Data Scientist (Contract) at Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment, London, £500-£550 per day

Contract Data Scientist

Outside IR35

£500 - £550 Per Day

2 Month Duration

2 Days In London Office

The Company

They are a specialist technology business that develops advanced analytics solutions deployed within clients ' secure environments. Their platform helps organisations understand customer behaviour, identify value drivers, and build predictive capabilities using transactional and event data. They work closely with enterprise clients on complex, data-led challenges, combining product innovation with practical delivery.

The Role and Deliverables

• Build customer segmentation, propensity, and forecasting models using large-scale customer datasets.
• Lead clustering and segmentation analysis, with a particular focus on delivering a core segmentation and supporting sub-segmentations.
• Develop models relating to motor and home insurance quote behaviour and customer decision-making.
• Work from defined business requirements and data science briefs to deliver production-ready modelling outputs.
• Package models and supporting assets for handover to deployment and engineering teams.
• Operate as an experienced contractor, delivering value quickly with minimal onboarding.

Your Skills & Experience

• Strong experience building customer segmentation and clustering solutions.
• Proven capability in propensity modelling and predictive analytics.
• Experience developing data science solutions within notebook-based environments.
• Practical experience using Microsoft Fabric and/or Databricks notebooks.
• Ability to build and deploy scalable modelling solutions across large datasets.
• Understanding of insurance customer behaviour, ideally within motor or home insurance.
• Comfortable working independently and delivering outcomes in fast-paced project environments.

How to Apply

If you have strong experience in customer segmentation, propensity modelling, and modern cloud-based data science environments, apply today to discuss this contract opportunity in more detail.