Data Science Manager

Salary: £52,000 - 92,000 per year

Requirements:

• Demonstrable experience in Data Science, ideally with exposure to the utility or energy sector.
• Proven ability to lead, mentor, and develop Data Scientists, guiding teams to deliver high quality, impactful work.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, able to work effectively with end users, peers, and senior leaders.
• Ability to make complex technical concepts simple and translate them into clear business insights and recommendations.
• Fluency in Data Science techniques across statistics, machine learning, and GenAI.
• Strong programming skills in Python and SQL, with the ability to build reliable, scalable solutions.
• Experience working in cloud environments on Linux and/or Windows platforms; Azure experience is a plus.
• Strong track record delivering the full lifecycle of Data Science products and projects.
• Experience working within regulated utility environments.
• Experimental design experience and a hypothesis-driven mindset.
• Familiarity with interactive visualisation tools, with Power BI a plus.
• Knowledge of GIS tools, such as ArcGIS.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and inspire a team of talented Data Scientists, helping them grow their skills while driving high impact work across the organisation.
• Build advanced analytics and AI solutions using machine learning, statistical modelling, forecasting, and simulation techniques to solve complex, real-world challenges.
• Bring together information from multiple sources and formats to create robust datasets that fuel insight and innovation.
• Drive and deliver projects that span the entire enterprise, collaborating across the UK and US and partnering with teams in Gas, Electric, and major support functions.
• Work hands on by coding, building AI models, and turning data into clear, actionable insights.
• Stay curious and keep pushing boundaries as we explore new ideas, new technologies, and new ways to shape the future of energy through data.

Technologies:

• AI
• Azure
• Cloud
• GIS
• Support
• Linux
• Machine Learning
• Power BI
• Python
• SQL
• Windows

More:

We are National Grid, and we keep people connected and society moving while driving momentum in the energy transition. We are hiring a Data Science Manager to lead and develop our Data Science team, based in either our London or Warwick office with hybrid working. This is a full-time role with a competitive salary, annual performance incentive, pension scheme with double matching up to 12%, bonus, flexible benefits, digital health and wellbeing support, and work and family resources including paid emergency childcare and eldercare. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion and foster a culture of inclusion that supports strong performance and engagement.

last updated 36 week of 2026