Unlock actionable data insights 

Full-time 6-month data scientist deployments with academic oversight

With rising expectations, squeezed budgets and limited internal capacity, more organisations are turning to fixed-term data and AI expertise. Our programme gives you the insights and technical capacity you need while your team continues focusing on their day-to-day.

We recruit a full-time data scientist to work with your organisation for a 6-month cycle (April to September or October to March), supervised by senior data and AI experts at the University of Leeds. Together, they uncover critical insights and data products that your team may not have the time, tools or specialist skills to deliver in-house.

Over 10 years of delivering data insights

Our award-winning programme has delivered insights for partners for over 10 years, supporting global brands, national organisations and local teams to answer important business and public good questions.

Your assigned data scientist works full time exclusively on your project for six months, backed by a supervisory team of academic and technical experts from LIDA. The supervisory group is tailored to your sector and objectives, ensuring you receive relevant and high-quality expertise.

Management, training and mentorship are delivered via LIDA to ensure that your data scientist is fully equipped to deliver on your project.

What we can help you achieve

We work with private sector businesses, public sector organisations and charities on a wide range of challenges, including:

• Strategy and performance measurement
• Customer and user insight
• Process optimisation and waste reduction
• Workforce planning and team development
• Business innovation and growth
• Risk and compliance
• Sustainability and social impact

Ethical eligibility:
Our programme is grounded in LIDA’s commitment to data science for public good. We therefore partner only with organisations whose activities align with our ethical values.

Added value

• Partner-rate training in data and AI for your staff
• Connections to wider opportunities across the University
• A potential recruitment pipeline, as many partners employ their data scientist after the project

We assemble the team and deliver the insights. All you need to do is:

1. Tell us your key business question or problem (we can help with scoping where needed)
2. Choose your cycle: October to March or April to September
3. Meet your data team and provide access to your data
4. Agree project goals and success criteria
5. Join weekly or fortnightly check-ins
6. Receive full findings, insights and recommendations at project end

We handle all data scientist line management, recruitment, training, HR, technology, office space, and support with data governance, compliance and legal agreements, making the process straightforward for you. 

Over the last 10 years, we have delivered data-driven solutions across a wide range of industries, creating dashboards, interactive maps, AI models, predictive tools, web apps and more.

Recent highlights include:

• Morrisons - Helping to reduce potential delivery travel distance by 40% through route optimisation
• Leeds City Council - Reducing Census-related data requests by 75% through a public dashboard
• West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service - Supporting with an AI wildfire mapping tool to improve preparedness and resource planning
• Working with KPMG, ASDA, Southwest Water, Enterprise Car Club and many others

We’re always happy to explain the process and eligibility requirements in more detail over a short phone call.

Explore how our data scientists could support your team or project - enter your details below for a no-obligation conversation with the team.