Managing Data Scientist

Barclays • Glasgow, Scotland • Posted July 09, 2026

About the Role

hackajob is collaborating with Barclays to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role.


Day-to-Day Responsibilities:



  • Lead the UK Financial Crime ML portfolio, setting technical direction and ensuring high-quality, scalable model delivery across fraud and transaction monitoring use cases.

  • Drive end-to-end model lifecycle ownership — from data exploration and feature engineering to deployment, monitoring, and performance optimisation.

  • Provide hands-on technical leadership, reviewing Python code, model design, distributed computing approaches, and architectural decisions.

  • Manage and develop a team of data scientists, setting standards for technical excellence, delivery discipline, and stakeholder engagement.

  • Engage senior stakeholders (1LOD, Compliance, Control Owners, Technology) to prioritise initiatives, resolve competing demands, and ensure regulatory alignme...