Job Description

In the middle of the energy transition, businesses and governments are faced with significant challenges. But the pace and scale of change mean every decision is made under mounting pressure. Now, more than ever, companies need reliable data, analytics and actionable insight.

Wood Mackenzie is the leading global provider of data and analytics solutions for the renewables, energy and natural resources sectors.

Wood Mackenzie’s services include data, analytics, insight, events and consultancy. A trusted partner for over 50 years, Wood Mackenzie’s team has over 2,300 experts across more than 30 global locations who cover the entire supply chain.

• Inclusive – we succeed together
• Trusting – we choose to trust each other
• Customer committed – we put customers at the heart of our decisions
• Future Focused – we accelerate change
• Curious – we turn knowledge into action

Wood Mackenzie is an industry-leading data analytics company that provides analysis and insight on the world’s natural resources with a presence all around the globe. We’re working on a next generation data analysis & visualisation platform that enables our customers to drive billion-dollar decisions and accelerate the world's transition to a more sustainable tomorrow. We're looking for a Principal Data Scientist to join our team.

This role will be working within our AI group and focus on the research, development and delivery of generative AI solutions within our products. You'll be leading advanced analytics projects, developing predictive models and generating actionable insights to optimize our operations and drive business growth. You'll provide strategic leadership and mentorship within a cross-functional team of data scientists, software engineers, data engineers and product managers that deliver our product roadmap. Your role will involve ensuring high standards of data quality and integrity, while effectively integrating AI solutions into our products.

The successful candidate for this role must have a strong Data Science background and understand the challenges of delivering data products with a commitment to incremental delivery. Proven experience in leading data science projects, and the ability to articulate AI / ML / DS concepts effectively across multiple business areas is essential.

As one of our Principal Data Scientists you will:

• Lead usage and implementation of AI solutions, including generative AI, to drive innovation and solve complex business problems.
• Work with our product team to understand the problems our customers face, design solutions to solve them and ensure alignment with our strategic objectives.
• Use ML / AI and modelling techniques and apply appropriate data engineering, data mining and statistical concepts.
• Write maintainable, testable, and optimized code – and help junior team members do the same.
• Collaborate with teams deploying data science solutions within their product area and identify feedback that will improve the platform.
• Ensure the high-quality implementation and delivery of our roadmap.
• Devise effective experiments and analyze results to achieve our business goals.
• Be supported to grow and develop your skills whilst introducing new skills or technologies to the team and wider business.

You're a great fit for this role if:

• You've got in-depth data science experience, including productionising complex models and delivering business value with data pipelines; experience using generative models to deliver innovative products is a bonus.
• You have proven leadership abilities and want to be part of a high performing team.
• You can effectively communicate complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• You have a strong focus on data quality, integrity, and ensuring reliable and accurate AI outcomes.
• You have some experience with people management and supporting the personal development of more junior data scientists.
• You understand that people build software and know the importance of communication and collaboration within an innovative culture.

We use a wide variety of tools and technologies across our products, for this role we're looking for:

• Strong skills in Python and AI / ML frameworks like Tensorflow , PyTorch and Langchain .
• Deep understanding of big data technologies (e.g. Spark , Hadoop ).
• Familiarity with ML-adjacent technologies like AWS Sagemaker and Apache Airflow .
• Experience with data preprocessing, data wrangling, and data augmentation techniques.
• Proficiency in using cloud platforms like AWS , Google Cloud , or Azure for deploying scalable AI solutions.
• Understanding of MLOps practices, model deployment, and monitoring in production environments. Experience with Docker , Kubernetes , and CI/CD pipelines .
• Knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases , data modeling, and database querying.

We are an equal opportunities employer. This means we are committed to recruiting the best people regardless of their race, colour, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. You can find out more about your rights under the law at

If you are applying for a role and have a physical or mental disability, we will support you with your application or through the hiring process.

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