Informed Solutions

The Opportunity We're seeking a passionate Data Scientist to own the end-to-end implementation and design of data science applications for various clients. You will join a growing practice and champion and actively contribute to the growth of the discipline, enabling the ongoing growth of the data science capability. You'll join a talented team of dynamic and driven professional problem solvers; creative thinkers and solutions builders who thrive on helping clients meet the most exciting digital transformation challenges. Make a difference and advance your career by helping deliver some of the UK's most important projects, making the world a smarter, safer, greener, and healthier place. At a certified Great Place to Work you'll experience a dynamic and nurturing environment that rewards initiative and flexibility and enjoy a career path tailored to your own aspirations. About Us Founded in 1992, we are a successful, growing International digital transformation consultancy. We deliver multi-Queen's Award for innovation winning platforms and services that support large-scale digital transformation. Our digital, data and technology solutions are used by globally recognised public and private sector brands operating in a variety of sectors including Civil Defence, Healthcare, Sustainable Environment and Land Asset Management, and Digital Democracy. Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities Senior Data Scientists enable the design, development, integration and testing of complex, high quality data science solutions and services to meet user needs, continually improving the application of best practice patterns, methods and tools. This includes: Build effective working relationships with client counterparts in your practitioner domain, and those of a partner / 3rd party organisation. Own the end-to-end implementation and design of data science models/components, seeking guidance and input from Lead and Principal Data Scientists where necessary. Help structure and provide technical assurance for the work of less experienced practitioners, enabling them to maximise quality and velocity. Monitor the application of the methods and requirements, pro-actively managing technical risks and issues. Collaborating with practitioners from other disciplines (e.g. UCD, Engineering) to ensure the solution meets user and business needs. Take technical responsibility for the delivery of high-quality data science services on smaller engagements, across all stages (design, build, test, deploy, operate and continually improve), in line with best practice. Work with Delivery Managers to inform estimates for research and development activities, enabling them to plan technical activities, including how teams and work should be structured. Proactively identify and help mitigate technical risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies. Maintain relevant, up-to-date practitioner skills through training and accreditation, including a domain-relevant accreditation/certification at professional level. Being an active member of the Data Science discipline, identifying area for growth across the business, and providing coaching for less experienced practitioners. Own the end-to-end implementation and design of data science models/components, seeking guidance and input from Lead and Principal Data Scientists where necessary. Requirements Background in Agile delivery environments, delivering software solutions in controlled increments (e.g., following Scrum, Agile Delivery phases, etc.). Experience working with cloud-based solutions and technologies (Google Cloud Platform, AWS, Azure). Hands on knowledge of designing and implementing solutions capable of handling sensitive data (e.g., Personally Identifiable Information). Strong knowledge of a programming languages for data science (Python, R, etc.) including best practices using this language to write robust software. An understanding of data governance and best practices to ensure data protection. Experience planning technical activities and structuring work for a team. Being able to provide commercially robust estimates of development activities. Experience providing practitioner guidance to junior colleagues and peers. Understanding of how to operationalise and deploy a Data Science solution in a live environment. A bachelor's degree in a STEM field. Desirable skills and experience Experience working in a professional services/consultancy environment preferred. Experience solving natural language processing problems. Experience creating generative AI applications, such as chatbots or RAG retrieval systems. Stay up to date with cutting edge of AI, reading research papers, attending conferences, etc. Ability to work effectively across multiple teams and projects. Ability to explain and simplify complex information to stakeholders, gathering and translating business requirements, anticipating any obstacles to information flow. Understanding of different databases (Relational and NoSQL) and optimising queries for effective data manipulation. A master's degree or PhD in a STEM field. Personal Qualities You are hands on, working within a team to solve complex software and feature problems. Inquisitive, using critical thinking to ask lots of questions, overcome biases, break assumptions and consider different perspectives. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Detail-oriented with a focus on accuracy. Able to plan and organise your own work, effectively negotiating priorities crossing multiple teams across the business. Able to collaborate with other areas of the business to solve problems. Able to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies. Benefits Our benefits package compliments our highly competitive salaries and our great working environment. We believe that our people should be properly rewarded for their commitment to the continued success of our business through a comprehensive and flexible range of benefits. These can include: InformedACADEMY - We offer excellent career development opportunities through our award-winning personal and professional development programmes, including support with professional certifications. Industry leading health and wellbeing plan - We partner with several wellbeing support functions to cater to each individual's need, including 24/7 GP services, mental health support and physical health support. Hybrid working Private Health Care Cover Generous life assurance cover Gym Membership Monthly office lunch Onsite massage sessions 25 paid working days holiday per year plus bank holidays Sabbatical Leave Scheme Enhanced Maternity Leave and Pay Enhanced Paternity Leave and Pay Company Pension Contribution Profit Share Scheme Payment of professional subscriptions Generous referral scheme with no limits on the number of referrals Salary Sacrifice scheme Qualifying period applies Culture We are proud to nurture a workplace culture that is diverse, inclusive, rewarding, and egalitarian. We strive to live up to our values of Innovation, Excellence, and Integrity by thinking about things differently, always doing our best, and acting in good faith at all times. We're a team of passionate problem solvers. We take pride in helping our clients accelerate and de risk digital business change so that we can collaborate and codesign world class digital services that solve complex business and safety critical problems, particularly where place, location or geography are important. Our workplace culture reflectshow we go about our work, the type of work that we choose to do, and our commitment and contribution to the sustainable social, environmental, and economic development aims of the communities that we are part of. We focus both on technical skills and equally importantly, on the cultural fit of prospective new colleagues. Our success relies on fostering an environment where creativity and collaboration produces great outcomes for our people, our clients, and our partners.

About us Make a difference and advance your career by helping deliver some of the UK's most important projects, making the world a smarter, safer, greener, and healthier place. You'll join a talented team of dynamic and driven professional problem solvers; creative thinkers and solutions builders who thrive on helping clients meet the most exciting digital transformation challenges. At a certified Great Place to Work , you'll experience a dynamic and nurturing environment that rewards initiative and flexibility and enjoy a career path tailored to your own aspirations. Founded in 1992, we are a successful, growing International digital transformation consultancy. We deliver multi-Queen's Award for innovation winning platforms and services that support large-scale digital transformation. Our digital, data and technology solutions are used by globally recognised public and private sector brands operating in a variety of sectors including Civil Defence, Healthcare, Sustainable Environment and Land Asset Management, and Digital Democracy. About the role We are looking to expand our established Delivery Management team with an experienced and motivated Delivery Manager to help deliver complex, high-impact digital transformation programmes for public sector clients. As a Delivery Manager, you'll play a key role in ensuring our multidisciplinary teams, including User Centred Design Specialist, Technical Architects, Software Engineers and QA Automation testers - deliver innovative, user-centred digital services that make a real difference to citizens and communities. You'll foster a culture of collaboration, empowerment, and continuous improvement, ensuring delivery is assured, and of exceptional quality. You'll also work closely with clients to build trusted relationships, manage expectations, and enable long-term success. You will also play a key role in our Delivery Management Community of Practice, helping to share knowledge, drive improvement, and champion best practice across teams and projects. At Informed Solutions, we are committed to the growth and development of our people. You'll benefit from structured career progression, accredited training, and opportunities to gain new skills and certifications, all within a supportive environment that encourages curiosity, continuous learning, and the chance to take on increasingly complex and impactful projects. This role offers flexibility to be based from our Altrincham (Manchester) or Westminster (London) offices, where you'll be part of a collaborative, high-performing team environment, supported by our hybrid working approach. Role Responsibilities Lead high-performing agile teams to deliver complex digital products and services on time, within budget, and to a high standard. Build strong, trusted client relationships, ensuring excellent communication and satisfaction throughout delivery. Collaborate with clients and internal teams to design intelligent, achievable delivery plans that align with agile principles and best practice. Proactively monitor delivery progress, risks, and issues, ensuring quality and performance standards are maintained. Manage project artefacts including RAID logs, highlight reports, delivery plans, and budget/resource tracking documentation. Lead and facilitate agile ceremonies and delivery governance activities (e.g. sprint reviews, stand-ups, retrospectives, and project boards). Work collaboratively with client and partner Delivery Managers, contributing expert advice and assurance. Coach, mentor, and support colleagues, promoting continuous learning and professional development. Contribute to our delivery community by sharing insights, championing innovation, and supporting the adoption of new methods and tools. Essential Skills and Experience Proven experience leading the successful delivery of complex digital or software development projects using agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban) Experience working with multi-disciplinary teams in user-centred design and DevOps environments. Strong delivery assurance, risk management, and progress tracking capabilities. A solid technical understanding to work confidently with technical leads in identifying and managing requirements, dependencies, and issues. Demonstrable commercial awareness and experience managing budgets, contracts, and Statements of Work in a consultancy or client-facing setting. Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and interpersonal skills, with a collaborative and pragmatic approach. Ability to balance multiple priorities and work effectively under pressure in a fast-paced environment. A proactive mindset with a passion for continuous improvement and delivering measurable value. Desirable Skills and Experience Experience delivering services in line with the Government Digital Service (GDS) Service Standard. Previous experience within a digital consultancy or transformation environment, ideally working with UK public sector clients. Understanding of cloud technologies, modern software engineering practices, and DevOps principles. Familiarity with agile delivery tools such as Jira, Confluence, Miro, or Azure DevOps. Key abilities that are necessary for success Able to work effectively in environments where you can adapt to innovative practices involving uncertainty, change, and agile working. Ability to manage competing priorities and your time so you can deliver high-quality work within deadlines. Good interpersonal skills, with the ability to respect and accept different perspectives and disagreement, work collaboratively in diverse teams, and maintain positive working relationships. Good judgement and decision-making in complex environments where uncertainty, ambiguity, and risk must be collaboratively managed by working supportively alongside others. Good communication skills, including clear, constructive written outputs and measured, respectful verbal delivery. We work in a fast-paced, ever-evolving innovation and problem-solving workplace environment where no two days are the same. This requires you to have the foundations of personal resilience, professional adaptability, and flexibility in working alongside others with a positive mindset. We appreciate that this workplace culture and the level of variety won't suit everyone. However, after significant consultations with colleagues at all levels, we understand that these are the fundamentals of success in undertaking the complex, innovation work which is the DNA of Informed Solutions. These shared foundations are important to team cohesion, performance, and mutual personal support. As colleagues, we thrive in successfully problem solving together to deliver real-world impact; and value the variety of challenges and opportunities to learn, grow, and progress on a personal and professional level. Benefits Our benefits package compliments our highly competitive salaries and our great working environment. We believe that our people should be properly rewarded for their commitment to the continued success of our business through a comprehensive and flexible range of benefits. These can include: InformedACADEMY - We offer excellent career development opportunities through our award-winning personal and professional development programmes, including support with professional certifications. Industry leading health and wellbeing plan - We partner with several wellbeing support functions to cater to each individual's need, including 24/7 GP services, mental health support and physical health support. Hybrid working Private Health Care Cover Generous life assurance cover Gym Membership Monthly office lunch Onsite massage sessions 25 paid working days holiday per year plus bank holidays Sabbatical Leave Scheme Enhanced Maternity Leave and Pay Enhanced Paternity Leave and Pay Company Pension Contribution Profit Share Scheme Payment of professional subscriptions Generous referral scheme with no limits on the number of referrals Qualifying period applies Culture We are proud to nurture a workplace culture that is diverse, inclusive, rewarding, and egalitarian. We strive to live up to our values of Innovation, Excellence, and Integrity by thinking about things differently, always doing our best, and acting in good faith at all times. We're a team of passionate problem solvers. We take pride in helping our clients accelerate and de-risk digital business change so that we can collaborate and codesign world class digital services that solve complex business and safety critical problems, particularly where place, location or geography are important. Our workplace culture reflect show we go about our work, the type of work that we choose to do, and our commitment and contribution to the sustainable social, environmental, and economic development aims of the communities that we are part of.

About us At Informed Solutions, we design, build and continually improve digital products and services to make public and private sector organisations work better for the people they serve. Our teams bring together user centred design, software engineering, data, AI, and delivery expertise to create services that are effective, inclusive, and innovative. We are looking for a Senior Product Manager to be embedded within our product team and help drive the success of our digital product portfolio, including our two flagship InformedDECISION and InformedINSIGHT products, alongside our growing suite of complementary products. As a multi Queen's Award for Innovation winning organisation, innovation lies at the heart of everything we do: we are passionate about delivering products that enable our customers to realise the benefits of the latest technologies and innovations, including AI, advanced analytics, and geospatial technologies. The Senior Product Manager will own product strategy, proposition, priorities, and lifecycle decisions, while partnering closely with Business Development and other client facing teams on go to market planning, market engagement, and commercial execution. The Role As a Senior Product Manager, you will: Shape the direction and lifecycle for one or more products, balancing market opportunity, client needs, commercial value and delivery feasibility. Translate insights from customers, users, market analysis and product performance into clear product visions, value propositions, roadmaps, backlogs and release plans. Shape investment and prioritisation decisions using data, market insights and sound judgement, ensuring effort is focused on the highest value opportunities. Contribute to strong product management practice across the product function, coaching others and contributing to standards, ways of working and community growth. Partner closely with Business Development and other client facing teams to support product positioning, go to market planning, and launch readiness. What You'll Do Strategic & Product Leadership Identify, validate, and prioritise market, client, and user needs through research, engagement, and analysis, translating insight into clear product decisions. Lead product positioning and proposition development for assigned products, and work with senior leadership and commercial colleagues to shape pricing, packaging, and market approach, ensuring these reflect product strategy, customer need, and market opportunity. Develop and maintain compelling product visions and value propositions that clearly articulate the problems we solve, for whom, and the value our products deliver. Shape and manage product roadmaps that focus investment on the highest value capabilities, including those that drive adoption, retention, revenue growth, and competitive differentiation. Maintain and prioritise product backlogs with clear requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria, ensuring teams are working on the most important problems. Identify and validate market opportunities for new products, features, and propositions, using customer insight, competitor analysis, and commercial evidence to inform product direction. Product Development, Delivery & Performance Lead product input to go to market planning for new products, major capabilities, and releases, working with Business Development and client facing teams to ensure launch readiness across proposition, messaging, internal enablement, and customer adoption. Translate strategy into actionable plans, helping teams understand priorities, trade offs, dependencies, and intended outcomes. Assess emerging technologies and industry developments with relevant colleagues, and incorporate them into product roadmaps where they create clear customer, market, or commercial value. Lead product discovery and validation activity, using research, experimentation and feedback to test assumptions, reduce risk, and identify the highest value opportunities. Work closely with engineering and delivery colleagues to ensure product development is realistic, transparent, and outcome focused. Evaluate the market, customer, and commercial impact of product releases and changes, using evidence to refine priorities, improve outcomes, and inform future investment decisions. Define, monitor, and act on product KPIs, using qualitative and quantitative evidence to evaluate success, inform prioritisation, and improve decision making. Support the ongoing operation and improvement of products, ensuring feedback, service data, and performance metrics are used to continuously improve user and business outcomes. Contribute to product growth and financial performance by working with leadership, finance, and commercial colleagues to understand revenue, cost, profitability, and the impact of pricing, packaging, and investment decisions. Stakeholder, Market & Commercial Engagement Communicate product strategy, priorities, and progress clearly to a range of audiences, including senior leadership, delivery teams, and commercial stakeholders. Build strong relationships with customers, users, internal stakeholders, and partner organisations to ensure product direction is informed, credible, and collaborative. Maintain an evidence based understanding of market trends, competitor products, and emerging opportunities or threats. Facilitate effective decision making by bringing together insight, evidence, and pragmatism to navigate ambiguity and competing priorities. Work with Business Development and senior stakeholders to shape and deliver go to market plans for new products, capabilities, and releases, ensuring launch activity reflects product strategy, market demand, and commercial opportunity. Work with commercial and client facing colleagues to develop clear product positioning, messaging, and value narratives that communicate differentiation, support customer engagement, and strengthen commercial growth. Practice, Quality & Capability Contribute to the ongoing development of product management methods, governance, standards, and ways of working, using practical experience and industry awareness to support consistent, high quality product outcomes. Support best practice product thinking, user centred design, experimentation, prioritisation, and evidence led decision making. Support the growth of Informed's product management discipline through coaching, knowledge sharing, and community activity. What We're Looking For Essential Skills & Experience Proven experience as a Senior Product Manager working with innovative digital or SaaS style products, with responsibility for product strategy, roadmap, prioritisation, delivery, and bringing products or major capabilities successfully to market. Experience working in cross functional teams with engineering, design, and data specialists to deliver and improve digital products. Experience using market and customer insights and product performance data to shape priorities and make informed product decisions. Ability to define clear product visions, value propositions, roadmaps, and backlogs for innovative, new to market products. Experience shaping product positioning, value propositions, and go to market activity for digital products. Experience working closely with commercial, sales, business development, or client facing teams to support launches, market adoption, and product growth. Desirable Skills & Experience Experience in regulated, secure, or data intensive environments. A relevant domain, industry or product management accreditation or certification. Understanding of product financial management, including costs, margins, profitability, and investment trade offs. Understanding of assurance, governance, accessibility, security or compliance expectations relevant to public sector or regulated digital products. Experience launching new digital products or major product capabilities into market. Experience scaling product adoption in B2B, enterprise, or public sector environments. Why You'll Love Working Here Work on innovative tech for good digital products that create real value for organisations and the people they serve. Help shape and grow a product function that is central to our businesses' long term strategy and growth. Collaborate with passionate, talented multidisciplinary teams in an environment that values curiosity, innovation, and continuous improvement. Influence not just what we build, but how we think about product, market opportunity, and sustainable growth. Access opportunities for professional development, progression, and deeper involvement in shaping our product capability. Senior colleagues, experts, and leaders at Informed Solutions are committed to supporting, coaching, upskilling, and enabling the success and career progression of each other. There are some foundation areas, however, which you need to possess to be able to successfully contribute to your team and work alongside others. Key abilities that are necessary for success Able to work effectively in environments where you can adapt to innovative practices involving uncertainty, change, and agile working. Ability to manage competing priorities and your time so you can deliver high quality work within deadlines. 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The Opportunity Join Informed Solutions and help shape how our people learn, grow and thrive. We're looking for an experienced People Development & Experience professional to lead the evolution of colleague development, employee experience and engagement across our growing organisation. Working alongside consultants and business professionals delivering some of the UK's most impactful digital transformation programmes, you'll play a key role in creating an environment where people can build rewarding careers, develop their capability and perform at their best. As part of our People Services team, you'll work closely with leaders across the business to shape and deliver initiatives that strengthen leadership capability, colleague development, engagement and organisational effectiveness. Working alongside our Learning & Development Advisor, you'll provide the direction and oversight for our development approach, ensuring our learning initiatives are aligned to business priorities and deliver meaningful outcomes, while the Advisor coordinates the day-to-day delivery and administration of learning activities. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys influencing others, improving how organisations develop their people and creating positive employee experiences, while remaining close enough to delivery to see ideas become reality. About Us Founded in 1992, Informed Solutions is an internationally recognised digital transformation consultancy. We design and deliver innovative digital, data and technology solutions that enable organisations to modernise services, unlock insight from data and deliver better outcomes for citizens and customers. Our multi-Queen's Award-winning platforms and services support globally recognised organisations across sectors including: Civil Defence Healthcare Sustainable Environment Land and Asset Management Digital Democracy Our work focuses on solving complex, real-world challenges where technology, data and human insight combine to deliver lasting impact. About the Role People are at the heart of everything we do. As our People Development & Experience Lead, you'll be the subject matter lead for colleague development, employee experience and engagement, working closely with the Head of People Services to shape and continuously improve how we support our people. You'll partner with leaders and managers across the organisation to identify capability needs, enhance colleague experience and embed initiatives that support career development, leadership capability and organisational effectiveness. While this role contributes to the development of our people strategy, its primary focus is turning that strategy into practical, high impact initiatives that make a measurable difference across the colleague lifecycle. You'll also provide day to day guidance and support to our Learning & Development Advisor, helping ensure learning activity is coordinated effectively and aligned to wider organisational priorities. Success in this role means creating engaging development opportunities, enabling managers to build high performing teams, enhancing the colleague experience and using insight to continually improve how we develop and support our people. Key Responsibilities You'll: Lead the continuous improvement of colleague development, employee experience and engagement initiatives. Shape and oversee leadership and management development programmes, working alongside the Learning & Development Advisor to ensure effective delivery. Lead the ongoing development of InformedACADEMY and our wider development framework. Enhance onboarding, career development and progression pathways to support long term colleague growth. Partner with leaders and managers to identify capability needs and embed effective development initiatives. Lead employee engagement, feedback and recognition initiatives that strengthen culture and colleague experience. Identify opportunities to improve organisational capability, employee experience and overall effectiveness. Evaluate the impact of development and engagement initiatives, using insight to inform future priorities. HR Advisory & Stakeholder Support Provide trusted HR advice across performance, development, wellbeing and employee experience matters. Coach and support managers to develop confident, engaged and high performing teams. Build strong relationships across the organisation, providing practical guidance and constructive challenge where appropriate. Support the consistent application of people policies, processes and best practice. Continuous Improvement & Insight Use employee feedback, engagement surveys and people data to identify trends and opportunities for improvement. Translate insight into practical recommendations that improve colleague experience and organisational effectiveness. Measure the effectiveness of development and engagement initiatives and recommend enhancements. Contribute to wider People Services projects and organisational development initiatives. Leadership & Collaboration Act as the lead specialist for People Development & Experience within the People Services team. Provide day to day guidance, coaching and support to the Learning & Development Advisor. Work collaboratively across People Services to deliver a joined up colleague experience. Balance strategic thinking with a practical, delivery focused approach to implementing improvements. What We're Looking For You'll ideally have experience in a People Development, Employee Experience, Learning & Development or HR role within a professional services, technology or other knowledge led environment. You'll bring: Experience leading or delivering employee development, engagement or organisational improvement initiatives. Strong HR advisory experience and confidence supporting managers on a range of people matters. A good understanding of learning, leadership development and employee experience principles. Experience working with stakeholders to identify capability needs and implement practical solutions. Excellent relationship building and influencing skills. The ability to coach, support and constructively challenge managers. Experience using people data and employee feedback to inform decision making. Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities. A collaborative approach and a passion for creating positive colleague experiences. A CIPD Level 5 qualification (or equivalent) would be an advantage, although we'll happily support the right person in achieving this. Personal Qualities We're looking for someone who: Takes initiative and proactively drives improvement. Builds credibility and trusted working relationships across the organisation. Is passionate about helping people grow, develop and succeed. Enjoys improving colleague experience, development and organisational effectiveness. Demonstrates sound judgement, emotional intelligence and professionalism. Balances strategic thinking with a pragmatic, delivery focused approach. Brings curiosity, initiative and a continuous improvement mindset. Thrives in evolving environments where priorities continue to develop. Key Competencies for Success In this role you will demonstrate: Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills. Sound professional judgement and thoughtful decision making. Resilience and adaptability in changing environments. Strong organisational skills and attention to detail. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. The ability to build trust and credibility across all levels of the organisation. A commitment to continuous improvement and delivering positive outcomes. We believe that our people should be properly rewarded for their commitment to the continued success of our business through a comprehensive and flexible range of benefits. These can include: InformedACADEMY - excellent career development opportunities through our award winning personal and professional development programmes. Professional accountancy study support available. Industry leading health and wellbeing plan. Hybrid working Private Health Care Cover Generous life assurance cover Gym Membership Monthly office lunch Onsite massage sessions 25 paid working days holiday per year plus bank holidays Sabbatical Leave Scheme Enhanced Maternity Leave and Pay Enhanced Paternity Leave and Pay Company Pension Contribution Profit Share Scheme Payment of professional subscriptions Generous referral scheme with no limits on the number of referrals Qualifying period applies Culture Our culture is built around innovation, excellence and integrity. We are a collaborative community of technologists, consultants and problem solvers who enjoy working together to tackle complex challenges. We believe the best ideas emerge from diverse perspectives and inclusive environments, and we actively foster a culture where everyone feels supported to contribute, grow and succeed. We invest deeply in our people because we know our success depends on curious minds . click apply for full job details

Informed Solutions is seeking a passionate Data Scientist to lead end-to-end design and implementation of data science applications for diverse clients in the UK. You will drive innovation, promote best practices, and empower domain practitioners to excel within a thriving data science practice. Join a dynamic team delivering tech4good projects and shaping a culture of learning, growth, and collaboration. A strong background in cloud DS, programming (Python/R), and data governance will help you

Overview We're seeking a passionate Data Scientist to lead the end-to-end implementation and design of data science applications for various clients. You will join a growing practice and play a leading role in the ongoing development of the data science discipline, driving innovation, best practice adoption and motivating and empowering domain practitioners to create a positive and creative culture for our people to perform well, learn and grow. You'll join a talented team of dynamic and driven professional problem solvers; creative thinkers and solutions builders who thrive on helping clients meet the most exciting digital transformation challenges. Make a difference and advance your career by helping deliver some of the UK's most important tech4good projects, making the world a smarter, safer, greener, and healthier place. At a certified Great Place to Work you'll experience a dynamic and nurturing environment that rewards initiative and flexibility and enjoy a career path tailored to your own aspirations. About Us Founded in 1992, we are a successful, growing International digital transformation consultancy. We deliver multi-Queen's Award for innovation winning platforms and services that support large-scale digital transformation. Our digital, data and technology solutions are used by globally recognised public and private sector brands operating in a variety of sectors including Civil Defence, Healthcare, Sustainable Environment and Land Asset Management, and Digital Democracy. Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities Lead Data Scientists lead the planning, design, development, integration and testing of complex, high quality data science solutions and services to meet user needs, continually improving the application of best practice patterns, methods and tools. This includes: Build effective working relationships with clients/3rd party counterparts, leading interaction in your domain. Own the end-to-end implementation and design for larger data science services, assuring the development and maintenance of high-quality documentation and ensuring that designs are translated into implementation. Take overall technical responsibility for data science in larger engagements, across all stages (design, build, test, deploy, operate and continually improve). Collaborate with practitioners from other disciplines (e.g. UCD, Engineering) to ensure the solution meets user and business needs. Help structure and provide technical assurance for the work of teams of less experienced practitioners, supporting Senior practitioners to help maximise overall quality and velocity. Support the growth of Informed's data science capability by helping to recruit technical staff (interviews, assessments), and contributing to training materials to achieve curriculum outcomes. Requirements Experience working with cloud-based solutions and technologies (Google Cloud Platform, AWS, Azure). Hands-on knowledge of designing and implementing Data Science solutions capable of handling sensitive data (e.g., Personally Identifiable Information). Strong knowledge of a programming language for data science (Python, R, etc.) including best practices using this language to write robust software. An Awareness of data governance and best practices to ensure data protection. Experience planning data science activities, including how teams and work should be structured. Being able to provide robust estimates of activities. Experience having a leading role in developing data science applications. Having operationalised and deployed various data science applications into a live environment. Experience structuring the work of data science teams based on requirements at the time, working to deadlines and practitioner's strengths and providing support to less experienced colleagues. Background in Agile delivery environments, delivering software solutions in controlled increments (e.g., following Scrum, Agile Delivery phases, GDS Service Manual, etc.). A bachelor's degree in a STEM field. Desirable skills and experience Experience working in a professional services/consultancy environment preferred. Experience solving natural language processing problems. Experience creating generative AI applications, such as chatbots or RAG retrieval systems. Understanding of general computer science concepts (test-driven development, object-orientated programming, complexity and optimisation). Ability to work effectively across multiple teams and projects. Ability to explain and simplify complex information to stakeholders, gathering and translating business requirements, anticipating any obstacles to information flow. A master's degree or PhD in a STEM field. Personal Qualities You are hands on, working within a team to solve complex software and feature problems. Inquisitive, using critical thinking to ask lots of questions, overcome biases, break assumptions and consider different perspectives. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Detail-oriented with a focus on accuracy. Able to plan and organise your own work, effectively negotiating priorities crossing multiple teams across the business. Able to collaborate with other areas of the business to solve problems. Able to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies. Benefits Our benefits package compliments our highly competitive salaries and our great working environment. We believe that our people should be properly rewarded for their commitment to the continued success of our business through a comprehensive and flexible range of benefits. These can include: InformedACADEMY - We offer excellent career development opportunities through our award-winning personal and professional development programmes, including support with professional certifications. Industry leading health and wellbeing plan - We partner with several wellbeing support functions to cater to each individual's need, including 24/7 GP services, mental health support and physical health support. Hybrid working Private Health Care Cover Generous life assurance cover Gym Membership Monthly office lunch Onsite massage sessions 25 paid working days holiday per year plus bank holidays Sabbatical Leave Scheme Enhanced Maternity Leave and Pay Enhanced Paternity Leave and Pay Company Pension Contribution Profit Share Scheme Payment of professional subscriptions Generous referral scheme with no limits on the number of referrals Salary Sacrifice scheme Qualifying period applies Culture We are proud to nurture a workplace culture that is diverse, inclusive, rewarding, and egalitarian. We strive to live up to our values of Innovation, Excellence, and Integrity by thinking about things differently, always doing our best, and acting in good faith at all times. We're a team of passionate problem solvers. We take pride in helping our clients accelerate and de-risk digital business change so that we can collaborate and codesign world class digital services that solve complex business and safety critical problems, particularly where place, location or geography are important. Our workplace culture reflect show we go about our work, the type of work that we choose to do, and our commitment and contribution to the sustainable social, environmental, and economic development aims of the communities that we are part of. We focus both on technical skills and equally importantly, on the cultural fit of prospective new colleagues. Our success relies on fostering an environment where creativity and collaboration produces great outcomes for our people, our clients, and our partners.

About the role As a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer at Informed Solutions, you'll take a leading role in designing, building, and delivering complex digital solutions that tackle real world challenges in the public sector. Your work will make a tangible difference, helping to create a healthier, safer, and more sustainable UK. You'll be part of a collaborative, high performing team, taking ownership of end to end delivery on greenfield projects while guiding and supporting colleagues to develop their skills and contribute effectively. Working across Software Engineering, User Centred Design, Delivery Management, and Live Services, you'll help shape enterprise scale digital solutions for high profile clients, influencing technical direction and driving innovation. Our consultancy is technology agnostic, empowering you to architect the best solutions using the most effective tools for each challenge. With technologies ranging from .NET, Java, Python, Node.js, AWS and Azure, you'll have opportunities to deepen your expertise, explore new areas, and grow your career. This role offers flexibility to be based from our Altrincham (Manchester) or Westminster (London) offices, supporting a hybrid working approach. Role Responsibilities Own delivery of services: Take responsibility for the engineering and delivery of small to medium services or major components of larger services across the full lifecycle, from design and build through to deployment, operation and continual improvement. Lead on architecture and design: Take ownership of the end to end design of components or services, producing and maintaining high quality documentation. Collaborate with Lead and Principal Engineers, and practitioners from disciplines such as UCD and Data Science, to review and refine designs and translate them into robust implementations. Support delivery planning: Partner with Delivery Managers to plan and structure technical activities, provide accurate and commercially sound estimates, and proactively identify and mitigate technical risks, issues and dependencies. Build stakeholder trust: Act as a trusted technical advisor to client counterparts, partner organisations and third parties, ensuring alignment between business needs and technical delivery. Mentor and develop others: Provide guidance and technical leadership to colleagues, supporting their professional growth, fostering high quality delivery, and enabling the team to work efficiently and confidently. Essential Skills 5+ years' proven experience in a Full Stack Engineering role, with advanced skills in .NET, Java or Python, plus modern JavaScript libraries. Experience taking ownership of delivery for services or significant components across the full lifecycle from design to operation. Strong understanding of architectural and design patterns, including serverless and microservices, with the ability to lead and assure their application. Experience working in Agile environments, using Scrum, Kanban and test driven development (TDD), and contributing to delivery planning and estimation. Experience mentoring and supporting less experienced engineers, providing guidance and enabling high quality, efficient delivery. Proven experience engaging with clients, taking ownership of technical decisions and delivery outcomes, and building trusted relationships. Hands on expertise with cloud platforms (AWS or Azure), delivering scalable, secure and well architected solutions. Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and/or Terraform. Desirable Skills Experience working in a consultancy environment, engaging with external stakeholders and clients. Exposure to public sector projects and delivering solutions in complex organisational landscapes. Key Abilities that are Necessary for Success Able to work effectively in environments where you can adapt to innovative practices involving uncertainty, change, and agile working. Ability to manage competing priorities and your time so you can deliver high quality work within deadlines. Good interpersonal skills, with the ability to respect and accept different perspectives and disagreement, work collaboratively in diverse teams, and maintain positive working relationships. Good judgement and decision making in complex environments where uncertainty, ambiguity, and risk must be collaboratively managed by working supportively alongside others. Good communication skills, including clear, constructive written outputs and measured, respectful verbal delivery. What You'll Gain Ownership and influence: Lead the delivery of services, shape technical direction, and influence project outcomes at a senior level. Professional growth: Develop your leadership and mentoring skills, guiding colleagues and helping them thrive. Exposure to high profile projects: Work on enterprise scale digital solutions that improve public services and have societal impact. Technical development: Expand your expertise across a wide range of modern technologies, including cloud, microservices and serverless architectures. Collaborative, supportive environment: Join a team that values learning, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement. Career progression: Opportunities to grow within a consultancy setting, broadening your client facing experience and technical leadership. Benefits Package Our benefits package complements highly competitive salaries and a supportive working environment. InformedACADEMY - career development opportunities through award winning personal and professional development programmes, including support with professional certifications. Industry leading health and wellbeing plan - 24/7 GP services, mental health support and physical health support. Hybrid working Private Health Care Cover Generous life assurance cover Gym Membership Monthly office lunch Onsite massage sessions 25 paid working days holiday per year plus bank holidays Sabbatical Leave Scheme Enhanced Maternity Leave and Pay Enhanced Paternity Leave and Pay Company Pension Contribution Profit Share Scheme Payment of professional subscriptions Generous referral scheme with no limits on the number of referrals Qualifying period applies

Informed Solutions is looking for a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer to design and deliver complex digital solutions for public sector challenges. You will lead the delivery and architecture of projects using modern technologies like .NET, Java, and Python, while working in hybrid environments in Altrincham or Westminster. The role includes mentoring team members and engaging with clients to build technical direction, contributing to high-profile and impactful projects.

Informed Solutions in Greater London is hiring a Junior Software Engineer to design and deliver digital services for public sectors, improving outcomes for communities. Candidates should have experience in full-stack development and a grasp of various technologies including .NET, Java, and Python. This role encourages growth and skill development within a collaborative team focused on digital transformation projects. Benefits include hybrid working, health plans, and generous holiday leave.

About us Make a difference and advance your career by helping deliver some of the UK's most important projects, making the world a smarter, safer, greener, and healthier place. You'll join a talented team of dynamic and driven professional problem solvers; creative thinkers and solutions builders who thrive on helping clients meet the most exciting digital transformation challenges. At a certified Great Place to Work, you'll experience a dynamic and nurturing environment that rewards initiative and flexibility and enjoy a career path tailored to your own aspirations. Founded in 1992, we are a successful, growing International digital transformation consultancy. We deliver multi Queen's Award for innovation winning platforms and services that support large scale digital transformation. Our digital, data and technology solutions are used by globally recognised public and private sector brands operating in a variety of sectors including Civil Defence, Healthcare, Sustainable Environment and Land Asset Management, and Digital Democracy. The Role As a Junior Software Engineer at Informed Solutions, you'll play a key role in designing, building, and delivering digital services that tackle real world engagements in the public sector. Your work will help improve outcomes for citizens and communities, contributing to a healthier, safer, and more sustainable UK. You'll be part of a collaborative, multidisciplinary team, working alongside engineers, user centred designers, data specialists, and delivery managers. You'll take responsibility for delivering components or small services across the full lifecycle, learning from senior colleagues, contributing your ideas, and developing your technical and delivery skills. Our consultancy is technology agnostic, allowing you to explore and work with tools such as .NET, Java, Python, Node.js, AWS and Azure. You'll have opportunities to expand your expertise, gain hands on experience with cloud and modern software engineering practices, and build a strong foundation for a career in digital transformation. This role requires curiosity, adaptability, and a proactive approach to delivery. As a Junior Software Engineer, you will: Deliver software components: Take responsibility for building and supporting small to medium components or services across the full software lifecycle, from design and development through to deployment, operation and improvement. Collaborate on architecture and design: Work with Lead and Senior Engineers to understand and implement architectural patterns, design decisions and coding standards, producing clear and maintainable documentation. Support delivery planning: Work with your team and Delivery Managers to plan work, estimate effort and identify technical risks and dependencies, escalating issues when needed. Contribute to quality and best practice: Write clean, tested and reliable code, follow agile practices including TDD, CI/CD and code reviews, and help ensure solutions meet functional and non functional requirements. Build stakeholder confidence: Communicate clearly with your team and, when appropriate, with clients and partner organisations, ensuring transparency in your work and progress. Learn and develop: Take opportunities to grow your technical skills, learn from peers and senior colleagues, and apply new knowledge to improve delivery and team effectiveness. Essential Skills Experience working as a software engineer in full stack development, with proficiency in at least one backend language (.NET, Java, Python) and modern JavaScript frameworks/libraries. Ability to develop and deliver software components or small services from design through to deployment. Understanding of software architecture, design patterns and modern cloud native approaches (microservices, serverless). Practical experience working in Agile environments (Scrum, Kanban) and following practices such as TDD, CI/CD and iterative delivery. Experience collaborating in multidisciplinary teams, supporting senior engineers and contributing effectively to team goals. An understanding of cloud platforms (AWS or Azure) and related tooling for deployment and monitoring. Good communication and collaboration skills, with a willingness to learn from feedback and adapt. Desirable Skills Exposure to consultancy or client facing environments. Experience contributing to public sector digital services or complex organisational contexts. Familiarity with agile delivery tools such as Jira, Confluence, Miro or Azure DevOps. Enthusiasm for continuous learning, professional development, and contributing to team practices and knowledge sharing. Key abilities that are necessary for success Able to work effectively in environments where you can adapt to innovative practices involving uncertainty, change and agile working. Ability to manage competing priorities and your time so you can deliver high quality work within deadlines. Good interpersonal skills, with the ability to respect and accept different perspectives and disagreement, work collaboratively in diverse teams and maintain positive working relationships. Good judgement and decision making in complex environments where uncertainty, ambiguity and risk must be collaboratively managed by working supportively alongside others. Good communication skills, including clear, constructive written outputs and measured, respectful verbal delivery. We work in a fast paced, ever evolving innovation and problem solving workplace environment where no two days are the same. This requires you to have the foundations of personal resilience, professional adaptability and flexibility in working alongside others with a positive mindset. We appreciate that this workplace culture and the level of variety won't suit everyone. However, after significant consultations with colleagues at all levels we understand that these are the fundamentals of success in undertaking the complex, innovation work which is the DNA of Informed Solutions. These shared foundations are important to team cohesion, performance and mutual personal support. As colleagues, we thrive in successfully problem solving together to deliver real world impact; and value the variety of challenges and opportunities to learn, grow and progress on a personal and professional level. Benefits InformedACADEMY - We offer excellent career development opportunities through our award winning personal and professional development programmes, including support with professional certifications. Industry leading health and wellbeing plan - We partner with several wellbeing support functions to cater to each individual's need, including 24/7 GP services, mental health support and physical health support. Hybrid working Private Health Care Cover Generous life assurance cover Gym Membership Monthly office lunch Onsite massage sessions 25 paid working days holiday per year plus bank holidays Sabbatical Leave Scheme Enhanced Maternity Leave and Pay Enhanced Paternity Leave and Pay Company Pension Contribution Profit Share Scheme Payment of professional subscriptions Generous referral scheme with no limits on the number of referrals Qualifying period applies Culture We are proud to nurture a workplace culture that is diverse, inclusive, rewarding and egalitarian. We strive to live up to our values of Innovation, Excellence and Integrity by thinking about things differently, always doing our best and acting in good faith at all times. We're a team of passionate problem solvers. We take pride in helping our clients accelerate and de risk digital business change so that we can collaborate and codesign world class digital services that solve complex business and safety critical problems, particularly where place, location or geography are important. Our workplace culture reflects how we go about our work, the type of work that we choose to do and our commitment and contribution to the sustainable social, environmental and economic development aims of the communities that we are part of.

Senior Data Engineer About the role As a Senior Data Engineer at Informed Solutions, you'll take a leading role in designing, building, and delivering robust data platforms and pipelines that underpin critical public sector services. Your work will enable better decision making, improve service outcomes, and help create a healthier, safer, and more sustainable UK. Role Responsibilities Own delivery of data services: Take responsibility for the engineering and delivery of small-to-medium data services (or major components of larger platforms) across the full lifecycle, from design and build through to deployment, operation, and continual improvement. Lead on data architecture and design: Take ownership of the end-to-end design of data pipelines, data models, and platform components, producing and maintaining high quality technical documentation. Collaborate with Lead and Principal Engineers, Data Architects, and practitioners from disciplines such as UCD and Data Science to review and refine designs and translate them into robust implementations. Build and operate data pipelines: design, develop, test, and deploy ETL pipelines to source, cleanse, and optimise data at scale. Automate and orchestrate data workflows: Develop and maintain orchestration solutions (e.g. Apache Airflow), implementing testing, alerting, monitoring, and data quality checks as first class concerns. Ensure data quality and observability: Embed data testing and validation processes alongside monitoring and alerting systems such as Prometheus and Grafana to ensure reliability, performance, and operational insight across data services. Work with metadata and standards: Implement metadata capture and validation within data pipelines, including working with geospatial metadata standards where relevant, to support governance, discovery, and reuse. Support delivery planning: Partner with Delivery Managers to plan and structure technical activities, provide accurate and commercially sound estimates, and proactively identify and mitigate technical risks, issues, and dependencies. Build stakeholder trust: Act as a trusted technical advisor to client counterparts, partner organisations, and third parties, ensuring alignment between data requirements, business needs, and technical delivery. Mentor and develop others: Provide guidance and technical leadership to Data Engineers and adjacent roles, supporting professional growth and fostering a culture of high quality, sustainable delivery. Essential Skills 5+ years' proven experience in a Data Engineering role, delivering production grade data platforms and pipelines. Strong Python skills, with experience using Python to build, test, and operate data pipelines and services. Proficiency with at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP), delivering scalable, secure, and well architected data solutions. Strong experience working with core data stores, including relational databases such as PostgreSQL and Microsoft SQL. Experience with non relational and NoSQL data stores (e.g. DynamoDB, MongoDB or equivalent) and understanding when to apply them. Hands on experience designing and operating event streaming platforms including Kafka and its core concepts on topics, messages, and consumers. Experience building and operating automated data workflows using tools like Apache Airflow. Experience implementing data quality and validation checks throughout pipelines to ensure accuracy, completeness, consistency, and reliability. Practical experience implementing monitoring, observability and alerting for data platforms using tools such as Prometheus and Grafana. Strong understanding of data architecture patterns, including data lakes, data warehouses, and event driven architectures. Awareness of GDPR and data protection practices, including secure handling of sensitive data and privacy by design principles. Experience working in Agile environments (Scrum, Kanban), contributing to delivery planning, estimation, and iterative improvement. Proven experience mentoring and supporting other engineers, enabling high quality delivery and team capability growth. Familiarity with metadata standards, including experience validating and implementing metadata, with exposure to geospatial metadata standards (e.g. ISO 19115, INSPIRE, GEMINI) being highly desirable. Desirable Skills Experience working in a consultancy environment, engaging with external stakeholders and clients. Exposure to public sector projects and delivering solutions in complex organisational landscapes. Experience working with geospatial or GIS data (e.g. spatial databases, geospatial data formats or services) is highly desirable, reflecting the nature of the work we deliver. Experience with Graph databases (e.g. Neo4j, Apache Jena) for modelling and querying complex relationships in data. Key abilities that are necessary for success Able to work effectively in environments where you can adapt to innovative practices involving uncertainty, change, and agile working. Ability to manage competing priorities and your time so you can deliver high quality work within deadlines. Good interpersonal skills, with the ability to respect and accept different perspectives and disagreement, work collaboratively in diverse teams, and maintain positive working relationships. Good judgement and decision making in complex environments where uncertainty, ambiguity, and risk must be collaboratively managed by working supportively alongside others. Good communication skills, including clear, constructive written outputs and measured, respectful verbal delivery. What You'll Gain At Informed Solutions, you'll have the opportunity to make a tangible impact while advancing your career. You'll gain: Ownership and influence: Lead the delivery of services, shape technical direction, and influence project outcomes at a senior level. Professional growth: Develop your leadership and mentoring skills, guiding colleagues and helping them thrive. Exposure to high profile projects: Work on enterprise scale digital solutions that improve public services and have societal impact. Technical development: Expand your expertise across a wide range of modern technologies, including cloud, microservices and serverless architectures. Collaborative, supportive environment: Join a team that values learning, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement. Career progression: Opportunities to grow within a consultancy setting, broadening your client facing experience and technical leadership. Benefits package includes InformedACADEMY - We offer excellent career development opportunities through our award winning personal and professional development programmes, including support with professional certifications. Industry leading health and wellbeing plan - We partner with several wellbeing support functions to cater to each individual's need, including 24/7 GP services, mental health support and physical health support. Hybrid working Private Health Care Cover Generous life assurance cover Gym Membership Monthly office lunch Onsite massage sessions 25 paid working days holiday per year plus bank holidays Sabbatical Leave Scheme Enhanced Maternity Leave and Pay Enhanced Paternity Leave and Pay Company Pension Contribution Profit Share Scheme Payment of professional subscriptions Generous referral scheme with no limits on the number of referrals Qualifying period applies

The Opportunity We're seeking a passionate Data Scientist to own the end-to-end implementation and design of data science applications for various clients. You will join a growing practice and champion and actively contribute to the growth of the discipline, enabling the ongoing growth of the data science capability. You'll join a talented team of dynamic and driven professional problem solvers; creative thinkers and solutions builders who thrive on helping clients meet the most exciting digital transformation challenges. Make a difference and advance your career by helping deliver some of the UK's most important projects, making the world a smarter, safer, greener, and healthier place. At a certified Great Place to Work you'll experience a dynamic and nurturing environment that rewards initiative and flexibility and enjoy a career path tailored to your own aspirations. Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities Senior Data Scientists enable the design, development, integration and testing of complex, high quality data science solutions and services to meet user needs, continually improving the application of best practice patterns, methods and tools. This includes: Build effective working relationships with client counterparts in your practitioner domain, and those of a partner/3rd party organisation. Own the end-to-end implementation and design of data science models/components, seeking guidance and input from Lead and Principal Data Scientists where necessary. Help structure and provide technical assurance for the work of less experienced practitioners, enabling them to maximise quality and velocity. Monitor the application of the methods and requirements, pro-actively managing technical risks and issues. Collaborating with practitioners from other disciplines (e.g. UCD, Engineering) to ensure the solution meets user and business needs. Take technical responsibility for the delivery of high-quality data science services on smaller engagements, across all stages (design, build, test, deploy, operate and continually improve), in line with best practice. Work with Delivery Managers to inform estimates for research and development activities, enabling them to plan technical activities, including how teams and work should be structured. Proactively identify and help mitigate technical risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies. Maintain relevant, up-to-date practitioner skills through training and accreditation, including a domain-relevant accreditation/certification at professional level. Being an active member of the Data Science discipline, identifying area for growth across the business, and providing coaching for less experienced practitioners. Requirements Background in Agile delivery environments, delivering software solutions in controlled increments (e.g., following Scrum, Agile Delivery phases, etc.). Experience working with cloud-based solutions and technologies (Google Cloud Platform, AWS, Azure). Hands on knowledge of designing and implementing solutions capable of handling sensitive data (e.g., Personally Identifiable Information). Strong knowledge of a programming languages for data science (Python, R, etc.) including best practices using this language to write robust software. An understanding of data governance and best practices to ensure data protection. Experience planning technical activities and structuring work for a team. Being able to provide commercially robust estimates of development activities. Experience providing practitioner guidance to junior colleagues and peers. Understanding of how to operationalise and deploy a Data Science solution in a live environment. A bachelor's degree in a STEM field. Desirable skills and experience Experience working in a professional services/consultancy environment preferred. Experience solving natural language processing problems. Experience creating generative AI applications, such as chatbots or RAG retrieval systems. Stay up to date with cutting edge of AI, reading research papers, attending conferences, etc. Ability to work effectively across multiple teams and projects. Ability to explain and simplify complex information to stakeholders, gathering and translating business requirements, anticipating any obstacles to information flow. Understanding of different databases (Relational and NoSQL) and optimising queries for effective data manipulation. A master's degree or PhD in a STEM field. Personal Qualities You are hands on, working within a team to solve complex software and feature problems. Inquisitive, using critical thinking to ask lots of questions, overcome biases, break assumptions and consider different perspectives. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Detail-oriented with a focus on accuracy. Able to plan and organise your own work, effectively negotiating priorities crossing multiple teams across the business. Able to collaborate with other areas of the business to solve problems. Able to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies. Benefits Our benefits package compliments our highly competitive salaries and our great working environment. We believe that our people should be properly rewarded for their commitment to the continued success of our business through a comprehensive and flexible range of benefits. These can include: InformedACADEMY - We offer excellent career development opportunities through our award winning personal and professional development programmes, including support with professional certifications. Industry leading health and wellbeing plan - We partner with several wellbeing support functions to cater to each individual's need, including 24/7 GP services, mental health support and physical health support. Hybrid working Private Health Care Cover Generous life assurance cover Gym Membership Monthly office lunch Onsite massage sessions 25 paid working days holiday per year plus bank holidays Sabbatical Leave Scheme Enhanced Maternity Leave and Pay Enhanced Paternity Leave and Pay Company Pension Contribution Profit Share Scheme Payment of professional subscriptions Generous referral scheme with no limits on the number of referrals Salary Sacrifice scheme Qualifying period applies

Informed Solutions is seeking a skilled Data Scientist in Greater London to take charge of implementing innovative data science applications. Your role involves collaborating with teams to solve digital transformation challenges and delivering high-quality data science services. The ideal candidate will have a robust background in programming languages, cloud solutions, and an educational background in STEM. The position offers a dynamic work environment with hybrid working options.

Informed Solutions is seeking a Senior Data Engineer in Greater London. This role involves leading the design, building, and delivery of impactful data platforms and pipelines for public sector services. The successful candidate will have extensive experience in data engineering, particularly with Python and major cloud platforms. You will work collaboratively to ensure data quality and mentor fellow engineers. The role offers opportunities for career growth within an innovative company.

About Us At Informed Solutions, we design, build and continually improve digital products and services to make public sector organisations work better for the people they serve. Our teams bring together user centred design, software engineering, data, AI, and delivery expertise to create services that are effective, inclusive, and innovative. The Role As a Lead Product Manager, you will: Lead strategy and delivery of complex, high impact digital services for public sector clients. Translate user research, organisational needs and service requirements into clear product strategies, roadmaps and delivery plans. Operate across multi disciplinary teams to ensure products meet user needs, deliver measurable value and align with policy, regulatory and organisational objectives. Influence senior stakeholders and clients, guiding decisions about priorities, trade offs and risk. Coach, mentor, and line manage other Product Managers, helping continually improve our product community of practice. Champion best practices in product management, user centred design and agile delivery within your teams and across the organisation. Key Responsibilities Strategic & Product Leadership Own the product strategy for complex public sector services, balancing user needs, policy requirements and organisational constraints. Shape roadmaps, backlogs and release plans that reflect user insight, feasibility, value and risk. Provide senior level consultancy to clients, helping them make evidence based decisions about service priorities and outcomes. Lead impactful, high profile engagements, ensuring delivery is reliable, transparent and outcomes focused. Team & Community Leadership Lead and grow our product practice through recruitment, mentoring and coaching. Support line management of other Product Managers and Senior Product Managers. Share expertise to inspire best practice in the wider organisation and strengthen our product community. Delivery & Governance Ensure products comply with standards, frameworks and legislation relevant to public sector services. Collaborate with Delivery Managers, engineers, designers and data specialists to deliver high quality, user centred digital services. Monitor and report on product performance, KPIs and benefits realisation, ensuring outcomes are measurable and meaningful. Essential Skills & Experience Proven experience delivering bespoke digital services in the public sector (to GDS standards) or regulated environments. Leading multi disciplinary teams in complex, innovative product or service delivery. Applying agile and user centred design practices in multi stakeholder contexts. Engaging with senior stakeholders, influencing decision making and balancing competing priorities. Coaching, mentoring and developing other Product Managers or practitioners. Exposure to government frameworks, standards and governance models. Desirable Skills & Experience Understanding of cloud technologies, DevOps practices or modern software engineering. Experience in responsible AI, data intensive product development or highly secure/regulated services. Benefits InformedACADEMY - career development opportunities and support with professional certifications. Industry leading health and wellbeing plan, including 24/7 GP services and mental health support. Hybrid working. Private health care cover. Generous life assurance cover. Gym membership. Monthly office lunch. Onsite massage sessions. 25 paid working days holiday per year plus bank holidays. Sabbatical leave scheme. Enhanced maternity and paternity leave and pay. Company pension contribution. Profit share scheme. Payment of professional subscriptions. Generous referral scheme with no limits on the number of referrals. Qualifying period applies. Key Abilities for Success Adaptability and resilience in uncertain and changing environments. Time management and prioritisation of competing priorities. Interpersonal skills to respect and accept diverse perspectives and collaborate across teams. Sound judgement and decision making in complex, ambiguous contexts. Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

Informed Solutions is seeking a Lead Product Manager to strategize and deliver complex digital services for public sector clients. You will lead multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring alignment with user needs and organisational goals while mentoring other product managers. This role emphasizes best practices in product management, user-centric design, and agile delivery. Benefits include a hybrid working environment, extensive health plans, and opportunities for professional development.

About us: Make a difference and advance your career by helping deliver some of the UK's most important projects, making the world a smarter, safer, greener, and healthier place. You'll join a talented team of dynamic and driven professional problem solvers; creative thinkers and solutions builders who thrive on helping clients meet the most exciting digital transformation challenges. At a certified Great Place to Work , you'll experience a dynamic and nurturing environment that rewards initiative and flexibility and enjoy a career path tailored to your own aspirations. Founded in 1992, we are a successful, growing International digital transformation consultancy. We deliver multi-Queen's Award for innovation winning platforms and services that support large-scale digital transformation. Our digital, data and technology solutions are used by globally recognised public and private sector brands operating in a variety of sectors including Civil Defence, Healthcare, Sustainable Environment and Land Asset Management, and Digital Democracy. About the role We are looking to expand our established Delivery Management team with an experienced and motivated Delivery Manager to help deliver complex, high-impact digital transformation programmes for public sector clients. As a Delivery Manager, you'll play a key role in ensuring our multidisciplinary teams, including User Centred Design Specialist, Technical Architects, Software Engineers and QA Automation testers - deliver innovative, user-centred digital services that make a real difference to citizens and communities. You'll foster a culture of collaboration, empowerment, and continuous improvement, ensuring delivery is assured, and of exceptional quality. You'll also work closely with clients to build trusted relationships, manage expectations, and enable long-term success. You will also play a key role in our Delivery Management Community of Practice, helping to share knowledge, drive improvement, and champion best practice across teams and projects. At Informed Solutions, we are committed to the growth and development of our people. You'll benefit from structured career progression, accredited training, and opportunities to gain new skills and certifications, all within a supportive environment that encourages curiosity, continuous learning, and the chance to take on increasingly complex and impactful projects. This role offers flexibility to be based from our Altrincham (Manchester) or Westminster (London) offices, where you'll be part of a collaborative, high-performing team environment, supported by our hybrid working approach. Role Responsibilities Lead high-performing agile teams to deliver complex digital products and services on time, within budget, and to a high standard. Build strong, trusted client relationships, ensuring excellent communication and satisfaction throughout delivery. Collaborate with clients and internal teams to design intelligent, achievable delivery plans that align with agile principles and best practice. Proactively monitor delivery progress, risks, and issues, ensuring quality and performance standards are maintained. Manage project artefacts including RAID logs, highlight reports, delivery plans, and budget/resource tracking documentation. Lead and facilitate agile ceremonies and delivery governance activities (e.g. sprint reviews, stand-ups, retrospectives, and project boards). Work collaboratively with client and partner Delivery Managers, contributing expert advice and assurance. Coach, mentor, and support colleagues, promoting continuous learning and professional development. Contribute to our delivery community by sharing insights, championing innovation, and supporting the adoption of new methods and tools. Essential Skills and Experience Proven experience leading the successful delivery of complex digital or software development projects using agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban) Experience working with multi-disciplinary teams in user-centred design and DevOps environments. Strong delivery assurance, risk management, and progress tracking capabilities. A solid technical understanding to work confidently with technical leads in identifying and managing requirements, dependencies, and issues. Demonstrable commercial awareness and experience managing budgets, contracts, and Statements of Work in a consultancy or client-facing setting. Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and interpersonal skills, with a collaborative and pragmatic approach. Ability to balance multiple priorities and work effectively under pressure in a fast-paced environment. A proactive mindset with a passion for continuous improvement and delivering measurable value. Desirable Skills and Experience Experience delivering services in line with the Government Digital Service (GDS) Service Standard. Previous experience within a digital consultancy or transformation environment, ideally working with UK public sector clients. Understanding of cloud technologies, modern software engineering practices, and DevOps principles. Familiarity with agile delivery tools such as Jira, Confluence, Miro, or Azure DevOps. Key abilities that are necessary for success Able to work effectively in environments where you can adapt to innovative practices involving uncertainty, change, and agile working. Ability to manage competing priorities and your time so you can deliver high-quality work within deadlines. Good interpersonal skills, with the ability to respect and accept different perspectives and disagreement, work collaboratively in diverse teams, and maintain positive working relationships. Good judgement and decision-making in complex environments where uncertainty, ambiguity, and risk must be collaboratively managed by working supportively alongside others. Good communication skills, including clear, constructive written outputs and measured, respectful verbal delivery. We work in a fast-paced, ever-evolving innovation and problem-solving workplace environment where no two days are the same. This requires you to have the foundations of personal resilience, professional adaptability, and flexibility in working alongside others with a positive mindset. We appreciate that this workplace culture and the level of variety won't suit everyone. However, after significant consultations with colleagues at all levels, we understand that these are the fundamentals of success in undertaking the complex, innovation work which is the DNA of Informed Solutions. These shared foundations are important to team cohesion, performance, and mutual personal support. As colleagues, we thrive in successfully problem solving together to deliver real-world impact; and value the variety of challenges and opportunities to learn, grow, and progress on a personal and professional level. Benefits InformedACADEMY - We offer excellent career development opportunities through our award-winning personal and professional development programmes, including support with professional certifications. Industry leading health and wellbeing plan - We partner with several wellbeing support functions to cater to each individuals need, including 24/7 GP services, mental health support and physical health support. Hybrid working Private Health Care Cover Generous life assurance cover Gym Membership Monthly office lunch Onsite massage sessions 25 paid working days holiday per year plus bank holidays Sabbatical Leave Scheme Enhanced Maternity Leave and Pay Enhanced Paternity Leave and Pay Company Pension Contribution Profit Share Scheme Payment of professional subscriptions Generous referral scheme with no limits on the number of referrals Qualifying period applies Culture We are proud to nurture a workplace culture that is diverse, inclusive, rewarding, and egalitarian. We strive to live up to our values of Innovation, Excellence, and Integrity by thinking about things differently, always doing our best, and acting in good faith at all times. We're a team of passionate problem solvers. We take pride in helping our clients accelerate and de-risk digital business change so that we can collaborate and codesign world class digital services that solve complex business and safety critical problems, particularly where place, location or geography are important. Our workplace culture reflects how we go about our work, the type of work that we choose to do, and our commitment and contribution to the sustainable social, environmental, and economic development aims of the communities that we are part of.

Informed Solutions is seeking an experienced Delivery Manager to lead high-impact digital transformation projects in the public sector. You'll work with multidisciplinary teams, ensuring delivery quality while fostering collaboration and continuous improvement. This role allows for flexible working from either Altrincham or Westminster, with professional development opportunities and a supportive working environment. The ideal candidate will be adept in agile methodologies and possess excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

About us At Informed Solutions, we design, build and continually improve digital products and services to make public and private sector organisations work better for the people they serve. Our teams bring together user centred design, software engineering, data, AI, and delivery expertise to create services that are effective, inclusive, and innovative. We are looking for a Senior Product Manager to be embedded within our product team and help drive the success of our digital product portfolio, including our two flagship InformedDECISION and InformedINSIGHT products, alongside our growing suite of complementary products. As a multi Queen's Award for Innovation winning organisation, innovation lies at the heart of everything we do: we are passionate about delivering products that enable our customers to realise the benefits of the latest technologies and innovations, including AI, advanced analytics, and geospatial technologies. The Senior Product Manager will own product strategy, proposition, priorities, and lifecycle decisions, while partnering closely with Business Development and other client facing teams on go to market planning, market engagement, and commercial execution. The Role As a Senior Product Manager, you will: Shape the direction and lifecycle for one or more products, balancing market opportunity, client needs, commercial value and delivery feasibility. Translate insights from customers, users, market analysis and product performance into clear product visions, value propositions, roadmaps, backlogs and release plans. Shape investment and prioritisation decisions using data, market insights and sound judgement, ensuring effort is focused on the highest value opportunities. Contribute to strong product management practice across the product function, coaching others and contributing to standards, ways of working and community growth. Partner closely with Business Development and other client facing teams to support product positioning, go to market planning, and launch readiness. What You'll Do Strategic & Product Leadership Identify, validate, and prioritise market, client, and user needs through research, engagement, and analysis, translating insight into clear product decisions. Lead product positioning and proposition development for assigned products, and work with senior leadership and commercial colleagues to shape pricing, packaging, and market approach, ensuring these reflect product strategy, customer need, and market opportunity. Develop and maintain compelling product visions and value propositions that clearly articulate the problems we solve, for whom, and the value our products deliver. Shape and manage product roadmaps that focus investment on the highest value capabilities, including those that drive adoption, retention, revenue growth, and competitive differentiation. Maintain and prioritise product backlogs with clear requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria, ensuring teams are working on the most important problems. Identify and validate market opportunities for new products, features, and propositions, using customer insight, competitor analysis, and commercial evidence to inform product direction. Product Development, Delivery & Performance Lead product input to go to market planning for new products, major capabilities, and releases, working with Business Development and client facing teams to ensure launch readiness across proposition, messaging, internal enablement, and customer adoption. Translate strategy into actionable plans, helping teams understand priorities, trade offs, dependencies, and intended outcomes. Assess emerging technologies and industry developments with relevant colleagues, and incorporate them into product roadmaps where they create clear customer, market, or commercial value. Lead product discovery and validation activity, using research, experimentation and feedback to test assumptions, reduce risk, and identify the highest value opportunities. Work closely with engineering and delivery colleagues to ensure product development is realistic, transparent, and outcome focused. Evaluate the market, customer, and commercial impact of product releases and changes, using evidence to refine priorities, improve outcomes, and inform future investment decisions. Define, monitor, and act on product KPIs, using qualitative and quantitative evidence to evaluate success, inform prioritisation, and improve decision making. Support the ongoing operation and improvement of products, ensuring feedback, service data, and performance metrics are used to continuously improve user and business outcomes. Contribute to product growth and financial performance by working with leadership, finance, and commercial colleagues to understand revenue, cost, profitability, and the impact of pricing, packaging and investment decisions. Stakeholder, Market & Commercial Engagement Communicate product strategy, priorities, and progress clearly to a range of audiences, including senior leadership, delivery teams, and commercial stakeholders. Build strong relationships with customers, users, internal stakeholders, and partner organisations to ensure product direction is informed, credible, and collaborative. Maintain an evidence based understanding of market trends, competitor products, and emerging opportunities or threats. Facilitate effective decision making by bringing together insight, evidence and pragmatism to navigate ambiguity and competing priorities. Work with Business Development and senior stakeholders to shape and deliver go to market plans for new products, capabilities and releases, ensuring launch activity reflects product strategy, market demand, and commercial opportunity. Work with commercial and client facing colleagues to develop clear product positioning, messaging and value narratives that communicate differentiation, support customer engagement and strengthen commercial growth. Practice, Quality & Capability Contribute to the ongoing development of product management methods, governance, standards, and ways of working, using practical experience and industry awareness to support consistent, high quality product outcomes. Support best practice product thinking, user centred design, experimentation, prioritisation and evidence led decision making. Support the growth of Informed's product management discipline through coaching, knowledge sharing and community activity. What We're Looking For Essential Skills & Experience Proven experience as a Senior Product Manager working with innovative digital or SaaS style products, with responsibility for product strategy, roadmap, prioritisation, delivery, and bringing products or major capabilities successfully to market. Experience working in cross functional teams with engineering, design, and data specialists to deliver and improve digital products. Experience using market and customer insights and product performance data to shape priorities and make informed product decisions. Ability to define clear product visions, value propositions, roadmaps, and backlogs for innovative, new to market products. Experience shaping product positioning, value propositions, and go to market activity for digital products. Experience working closely with commercial, sales, business development or client facing teams to support launches, market adoption and product growth. Desirable Skills & Experience Experience in regulated, secure, or data intensive environments. A relevant domain, industry or product management accreditation or certification. Understanding of product financial management, including costs, margins, profitability and investment trade offs. Understanding of assurance, governance, accessibility, security or compliance expectations relevant to public sector or regulated digital products. Experience launching new digital products or major product capabilities into market. Experience scaling product adoption in B2B, enterprise or public sector environments. Why You'll Love Working Here Work on innovative tech for good digital products that create real value for organisations and the people they serve. Help shape and grow a product function that is central to our businesses' long term strategy and growth. Collaborate with passionate, talented multidisciplinary teams in an environment that values curiosity, innovation, and continuous improvement. Influence not just what we build, but how we think about product, market opportunity and sustainable growth. Access opportunities for professional development, progression and deeper involvement in shaping our product capability. Benefits InformedACADEMY - We offer excellent career development opportunities through our award winning personal and professional development programmes, including support with professional certifications. Industry leading health and wellbeing plan - We partner with several wellbeing support functions to cater to each individuals need, including 24/7 GP services, mental health support and physical health support. Hybrid working Private Health Care Cover Generous life assurance cover Gym Membership Monthly office lunch Onsite massage sessions 25 paid working days holiday per year plus bank holidays Sabbatical Leave Scheme Enhanced Maternity Leave and Pay . click apply for full job details

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