Data Scientist (Contract)

Data Scientist (Contract) Glasgow-based, hybrid working | £600–£700 per day | Outside IR35

Pursuit Marketing runs B2B outbound sales campaigns at scale.

We’re looking for an experienced Data Scientist to take an ML capability from prototype through to production. This is a hands-on delivery role, rather than a research position.

The details

• £600–£700 per day, depending on experience

• Outside IR35

• Glasgow based, with hybrid working

• Starting September 2026

• Initial 14-week contract, with potential to extend

What you’ll do

• Define clean, modelling-ready datasets and build robust validation around them

• Train and optimise models across multiple B2B datasets, including ranking and weighting

• Build scoring outputs, reporting and visualisations that commercial teams can act on

• Retrain, test and refine models against live data as volumes scale

• Work closely with CRM and SDR teams to embed outputs into day-to-day processes

• Help establish the processes and infrastructure needed to make ML repeatable and scalable

If you're a Data Scientist who enjoys taking models out of the notebook and making them work in the real world, we'd like to hear from you.

Requirements

What we’re looking for

• A proven commercial track record taking ML models from prototype through to production

• Strong experience with Google Cloud Platform, BigQuery and Vertex AI

• Strong Python and SQL skills

• Experience in feature engineering, statistical validation and model evaluation

• Comfortable working with messy, imperfect real-world data rather than clean benchmark datasets

• Able to explain model outputs clearly to both technical and commercial audiences

Experience with B2B sales, outbound, CRM or conversation intelligence data would be a bonus, but isn't essential.

Benefits

• £600–£700 per day, depending on experience

• Outside IR35

• Glasgow based, with hybrid working

• Starting September 2026

• Initial 14-week contract, with potential to extend