academic publisher, designing and optimising Power BI dashboards, running A/B tests and turning campaign, channel and customer data into recommendations for senior stakeholders. Also involves building in-house training so marketers can self-serve analysis, plus data sourcing and quality checks with Technology and analytics teams.

Mackenzie Jones IT · Didcot · £55,000 pa

Business-facing marketing analytics role turning marketing, customer and sales data into commercial insights and recommendations. Involves building Power BI/Tableau dashboards, analysing campaign performance and segmentation, running A/B tests, and partnering with UK and global marketing and sales teams. Hybrid working in Didcot, three days on-site.

Flarebright · Bicester · £39,000 – £49,000 pa

Contributes across the full development lifecycle, from concept and algorithm design to system integration, testing and troubleshooting of safety-critical navigation and autonomy software in C++. Works with a multidisciplinary team on real-time embedded systems, hardware/software-in-the-loop testing and flight test activities, producing design documentation and test reports.