Engagement Lead, Coefficient
£40-45k
More information about location
2-4 days a week in office
Data science & machine learning consultancy
Job no longer available
Data science & machine learning consultancy
1-20 employees
Job no longer available
£40-45k
More information about location
2-4 days a week in office
1-20 employees
Company mission
To solve real world problems by combining research-grade statistical techniques with a lean startup mentality and a technical skill set.
Role
Who you are
- Love networking and building connections with new people,
- Appreciate a finely balanced spreadsheet and are great at building project and team allocation trackers,
- Love working with clients,
- Have experience of both project and client management, ideally using Agile and Scrum
- Manage team capacity, and forecast upcoming workload
- Produce high-quality project reports
- Have experience of successful technology delivery, with expertise in government and public services within the UK. You may be from a government, technology, or data background
- Have an aptitude for and experience of working with technical teams and delivering technical projects with some (but not necessarily in-depth) technical understanding
- Be able to talk persuasively about how Al and data can be used to problem-solve and guide clients on how these can be applied to their needs
- Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills, especially for stakeholder communication, and have the ability to distil complicated concepts to their essence
What the job involves
- We are looking for an Engagement Lead to join the Coefficient team full-time
- This is a unique opportunity to join one of the most exciting AI companies in the UK, taking a leading role across many of our projects delivering cutting-edge AI solutions into both the UK public and private sectors
- Alongside helping to deliver some of the UK government's flagship AI projects, you will also play a critical role in taking Coefficient to a whole new level of growth
- Manage client relationships and projects, primarily within the UK public sector
- Liaise with stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery
- Identify and pursue additional business opportunities with existing clients
- Write bids and proposals to secure new contracts
- Assist in managing technical team resourcing and forecasting weekly allocations for projects
Application process
- Round 1: We look through your application (CV, Cover letter, screening questions, and any relevant work samples/portfolios) to see if you meet the initial requirements for this role. Please note that if you do not have a cover letter we are unable to proceed with your application beyond this stage
- Round 2: You’ll have a one-way video interview to get a sense of your personality and your interests outside of work
- Round 3: We’ll book you in for a 1-hour slot to complete an assessment, which mirrors tasks you can expect to do at Coefficient
- Round 4: You’ll have a 1-hour Interview with members of our brilliant Delivery and Sales teams. You can expect to present the task you did in Round 3, and a deeper dive into the required skills for the role
- Round 5: You’ll have a chat with our CEO, John Sandall, to understand your motivations and career goals. We want to know that you'll be a great fit for our team, but we also want to help you achieve your goals too
- We are hoping to move quickly with this role. You can expect swift feedback after each round. We are unfortunately unable to offer feedback before Round 2. Feedback for subsequent rounds will always be provided if requested
- Due to a large volume of applications we are unable to consider applicants without a cover letter or submitted screening questions
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Over the past few years the demand for data scientists has skyrocketed as companies seek to find experts that can help them effectively use the data they gather. Coefficient is a data consultancy offering data science, engineering, machine learning and other AI-related services as well as bespoke training courses.
The company's hugely varied expertise makes them a smarter option for most companies than an internal team. Coefficient have also built new routing and scheduling software for City Pantry to allow more accurate monitoring of unpredictable London traffic for their drivers. By providing a range of services, the company uses its expertise to assist companies in a range of endeavours, allowing it to be a one-stop-shop for clients' every data related need.
Coefficient has seen success, already boasting an impressive client list, including BNP Paribas, EY, Hawk-Eye, the BBC, and the Metropolitan Police. Going forward the company appear to be expanding its services, having begun offering educational coding courses.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Company benefits
- 10% Time: 4 hours per week dedicated to learning new skills or pursuing your own project ideas.
- Learning and Professional Development: Potential to improve skills through paid courses and subscriptions. We encourage all our team to engage with professional communities and offer additional support for anyone wishing to speak at meetups/conferences.
- Laptop & Peripherals: Company-owned Apple laptop plus peripherals such as a monitor and keyboard, for making remote working both comfortable and safe.
- Team Culture: We have a fantastic small team who value and enjoy our social time together. We do both virtual and in-person events, ranging from board games and cocktails, to guided walking tours, music gigs, and Bake Off experiences.
- Remote working: Work from home opportunities.
- Spill: All-in-one mental health support programme with on-demand access to a variety of support. We cover 8 hours of therapy with a remote therapist for each team member every year.
- Yoga & Wellbeing: Virtual wellbeing sessions once a week, from yoga and meditation to tea breaks and quizzes.
- 33 holiday days (incl. bank holidays).
Company HQ
Marylebone, London, UK
Leadership
John Sandall
(Principal Data Scientist)An Imperial Mathematics graduate, John previously founded Knodium, an education tech start-up selected for Springboard London in 2012. Also Residential Fellow at Newspeak House.
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