Lead Data Scientist - Perm - Data Science Transformation - InsuranceA global insurance leader is seeking a visionary Data Science Guild Lead to unify and drive innovation across its data science community. This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of data science, machine learning, and AI within a major organisation, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and senior stakeholders.What You''ll Do:Build and lead a centralised Data Science Guild, fostering collaboration, standardisation, and innovation across business units.Guide teams from siloed ways of working to a cohesive, high-performing community.Drive the development and delivery of cutting-edge data science, ML, and AI products, ensuring best practices and robust governance.Work closely with engineering, platform, and AI teams to deliver impactful solutions.Champion a culture of experimentation, learning, and resilience-where innovation is encouraged and calculated risks are embraced.Directly and indirectly manage a diverse team (approx. 30-40), with opportunities for growth and progression.Location/Hybrid: 3 days to the City of London Office (non-negotiable)Salary: £140,000 + bonus Requirements:Proven hands-on data science leadership (recent coding not essential, but strong Python knowledge required).Deep understanding of ML, AI engineering, solution architecture, and the full development life cycle.Experience building teams, setting standards, and delivering measurable outcomes.Comfortable managing large, mult