Associate Director of Data Science
Office location: Cambridgeshire, UK – This position offers flexible working options, including predominantly remote work. However, applicants should be based (or be willing to relocate) within a comfortable commuting distance of our office to attend onsite as required.
Are you an experienced data scientist who loves building models that make a real impact, and is ready to lead and grow a talented team?
As Associate Director of Data Science at Jagex, you'll lead a team of data scientists, setting their direction and supporting their development, while continuing to build and own models yourself. Working closely with senior stakeholders across Player Support, Marketing, Analytics, and our Game Teams, you'll develop the algorithms and models that power our business and help shape the experience of millions of RuneScape players.
This is an exciting opportunity to combine hands-on delivery with team leadership, owning our MLOps practice and making sure the models we build are deployed, monitored, and maintained reliably once they're live.
What you'll be doing:
- Lead a team of data scientists, setting direction, managing workload, and supporting their growth and development.
- Build and own data science models that support teams across the business.
- Lead the exploration of new business areas and data science models that can be embedded within the business, drawing on both
