Technical Business Analyst – AI & Compliance (KTP Associate)

The duties of the post will include:

Compliance & Regulation

• Compliance assurance with ESPR/DPP and related legal and regulatory frameworks
• Understanding sector specific ESPR/DPP regulatory requirements
• Monitoring evolving legislative updates and legal frameworks

Technical Development

• Data collection, pre-processing and standardisation
• Designing the technical architecture to develop and scale a DPP solution
• Developing, training and testing a suitable ML/AI model and its integration into Pimberly’s PIM SaaS platform
• Ensuring transparency and auditability of AI models

User Experience & Testing

• Working collaboratively to optimise the user experience while ensuring regulatory clarity
• Conducting user testing and applying feedback to refine solutions

Collaboration & Knowledge Transfer

• Communicating and working with Pimberly and the University of Essex, in an accessible and collaborative way

These duties are a guide to the work that the post holder will initially be required to undertake. They may be changed from time to time to meet changing circumstances.

Key Requirements

Qualifications

• A degree in economics, business, computer science, law or similar closely related discipline
• A master’s in data science, computational data, or similar, or similar industry experience (or in circular economy, supply chains or similar)
• Evidence of strong quantitative, analytical or computational training

Experience

• Experience in software development (front and/or back end) and working with APIs / integrations
• UX design/understanding of accessibility — including design of usability across multiple devices and user groups
• Stakeholder engagement, preferably with experience of beta testing with user groups
• Experience in, or willingness to learn about, product regulatory compliance

Skills / Attributes

• A commitment to continuous professional development
• Enthusiasm and willingness to learn about the ESPR/DPP legal and regulatory frameworks and compliance requirements
• Ability to digest/process/analyse and standardise a large amount of complex legislative information and make recommendations for the planning of product development and sales and marketing campaigning
• Full stack (front and back end) development
• Complex data processing, analysis, management and modelling
• Knowledge of deploying and maintaining cloud-based or SaaS solutions
• APIs & Integrations to connect with supply chain platforms
• AI/ML skills to train, test and validate the developed module (e.g., Python, TensorFlow, PyTorch, etc.)
• An ability to communicate effectively, including for non-technical audiences

Benefits

As a KTP Associate, the post will offer the following benefits:

• A personal development budget of £5333 (exclusive of salary).
• Management training and mentoring by an Innovate UK KTP Adviser.
• An interesting and challenging role, with exposure to a variety of stakeholders.
• Full access to university resources to complete the project.
• World-leading Academic and Company project supervision, with project support by a dedicated, sector leading KTP Office.

The position is fixed term for 26 months due to being part of a government funded innovation programme, however there may be potential to continue in employment with the company partner following the completion of the KTP.

Applications should be made on-line, but if you would like advice or help in making an application, or need information in a different format, please contact resourcing@essex.ac.uk.

The University of Essex, with Pimberly Software Development Ltd, is looking for a unique graduate with the right variety of skills to develop a new Digital Product Passport (DPP) module for Pimberly to comply with the upcoming EU’s ‘Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation’ (ESPR), aiming to improve product circularity and transparency.