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Company Description

Legal & General (L&G) is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor.

We've been safeguarding people's financial futures since 1836, and strive to build a better society, while improving the lives of our customers and creating value for shareholders.

We are one of the world's largest asset managers and provide powerful asset origination capabilities. Together, these underpin our retirement and protection solutions: we are an international player in pension risk transfer, in UK and US life insurance, and in UK workplace pensions and retirement income.

Our Group Functions provide the services that all areas of the business need. This requires a talented and diverse team behind the scenes, who enable everyone at L&G to do what they do best.

Joining us means helping to improve the lives of our customers and contributing to the success of the business every day.

Recruiter:James Sandbrook -Internal Closing Date:8th August

Job Description

Are you an AI enthusiast ready to make a significant impact? We are on the lookout for a talented and driven Data Science Manager to join our dynamic Group Data Science team. In this role, you'll lead the Generative AI team and develop innovative data science solutions that support decision-making, drive automation, and enhance efficiencies within our business. If you are passionate about data science and eager to contribute to a forward-thinking organization, we want to hear from you.

What you'll be doing:

  • Leading on Generative AI solution design and development
  • Researching and implementing cutting edge techniques, methodologies and approaches
  • Taking projects from design, through proof of concept and into production and developing and delivering data science solutions using a variety of data sources
  • Leading stakeholder management and issue resolution on project work
  • Identifying, sourcing, and engineering data to support data science activities
  • Collaborating with other data professionals and business stakeholders
  • Ensuring all work is fully documented and quality assured
  • Taking solutions through internal governance and risk management processes

Qualifications

Who we're looking for:

  • Degree in a quantitative discipline (e.g., statistics, computing science, data science) or equivalent experience
  • Experience in dealing with high volumes of data with excellent attention to detail
  • Knowledge of a wide variety of Generative AI models
  • Conceptual understanding of how large language models work
  • Proficiency in coding languages for data manipulation (e.g., SQL) and machine learning & AI development (e.g., Python)
  • Experience with dashboarding tools such as Power BI and Tableau (beneficial but not essential)
  • Experience with cloud native tooling for Azure and AWS
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer:

  • The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance -related bonus plan and valuable share schemes
  • Generous pension contribution
  • Life assurance
  • Healthcare Plan (permanent employees only)
  • At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years' service. There's also the option to buy and sell holiday
  • Competitive family leave
  • Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice (permanent employees only)
  • There are the many discounts we offer - both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online
  • In 2023, some of our workspaces were redesigned. Our offices are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart

Additional Information

At L&G, we believe it's possible to generate positive returns today while helping to build a better future for all.

If you join us, you'll be part of a welcoming, inclusive culture, with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views, and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel.

We care passionately about outcomes rather than attendance and are therefore open to discussing all kinds of flexible working options including part-time, term-time and job shares. Although some roles have limited flexibility due to customer demand, we accommodate requests when we can.

It doesn't matter if you don't meet every single criterion in this advert. Instead, think about what you excel at and what else you can bring in terms of strengths, potential and connection to our purpose.

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