Director of Data Research - Alternative Data / Market Research - Up to £150k
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Salary
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£55,100
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role may qualify for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2433 is an eligible occupation, but we are only 49% sure that is the right code. Saragossa is a licensed sponsor, so if the code fits, the role should qualify. Check the occupation eligibility rules against what the job actually involves.
This could also be SOC 2161 (Research and development (R&D) managers) or SOC 3544 (Data analysts). We read the code off the advert, so it is our best guess, not the employer's.
About the role
A Series B startup, founded by an Oxford Professor and a hedge fund manager, where you get a genuine leadership seat and the freedom to work from anywhere.
This is a company built by people who understand data at the highest level. The founders bring serious academic and financial pedigree, and they have just closed their Series B. That means the validation is there, the runway is real, and now they need someone to lead the research function and shape what comes next.
You will own the data research agenda. You will define hypotheses, design and run complex open-ended research projects from start to finish, and make the calls that determine which data is worth buying and which is not. You are not inheriting a fixed playbook. You are building one.
You will lead and grow a technical team, setting the standard for how the work gets done and how findings get communicated across the business. You will be presenting complex quantitative insights to stakeholders who are not always technical, so being able to translate is as important as being able to analyse.
Day to day you will be hands-on with statistical analysis, data modelling, and the kind of messy real-world data that does not come in clean or labelled. Python and SQL are core to how you work.
You will have around ten years of relevant experience across data science, statistics or a closely related field, with at least three years in a managerial or technical leadership role. A strong quantitative background is essential.
This is a fully remote role.
Ready to take the research lead at a company that is genuinely going somewhere?
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Where this offer sits in the market
Actuaries, economists and statisticians (SOC 2433) · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · basic pay · ~50k in sample- Middle half £41,496–74,724
- Median £52,052
- Going rate £55,100
- Threshold £41,700
- New entrant £38,600–49,600
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The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 2433 going rate of £55,100. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.