Principal Data Scientist

Principal Data Scientist

The closing date is 03 June 2026

Main Duties of the Job

In this role, you will act as a senior technical authority, shaping and assuring complex analytical work that informs decision‑making across health systems, research and innovation partners. You will lead the development of analytical and data engineering standards, support the evolution of ICHP’s RWE offer, and provide hands‑on technical input to priority and high‑risk projects. For example, large‑scale linkage of NHS data with non‑healthcare resources (e.g. HMRC or Department for Education datasets) and the development or evaluation of machine‑learning models intended to inform clinical or operational decision‑making. These projects require advanced governance, reproducibility, explainability and senior technical assurance to ensure defensible, regulator‑ready outputs.

This is a specialist role without formal line‑management responsibility, opera...